There is evidence that the development of plant communities determines the composition and structure of the orthoptera assemblages. This is the reason for using the orthoptera biodiversity as an indicator of environme...
in part kindly supported by the Croatian Science Foundation(DinDRY project,UIP-2020-02-5385,grant to A.B.).
Insects are suitable model organisms for functional morphology research,especially in the context of exaptation,when the same morphological trait represents an advantage in disparate niches.Phylogenetically distant gr...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32270493 and 31872273).
Gomphomastacinae is a grasshopper subfamily in Eumastacidae,with a morphology and distribution distinct from other subfamilies.The alpine genera of Gomphomastacinae that inhabit the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau in China sho...
Funding provided by Universita degli Studi di Padova within the CRUI-CARE Agreement.
Although outbreaks of rare species are unusual,several insect species have become emerging pests probably due to the ongoing environmental changes.Barbitistes vicetinus was first described in 1993 as an endemic bush-c...
the International Science&Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(CAASTIP)(CAAS-ZDRW202108);the China Agriculture Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-34-07);the Special Funds for Basic Scientific Research of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences(Y2020YJ02).
Locusts have caused periodic disasters in the recorded history of humankind.Up to now,locust disaster is still the biggest threat to the world’s agricultural production.The desert locust Schistocerca gregaria is one ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31760628,31960110);the Yunnan Provincial Education Department’s Science Research Foundation Projects(2020Y0485);the project of the Integrated Scientific Expedition of the Cangshan Erhai National Nature Reserve。
One new species,Tetrix cangshanensis sp.nov.,is described and illustrated with photographs.Tetrix cangshanensis sp.nov.is similar to T.parabipunctata Zheng&Ou,2004 and T.bipunctata(Linnaeus,1758),but differs from the ...
supported by the Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Anhui(1908085MC84);the Natural Science Foundation of Education Department of Anhui Province(KJ2020A0037);the Overseas Visiting Program of Outstanding Young Talents from Universities in Anhui(gxgwfx2020035)。
The species diversity of pygmy grasshoppers in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,China is determined.Three species,Tetrix subulata(Linnaeus,1758),Tetrix tartara(Saussure,1887),and Tetrix tuerki(Krauss,1876),are recogni...
Higher Education Commission(HEC)under NRPU Research Project Grant No.6737 SINDH/NRPU/R and D/HEC.
The Tettigoniidae commonly known as katydids or bush crickets(Ensifera:Orthoptera)is reviewed,with five genera and twelve species viz:Trigonocorypha unicolor Stal 1873,T.angustata Uvarov 1922,Phaneroptera spinosa Bei-...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31560604,31960111);Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (2017GXNSFAA198052);High level Innovation team and Outstanding Scholars Program of Guangxi Colleges and Universities and research startup project of high level talents in Hechi University (XJ2018GKQ011)。
Total fourteen species of the genus Paragavialidium Zheng are systematically reviewed.Male Paragavialidium hainanensis^newly discovered in Wuzhishan,Hainan Province,is described and given taxonomic notes.An annotated ...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31760628,31960110)。
One new species of the genus Macromotettixoides Zheng,Wei&Jiang,2005 is described and illustrated with photographs.Macromotettixoides rugodorsalis Li&Mao sp.nov.is similar to M jiuwanshanensis Zheng,Wei&Jiang,2005 and...