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President's Message ISSN 2372-2517 (Online), ISSN 2372-2479 (Print) METALEPTEAMETALEPTEA THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ORTHOPTERISTS’ SOCIETY TABLE OF CONTENTS President’s Message (Clicking on an article’s title will take you By ALEXANDRE V. LATCHININSKY to the desired page) President [email protected] [1] PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE [2] SOCIETY NEWS ear Fellow Orthopterists, [2] Call for T.J. Cohn Grant by M. LECOQ dear friends, [3] OSF Grants Awardees by M.M. CIGLIANO First of all, I would [3] 13th ICO in Morocco by A. IDRISSI [4] Global Locust Initiative Notes from the like to wholeheartedly Field! by A. RIVERS & A. CEASE wish all of you a fruit- [6] Visit to Argentina for the South American ful and successful year Locust by D. HUNTER DD [7] Orthopterists’ Society Support for the 2018! This year promises to be a AAIS Meeting by D. HUNTER very busy one for the Society – as [8] REGIONAL REPORTS every pre-Congress year is. I am [8] Western Europe by G. LEHMANN [9] T.J. COHN GRANT REPORTS very pleased to share with all of you [9] Tolerance of groundhoppers’ eggs to de- the news about our next meeting. In hydration – why do females of genus Tetrix the previous months, the Organiz- search for mossy patches? by D. MUSIOLEK [11] An Attempt at Using Radio Telemetry ing Committee met several times and to Understand Leaf Masquerading Behavior significant progress in preparation in Mimetica Pictet, 1888: Considerations for th Future Projects, and Some Observations by for the 13 International Congress R. SELKING of Orthopterology has been made. [14] OSF GRANT REPORTS The dates of the Congress are set for [14] The Brazilian fauna of phalangopsid crickets (Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae): types March 24-28, 2019 in Agadir, Mo- website functional, attractive, and from the collection of the Museu de Zoolo- rocco, which means that there are resourceful. gia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP) by only about 13 months before it starts. In November 2017, the Orthopter- P.G.B. SOUZA-DIAS [17] Dead and Alive - New images of band- The overall theme is “Challenges in ists’ Society organized a Symposium winged grasshoppers (Caelifera: Acrididae: front of climatic and environmental in the framework of the Annual Meet- Oedipodinae) in the OSF by M. HUSEMANN changes.” On page 3-4, in the letter & L.-S. DEY ing of the Entomological Society of [18] Digitalisation of Indian Orthoptera from the President of the Organiz- America in Denver, Colorado. You types deposited in British Natural History ing Committee, Prof. Amina Idrissi, will find the summary report on this Museum, London (NHMUK) and a checklist to Orthoptera of Kerala, India by D. BHAS- please find more information regard- event (led by omnipresent Dr. Derek KAR ET AL. ing the Congress, including important A. Woller!) on page 31-42. Several [23] CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES deadlines for Symposia submissions. -members of the Society involved [23] Review of the recent chapter on locust phase polyphenism by Cullen et al. (2017) by Next, I am going to touch upon in applied orthopterology will also M.P. PENER another very important subject for participate in the 9th International [26] A hitchhiking migratory locust from the Society: its website. I would like Integrated Pest Management Sym- Queensland Australia by R. FARROW [28] Collecting in Southern Mexico: to thank our previous web-master posium in Baltimore, Maryland, on Oaxaca and Guerrero states by R. MARIÑO- Dr. Piotr Naskrecki for his long-term 19-22 March 2018. And on April PÉREZ ET AL. successful work and welcome our 12-14, 2018, a Global Locust Initia- [31] MEETING REPORTS [31] ESA 2017 Recap and Abstracts compiled new web-master Dr. Derek A. Woller. tive will be launched from Arizona by D.A. WOLLER Derek is the successional leader of the State University in Tempe. For more [42] The 2nd Eurasian Orthopterological USDA-APHIS Rangeland Grasshop- Symposium Recap and Abstracts complied information about this exciting event by M.G. SERGEEV per and Mormon Cricket Management see page 4-5. [57] TREASURER’S REPORT Team in Phoenix, Arizona. I wish Once again, best wishes for the new [58] EDITORIAL Derek good luck making the Society 2018 year to all! Volume 38 (1) / January 2018 1 METALEPTEA The Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund: Call for applications for 2018 (Deadline : March 31, 2018) By MICHEL LECOQ Chair, Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund Committee [email protected] ear fellow Orthopterists, The proposals should be in the fol- The Committee prefers proposals Once again I have the lowing format and restricted to the applicable to broad biological prob- pleasure to announce indicated number of pages: lems, even though the actual research a new call for applica- may be narrower in scope. Proposals tions for The Theodore DESCRIPTION (one page) also should include clearly stated hy- DD J. Cohn Research Fund. potheses and aims, and the nature of As you know, this research grant is 1. TITLE the evidence to be gathered to test the primarily to fund research projects in hypothesi(e)s and possible outcomes. Orthoptera (s.l.) by young researchers, 2. SIGNIFICANCE, stressing the But taxonomic projects may also be often as part of a masters or Ph.D., new ideas and aspects of the proposal, funded, particularly coming from though post doctorates may also be expected contribution to theory, rela- African countries. funded. A total amount of $15K per tion to previous work, etc. (applicants Proposals from graduate students year is available and it is possible to should emphasize the nature and sig- must include a simple recommenda- fund research grants for up to $1,500 nificance of their proposal to provide tion from their major professor or per grantee. the judges with the basis for weighing advisor. Those not affiliated with an In 2017, 11 research projects were different projects, especially in fields educational or research institution funded (out of 14 proposals received) outside their expertise) should indicate where the work is to and we regularly publish with plea- be done. sure and interest the reports of benefi- 3. RESEARCH PLAN, including the A short report will be required from ciaries from previous years that enrich particular orthopterans to be studied, the successful applicants. It will be the various issues of Metaleptea. methods, logistics, etc. written for our newsletter, Metaleptea, I’m sure, for this call, we will and be suitable for both orthopterists receive again a lot of interesting and 4. TIMETABLE, even if approxi- and non-specialist readers. high quality proposals. As with the mate, to give the judges some idea of last year, I strongly encourage stu- feasibility. Proposals should be submitted to dents and young researchers from the Chair at the following address: Africa and Asia to submit a project. I CURRICULUM VITAE (half page) Michel Lecoq hope that our regional representatives including name, full address, pres- e-mail: [email protected] can relay my call to arouse more proj- ent position or years in graduate ect applications from these continents. school, education, number of papers Start writing! The committee will consider all re- published or completed, citation of quests with the same attention and be- selected publications pertinent to the nevolence. The quality of English will proposal to aid the judges. not be a criterion and we are ready, at the level of the Committee, to help the BUDGET (half page) including students of these countries to better justification of items where appropri- formulate their projects in English if ate (i.e. why special equipment is necessary. In the end, the intrinsic necessary unless clearly obvious), quality and originality of the research other funding for the project, etc. project will be the only criteria. Overheads cannot be provided for on Society grants. Volume 38 (1) / January 2018 2 METALEPTEA Grants supporting the Orthoptera Species File By MARIA MARTA CIGLIANO Chair, Orthoptera Species File Grant Committee [email protected] he OSF grants commit- of Scelimeninae Bolivar, 1887 & dipodinae in Russian Collections tee received eighteen Cladonotinae Bolivar, 1887 from 6. Michael Sergeev (Russia) applications from fifteen Southern India and digitization of Title: Re-inventory of grasshoppers countries (Algeria, Tetrigidae types stored in MNHG (Acrididae: Gomphocerinae: Hyper- Austria, Brazil, Cam- Geneva (Switzerland) nephiini) of North and Central Asia 2. Ivković Slobodan (University of 7. Nicolas Moulin (France) T eroon, China, Croatia, T Novi Sad, Belgrade, Serbia) & Laslo Title: Contribution of distributional Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Horvat (Austria) and taxonomical data of Mantodea India, Pakistan, Russia, Serbia, and Title: Orthoptera of Serbia and Mon- species and photos of live individuals Singapore) from which the follow- tenegro - further research on poorly from West Central Africa ing ten proposals listed below were investigated areas and little known 8. Ranjana Jaiswara (Department of funded. The proposals were selected taxa. Zoology and Environmental Sci- based on the relation to the amount of 3. Jiajia Dong (China) ences, Punjabi University, Patiala data (images, specimen records, etc.) Title: Taxonomic review, distribution Punjab, India) expected to be added into the Or- and exploration of the Cardiodacty- Title: Photography of male genitalia thoptera Species File or to any other lus crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: of Gryllinae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) Eneopterinae) in New Guinea type specimens at MNHN Paris Species File within Polyneoptera. It 4. Lucas Denadai de Campos (Universi- 9. Sheila Young (Museo de Historia was also considered if the proposal dade de São Paulo, Brazil) Natural “Tomás Romay”, Santiago was related somehow to a taxonomic Title: Photographic database of de Cuba, Cuba) research project and also the candi- Tafaliscinae sensu Desutter, 1987, Title: An inventory of the Orthoptera date’s expertise. Podoscirtinae and Phalangopsidae of the Eastern Sierra Maestra Range, (Ensifera, Grylloidea) type specimens Cuba OSF grants funded for 2018: deposited in the Academy of Natural 10.
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