Naturalist illustration poster, perfect for enriching a space with natural accents - Pleasant Red Insect by Charles d'Orbigny

Engraving reproduction of: Red Fox (Reduvius amoenus, Guér.), Head seen in profile of the Masked Red Fox (Reduvius personatus, Lin.), Holoptile Lemur (Holoptilus Lemur, Westw.), Dysodius lunule (Dysodius lunulatus, Fabr.), Algerian Phyllomorph (Phyllomorphus algericus, Guér.), Yellow-lined Anisoscele (Anisoscelis flavolineatus, Blanchard), Madagascar Astemma (Aslemma madagascariensis, Blanchard)

Illustration taken from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, written under the direction of Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny (1806-1876) and published from 1841 to 1849.

This work, considered one of the major achievements of the 19th century in terms of scientific synthesis and quality popularization, wonderfully illustrating the great beauty and impressive diversity of the biological world, was supplemented by a certain amount of scientific information, some extracts of which are reproduced below.

Important note: the scientific classification elements of the time have been preserved as they are and may of course be obsolete today.

Scientific classification and description of the species present in the engraving:

Class of Insects
Order of Hemiptera
Suborder Heteroptera
Beduvian family
Reduvid Tribe
Fig. 1. Pleasant redweed (Reduvius amoenus, Guér.) Natural size.
Fig. 2. Head seen in profile of the Masked Foxtail (Reduvius personatus, Lin.) 2a. Foreleg.
Fig. 3. Holoptile Lemur (Holoptilus Lemur, Westw.) Very enlarged.

Class of Insects
Order of Hemiptera
Suborder Heteroptera
Beduvian family
Aradid Tribe
Fig. 4. Dysodius lunulatus (Dysodius lunulatus, Fabr.) Natural size.

Class of Insects
Order of Hemiptera
Suborder Heteroptera
Lygean Family
Goreid Tribe
Fig. 5. Algerian phyllomorph (Phyllomorphus algericus, Guér.) Enlarged.
Fig. 6. Head of Coreus scapha, side view.
6a. Foreleg.
Fig. 7. Yellow-lined Anisoscelis (Anisoscelis flavolineatus, Blanchard) Natural size.

Class of Insects
Order of Hemiptera
Suborder Heteroptera
Lygean Family
Tribe of the Lygeids
Fig. 8. Madagascar astemma (Aslemma madagascariensis, Blanchard) Natural size.