A new tribe of the pygmy grasshoppers subfamily Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)

Abstract

New tribe Epitettigini trib. n. is proposed for five genera with uncertain tribal position within subfamily Cladonotinae. It consists of the genera Epitettix Hancock, 1907, Devriesetettix Tumbrinck, 2014, Ingrischitettix Tumbrinck, 2014, Pseudohyboella Günther, 1938, and Yunnantettix Zheng, 1995. New tribe is most similar to the leaf-like tribe Cladonotini but differs from latter in the not leaf-like body, straight or weakly triangular anterior margin of the pronotum, which never covered head in dorsal view, the lacking of true scutellum, the upper and lower carinae of the fore and mid femora straight or weakly sinuate, and the third tarsal segment of the hind legs considerably shorter than first one.

DNA Barcoding of Pygmy Hoppers—The First Comprehensive Overview of the BOLD Systems’ Data Shows Promise for Species Identification

“…A similar situation can be observed in the grouping of the unidentified species of Bolivaritettix and Rostella Hancock, 1913 [61]. Considering the similarities in the facial morphologies of these genera, this could be an important piece of information for resolving the taxonomy of both Criotettigini [52] and Cleostratini Bolívar, 1887 [16,62]. Continuing on from this, there is high support (ML 99/100; BA 100) for grouping the unidentified species of Criotettix and Eucriotettix, which are specious genera in need of revision [63], but it seems certain that their type species are closely related [52].…”

The Mysterious Amurian Grig Paracyphoderris erebeus Storozhenko, 1980 (Orthoptera: Prophalangopsidae): New Data on Its Distribution, Ecology and Biology

“…We analysed all data on specimens collected by Russian researchers and all applicable published data [1,25,26]. Totally, 69 specimens of Paracyphoderris erebeus are examined.…”

“…The Amurian grig, Paracyphoderris erebeus Storozhenko, 1980, was described in the family Haglidae from the Maochan Mountains near Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in the Khabarovsk Territory (Kray) of the Russian Far East [1]. Later, the genus Paracyphoderris Storozhenko, 1980, was transferred to the family Prophalangopsidae [2].…”

“…The aims of this paper are (1) to provide new data on the habitat, behaviour and biology of P. erebeus, (2) to discuss some issues arising from long-term studies of distribution, and (3) to produce ecologo-geographic models of the species' distribution across the Far East as the basis to forecast some possible shifts in its distribution.…”

Celebration time: here’s to 500 numbers of Far Eastern Entomologist

“…Sidorenko (23 genera, 57 species), and the Italian researcher P. Rosa (46 species). Over the last three years, 210 articles have been published in the journal, of which 62% (130 articles) were taxonomic works describing new taxa and establishing various nomenclatural acts for recent insects (Daniel et al, 2021;Gorochov, 2021Gorochov, , 2022Jaitrong et al, 2022;Storozhenko, 2023;Grichanov, 2023;Lelej, 2023, etc. ) as well as for fossil forms (Rasnitsyn & Aristov, 2021;Kupryjanowicz et al, 2022;Aristov & Gorochov, 2022, etc.).…”