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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 DAVID HUNTER to the desired page) President [1] PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE [email protected] [2] SOCIETY NEWS ear Society Members, [2] The 2021 Theodore J. Cohn Research Grants Funded by M. The many reports of LECOQ activities and research [2] The 2021 OSF Grants Funded by in the current issue M.M. CIGLIANO DD demonstrate that we [3] Updates from the Global have generally been able to adapt to Locust Initiative by M.WORD & R. COVID-19 restrictions. I bring to OVERSON your attention under “Latest News” [5] T.J. COHN GRANT REPORTS the new book recently published, [5] An evaluation of the “A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Mediterranean species of the band-winged grasshopper genus Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania Acrotylus (Fieber, 1853) using DNA and Kenya” by Claudia Hemp et al., barcoding by T. WEHRT which provides a most comprehensive [7] How did Orthopterists and coverage of various crickets of Orthoptera respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic? by M.K. TAN Eastern Africa. And the most recent issue of the Journal of Orthoptera [9] Wing polyphenism in Gryllus firmus by A.M. HAYES Research, 30(1), contains 11 articles: many thanks to JOR editor Tony the pandemic will continue before it [10] BOOK REVIEW Robillard and to YOU, our members, declines to a level where we have a [10] Book Review: A Field Guide to more normal situation, even if it is the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy for such a comprehensive and varied Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya by set of articles! some sort of new normal. So, we are Claudia Hemp by D. HUNTER investigating a number of different Our investments continue to [11] EDITORIAL increase, which allows us to cover scenarios, in a balance between a significant part of our expenses. live and Zoom presentations, but, There is now over $100,000 in our regardless, the aim is to have sessions low-risk Bond Reserve Fund that puts on-line, so everyone can listen in and us in good stead to support student participate. travel and various awards for our next It is with a great deal of pleasure Congress scheduled for late 2023 that I draw your attention to the Ted in the Yucatán region of Mexico. Cohn Research Grants provided to Mario Poot Pech and Hojun Song a number of students and young are starting to investigate alternatives scientists. Ten grants, totalling for the Congress, including Zoom $14,687, have been awarded from a presentations for those who cannot wide variety of countries. The list of make it. Exactly how the Congress awardees is on page 2. will be run is uncertain since while Many thanks to Hojun and Derek COVID-19 is decreasing in some for another comprehensive issue of areas it is increasing in others, so it Metaleptea! Enjoy! is difficult to know how much longer Volume 41 (2) / May 2021 1 METALEPTEA The 2021 Theodore J. Cohn Research Grants Funded By MICHEL LECOQ Chair, Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund Committee [email protected] ear fellow Orthopterists, 3. Nefeli Kotitsa (Greece) - Sky- morphs As usual, this year we islands under threat: an 10. Stephen Bucklin (USA: PA) - have received various evolutionary study of the Colonization of New Habitat: research proposals, endemic bushcrickets of the Impacts of Playback Calls in mostly from PhD genus Parnassiana Meadows on Abundance and DD students, but also 4. Juan Manuel De Luna (Mexico) – Diversity of Orchelimum spp. and from BS and MS students. These Mantodea diversity of “El Cielo” Conocephalus spp. proposals came from Argentina, Biosphere Reserve, Gómez Farías, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Tamaulipas, Mexico The selection committee comprises Greece, Mexico, Germany, Turkey, 5. Howon Rhee (Germany) - Genetic four members: myself (France), and the USA. As usual, the task of bottleneck effects and inbreeding Battal Çiplak (Turkey), David Hunter the Committee was not easy. Based of Psalmatophanes barretoi (Australia), and Lacey Knowles on their merit and our financial 6. Özgül Yahyaoglu (Turkey) (USA). On behalf of all the committee possibilities, we selected 10 research - Fingerprints of altitudinal members, I would like to thank all projects for a total amount of $14,687. adaptation in mitogenome: A our applicants for their participation, Below is the list of successful snapshot from Parapholidoptera and congratulate those who have been applicants (in alphabetical order) and (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) selected and wish them good luck in the title of their research project: (FAAM-SP) their work. 7. Charlie Woodrow (UK) - Evolution The next call will be in early 2022 1. Elio Castillo (Argentina) - Are of the ensiferan ear canal – a and we strongly invite BS/MS/PhD Andean species of Jivarus phylogenetic assessment of form students and post-docs from around Giglio-Tos, 1898 the most and function the world to submit their research ancient stock of South American 8. Finn Gamble (USA: CA) - Dueling proposals. I remind all that the only Melanoplinae? Molecular crickets: Differences in male requirement is that the applicant be a phylogeny and chromosome aggressive behavior among member of the Orthopterists’ Society evolution cricket morphs in good standing. As usual, upon 2. Leonardo Meza (Colombia) - 9. Gabrielle Welsh (USA: CO) - completion of their research, selected Climate change impacts on New Comparative assessment of candidates will be asked to provide a Zealand alpine grasshoppers courtship behavior in recently short report, which will be published (Orthoptera: Acrididae) derived Pacific Field cricket in our Metaleptea newsletter. The 2021 OSF Grants Funded By MARIA MARTA CIGLIANO Museo de La Plata, División Entomología, FCNyM-UNLP CEPAVE, CONICET-CCT La Plata, ARGENTINA [email protected] he OSF grants committee and sounds) expected to be added Caelifera) from Panga Ecological received and evaluated 10 to the Orthoptera Species File. Also Reserve, Minas Gerais, Brazil proposals by applicants considered was the candidates’ 2. Oscar Cadena-Castañeda from eight countries: expertise (if the proposal was related (Universidad Distrital Francisco Brazil, Cameroon, to a taxonomic research project) and José de Caldas, Bogota, Colombia) TT Colombia, Croatia, the adequate budget. - Study of Melanoplinae Germany, India, Pakistan, and (Acrididae), Mecopodinae and South Africa. The four proposals 1. Daniela Santos Martin Silva Hexacentrinae (Tettigoniidae) of listed below were funded and were (Universidade Federal de high Andean forests and paramos selected based on the amount of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil) - of the eastern mountain range of data (images, specimen records, The grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Colombia Volume 41 (2) / May 2021 2 METALEPTEA 3. Claudia Hemp (Senckenberg History Survey, provides funding for identified museum specimens, living Biodiversity and Climate work in support of the Orthoptera individuals in natural habitats), sound Research Centre, Germany) - A Species File. Members of the recordings, and/or geo-referenced photographic safari to western Orthopterists’ Society are invited to specimen records. Any proposal and southern Tanzania and apply. Applications should be sent that solely focuses on fieldwork or northern Kenya to María Marta Cigliano (cigliano@ other systematic research without 4. Vanessa Catherine Kemsley fcnym.unlp.edu.ar). direct benefits to OSF will not be Couldridge (University of Grants are available for a project as considered. Projects may be proposed Western Cape, South Africa) - defined by the applicant. The project for periods of one to three years. Acoustic profiling of South African must involve benefit to the Orthoptera Funding availability for 2022 will orthopterans Species File. The usual benefit is the be announced in October 2021. addition of images (photographs of The Orthopterists’ Society, in the habitus and diagnostic details cooperation with the Illinois Natural of type specimens, other reliably Updates from the Global Locust Initiative By MIRA WORD1 & RICK OVERSON2 1Project Coordinator, GLI, Arizona State University, USA [email protected] 2Co-director, GLI, Arizona State University, USA [email protected] ello, fellow ecophysiology tradeoffs in locusts. Senegal: An Agriculturist’s Guide. Orthopterists! Spurred Additionally, we are excited to be one by locust outbreaks and of several collaborating partners in the New online private professional continued growth to the newly formed Behavioral Plasticity network Global Locust Initiative Research Institute funded through As we continue to grow, we’ve HH (GLI) Network, this the NSF-BII program. If you haven’t embarked on major efforts to enhance past year has been full of ongoing visited our website in a while, we’ve Network member interactions. research projects and enhancements to updated content to include summaries Earlier this year, we launched a new the Network. We’re excited to embark of GLI Lab projects, information online professional community (Fig. on two new five-year projects at GLI on outbreaking locusts, and other 1) supported by the Foundation Lab. One project, supported by an many other resources like the Pest for Food and Agriculture Research NSF CAREER award, will explore Grasshoppers and Locusts in Central (FFAR) to increase the connectivity among Network members and make it easier to share information across disciplines, sectors, and continents. There are now over 100 members with profiles representing 30 countries and over 75 areas