In volume 4 of the handbook series of “Jago’s Grasshoppers and Locusts of East and North-East Africa” the Acridinae subfamilies Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, and Oedipodinae are treated. The book has 232 pages and is fully illustrated with many of the species shown alive for the first time. For most of those
Good news! The incredible Singing Insects of North America (SINA) site officially has a new home as part of the Orthopterists’ Society website. The transition has been in process for many months and is complete at last! Please update your bookmarks to: https://orthsoc.org/sina/
A new book on Orthoptera has just been published! LECOQ M., ZHANG L. (Sc. Ed.), 2019. Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. 311 p. ISBN: 978-7-5655-2232-1 This encyclopedia covers the main Orthoptera species–locusts, grasshoppers and crickets–considered as important pests of crops and pasture worldwide. Some
The latest issue of Metaleptea (Vol. 40, Issue 1) has been released. You can read it here.
The Orthoptera Species File grants committee received and evaluated 14 proposals by applicants from 14 countries for 2020: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Tunisia, and the USA. Of these, the 10 proposals listed below will be funded. They have been selected based
“Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the launch of the subscription to a landmark book in the field of entomology: Insects of the World Biodiversity, classification, keys to determine families This book – in French and coordinated by Henri-Pierre Aberlenc, from CIRAD, Montpellier, France – is the work of
Students and Postdoctorate members of our society – applications for the 2020 Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund are due by March 31, 2020 – please visit the Grants & Awards page to learn more. You can’t get one if you don’t apply!!!
“Dear Conservationists, Grasshopperfriends and Naturelovers The registration for the third European Congress on Orthoptera Conservation (ECOCIII) which will be held in Leiden, the Netherlands from 19-21 march 2020 is now open and can be found following this link. Registration ends at February 5, 2020. In case of questions please do not hesitate to
The African Association of Insect Scientists (AAIS) is currently having its bi-annual Conference: this year it is being held in Abijan Ivory Coast from November 18-22, 2019.
New 2020 grant opportunities are available for the Orthoptera Species File! The application deadline is November 15, 2019. Please follow this link for instructions on how to apply. Requirement: you must be a member of the Orthopterists’ Society to apply. Find more grant and award opportunities here.
We now have a new Photo Gallery Exhibit on the von Helversens, German orthopterists. You can visit it here.
From the authors: “Orthoptera is one of the most important and interesting Orders of the Class Insecta. They include grasshoppers and crickets that have a fundamental role in many terrestrial ecosystems. In this complete and updated publication all the 382 taxa (species and subspecies) of Orthoptera nowadays known from Italy are treated; 162 of these are endemic! Unfortunately, as well