News - 2010
Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis discovered in the Netherlands
On August 19 Dutch entomologist Jaap Bouwman discovered a small population of Eumodicogryllus bordig...
Phaneroptera falcata has arrived in Denmark
On August 6, 2010 a group of Danish entomologists (Simon Waagner, Erik Dylmer, Kent Olsen and Lars I...
Wanted dead or alive: Bradyporinae
The research group in ecology and evolution of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), aims at res...
Orthoptera of the Durmitor area
In the period 1985-1995 a study was made of the Orthoptera of the Durmitor area in Montenegro. The r...
Sphingonotus caerulans in the Netherlands
On July 18, 2010 a small population of Sphingonotus caerulans was discovered in the centre of Rotter...
New checklist Macedonia
Recently a critical checklist was published on the Orthoptera of Macedonia. The authors studied the ...
European Redlisting of Orthoptera (ERO)
One of the activities of the recently founded IUCN Grasshopper Specialist Group (GSG) is the redlist...
Christiane Amedegnato passed away
On June 20, 2010 Christiane Amedegnato passed away after a short sickbed. She was a world specialist...
Two new Leptophyes species from Italy
In a recent volume of Zootaxa two new species of Leptophyes from southern Italy have been described:...
Key Orthoptera Pyrenees
In the last 'Beiheft' of Articulata a key and overview to the Orthoptera fauna of the Pyrenean regio...
New data on Stenobothrus cotticus
Dirk Berger and colleagues have published a paper on the remarkable distribution of Stenobothrus cot...
Die Stimmen der Heuschrecken
Recently, a new German guide on the songs of European grasshoppers has been published. "Die Stimmen ...
DGfO meeting in Mainz (5-7 March)
The bi-annual meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopterologie (DGfO) will this year be held...
IUCN Specialist Group Orthoptera
Last week the foundation of the Specialist Group Orthoptera has been approved by the IUCN Steering C...
Metaleptea issue 30 (1)
The newest issue of the newsletter of the Orthopterists’ Society contains many interesting topics. N...
News on the Chorthippus albomarginatus - group
Varja Vedenina and the recently deceased Otto von Helversen have recently published a comprehensive ...
Fer Willemse deceased
On 26th December, 2009 the Dutch orthopterist Fer Willemse has passed away, amidst his family in his...