Towards a better understanding of the genus Scelimena (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae, Scelimeninae): New insights and notes on the taxonomy, ecology, and physiology of the genus in Peninsular Malaysia [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2023 One of the two Scelimena Serville, 1838 species described from Peninsular Malaysia, Scelimena gombakensis Muhammad, Tan & Skejo, 2018 occupies a wide distributional range across the country, contrary to the range described in the original ...
Amira Aqilah Muhammad +3 more
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Perception and knowledge of grasshoppers among indigenous communities in tropical forest areas of southern Cameroon: Ecosystem conservation, food security, and health [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2021 The increased attention given to health, food security, and biodiversity conservation in recent years should bring together conventional scientists and indigenous people to share their knowledge systems for better results.
Charly Oumarou Ngoute +2 more
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Probability of a Central American locust Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons upsurge in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2023 From ancient times to the present, infestations of the Central American locust (CAL) [Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870)] have occurred periodically and with varying intensities in the Yucatan Peninsula (YP), Mexico.
Mario A. Poot-Pech
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Discovering insect species based on photographs only: The case of a nameless species of the genus Scaria (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2021 A heated debate on whether a new species should be described without a physical specimen, i.e., by designating a photographed specimen to serve as a holotype, has been ongoing for a long time. Herewith, without nomenclatural actions, a new species of the
Niko Kasalo +4 more
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How often are ecosystems top‐down controlled? Experiments in grassland, grasshopper, and bird systems over time and space [PDF]
EcosphereEcosystems are frequently considered to be controlled by predation (top‐down). Experiments examined this in four bird/spider/grasshopper/prairie habitats over 34 years, employing in each habitat three 100 m2 bird exclosures and controls (121 habitat/year
Gary E. Belovsky, Jennifer B. Slade
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Island mysteries in the spotlight: Barbitistes kaltenbachi and Rhacocleis buchichii, the only bush-cricket species endemic to Croatia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Hvar Saw Bush-cricket Barbitistes kaltenbachi Harz, 1965 (Phaneropterinae: Barbitistini) and Lesina Bush-cricket Rhacocleis buchichii Brunner von Wattenwyl in Herman 1874 (Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini) are flightless orthopterans restricted to a narrow ...
Rob Felix +4 more
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Insecticidal Management of Rangeland Grasshoppers Using a Remotely Piloted Aerial Application System
Drones, 2022 Grasshoppers are integral parts of rangeland ecosystems but also have the potential to reach population densities high enough (outbreaks) to cause serious economic damage from forage loss and affect adjacent crops.
Daniel E. Martin +7 more
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Management of locusts and grasshoppers in China [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2017 Locusts and grasshoppers are major economic pests in China and are controlled by a strategy of preventive management where about 1.5 million ha are treated each year.
Long Zhang, David Hunter
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Grasshopper populations respond similarly to multiple moderate intensity livestock grazing treatments [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2020 Livestock grazing frequently affects grasshopper populations, but no prior studies have simultaneously examined a wide range of moderate intensity livestock grazing treatments in the Northern Great Plains.
David H. Branson
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Grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae & Pyrgomorphidae) of Ghyalchok, Gorkha, Nepal and four new species records [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2023 We present a list of grasshoppers of two families from Ghyalchok, Gorkha district with four new species records for Nepal. The checklist of species is given to provide basic information on the grasshopper diversity of that region.
Madan Subedi, Dhaneesh Bhaskar
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