Genomic evidence of speciation by fusion in a recent radiation of grasshoppers. [PDF]
Evolution, 2022 Abstract Postdivergence gene flow can trigger a number of creative evolutionary outcomes, ranging from the transfer of beneficial alleles across species boundaries (i.e., adaptive introgression) to the formation of new species (i.e., hybrid speciation). Although neutral and adaptive introgression has been broadly documented in nature, hybrid speciation
Noguerales V, Ortego J.
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Replicated Differential Expression Analysis in a Green-Brown Polymorphic Grasshopper Reveals Role of Beta-Carotene-Binding Protein in Body Coloration. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Orthoptera provide a well‐documented case of transspecies colour polymorphism, with green and brown morphs coexisting in many species. This colour polymorphism is likely under long‐term balancing selection, but the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the variation remain poorly understood.
Jiang C +4 more
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Multi-Locus Nuclear Marker Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Swiss Orthoptera Unveils Conservation Status Limitations. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT With accelerating biodiversity loss, tracking both inter‐ and intraspecific diversity is critical, as within‐species variation underpins population viability and adaptive potential. We developed a new multi‐locus framework, and obtained an Orthoptera‐specific marker panel targeting 398 nuclear loci plus the mitogenome and ribosomal DNA to ...
Carrasquer Puyal I +6 more
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Differential gene expression in Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt, 1821) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) induced by Wolbachia infection. [PDF]
Insect SciDistinct lineages of the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) form a well‐known hybrid zone (HZ) in the Pyrenees mountain range; the Iberian endemism C. p. erythropus (Cpe) and the subspecies C. p. parallelus, (Cpp) widely distributed throughout the rest of Europe. Both subspecies differ in diverse traits, including the strains of
Jiménez-Florido P +4 more
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Tracking nutrients in space and time: Interactions between grazing lawns and drought drive abundances of tallgrass prairie grasshoppers. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 Tallgrass prairie grasshoppers live surrounded by their food, but much of the available forage is nutrient poor. We report increases in grasshopper abundance and shifts in composition in response to both grazing lawns, high nutrient patches created by mammalian grazers, and drought, which concentrates nutrients in tallgrass prairie foliage. Abstract We
Ozment KA +3 more
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Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2021 This paper aims to re-describe and illustrate the poorly known grasshopper Podismopsis insularis and to clarify the taxonomic status of its subspecies.
Sergey Yu. Storozhenko
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The morphological and behavioral analysis of geographically separated Rammeihippus turcicus (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) populations: data result in taxonomical conflict. [PDF]
J Insect Sci, 2014 WOS: 000349770300007PubMed: 25347836Rammeihippus Woznessenskij, 1996 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) is a genus represented by two species. Rammeihippus turcicus (Ramme, 1939) is the only known species of the genus from Anatolia.
Şirin D, Mol A, Akyıldız G.
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Body Temperature Differences Between Green And Brown Grasshoppers Do Not Result From Thermal Physiology or Thermal Preferences. [PDF]
Ecol EvolColour morphs could represent different life‐history strategies, maximising their fitness locally in the trait space through trade‐offs between different biological functions. This mechanism could play a role in the maintenance of the green–brown polymorphism in Orthoptera.
Cabon L, Schielzeth H.
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A new species of Neoleva (Caelifera, Acridoidea, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae) from Central Tanzania [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2023 A new species of Neoleva Jago, N. magna sp. nov. is described from Central Tanzania. A key to all species of Neoleva is presented.
Claudia Hemp
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Caryologia, 2021 Grasshoppers, specifically those of the family Acrididae are known to have the largest genomes of all insects. However, less than 100 species of Orthoptera have their genome size estimated so far. In the present study, we measured the genome size of five
Martin Husemann +4 more
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