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International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 2015; 2 (1): 17-24 ISSN 2347-2677 IJFBS 2015; 2 (1): 17-24 The investigation of Orthoptera from Huagaoxi Nature Received: 08-01-2015 Accepted: 22-01-2015 Reserve of Sichuan, China Han Li College of Life Science, Hebei Han Li, Liu Hao-Yu and Shi Fu-Ming University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China Abstract Liu Hao-Yu We conducted a survey for Orthoptera in the Huagaoxi Nature Reserve of Sichuan for the first time Museum, Hebei University, during the summer of 2013. The result deals with 22 genera 35 species of superfamily Tettigonioidea, 10 Baoding 071002, P. R. China genera 11 species of superfamily Acridoidea, and 14 genera 20 species of family Gryllidae, 1 genus 1 species of family Gryllotalpidae. In addition, Gampsocleis sinensis (Walker, 1871) is one newly recorded Shi Fu-Ming species of Sichuan. College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. Keywords: Orthoptera, Huagaoxi Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China R. China 1. Introduction The Huagaoxi Nature Reserve is located in Xuyong County, Sichuan, China, with the total 2 area of 238.27 km , and its altitude range from 332 m to 1787.3 m. It belongs to the transitional zone of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the middle of Sichuan Basin. It is also famous for the beautiful waterfalls and sufficient streams which provide a good habitat for the lives here. The collecting field are some typical ones of Xuyong County, and the main habitat is covered with herbage and bamboo. Huagaoxi Nature Reserve are admitted in 2003. Several surveys were also held before, but it is the first time to investigate insect. Thus, during 2013, a more comprehensive surveys are held to complete the study. This article mainly reports the results of Orthoptera survey in Huagaoxi Nature Reserve. 2. Martial and Methods Two collecting methods were employed for collecting species: (1) net sweeping of the understory vegetation during the day; (2) collecting at fluorescent lights at night. The time and methods are different for locust, cricket and bush-cricket as their various living fields and habits. Day collecting along the forest roads is conducted for Acridoidea and partly Tettigoniidae. While some species of Tettigoniidae and most Grylloidea are highly active at night, therefore some collections are conducted after dark, until late at night. All these specimens are either dry-mounted or preserved in alcohol and deposited in Hebei University. The specimens are collected by Han Li and Liu Hao-Yu. An annotated list of collected species is given below. 3. List of the Species Superfamily Tettigonioidea Krauss, 1902 Family Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 Subfamily Conocephalinae Burmeister, 1838 3.1. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841) Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 3 males, 10 females, 24-25.VIII 2013; 3 males, 5 females, 30.VIII 2013. Distribution. China (Beijin, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Heibei, Hong Kong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Correspondence: Thailand, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Australian, Africa. Shi Fu-Ming College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China ~ 17 ~ International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies Map 1: The location of the Huagaoxi Nature Reserve in China. 3.2. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) exemptus (Walker, 1869) Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 male, 5 females, 24.VIII 2013; 3 males, 5 females, 27.VIII 2013; 6 females, 30.VIII 2013. 3.7. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) japonicus (Redtenbacher, Distribution. China (Sichuan, Beijin, Hebei, Liaoning, 1891) Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 2 males, 1 female, 26.VIII 2013. Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Distribution. China (Sichuan, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Taiwan), Japan, South Korea, Nepal, Thailand. Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, 3.3. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus (Haan, 1842) Shaanxi, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Japan, South Korea. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 3 males, 3 females, 22-VIII- 2013; 3 females, 26.VIII 2013; 1 male, 5 females, 30.VIII 3.8. Conanalus pieli Tinkham, 1943 2013. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 female, 27.VIII 2013. Distribution. China (Sichuan, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Distribution. China: Sichuan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Shaanxi. Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Taiwan), Japan, Nepal, India, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia. 3.9. Ruspolia lineosa (Walker, 1869) Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 male, 4 females, 22-23.VIII 3.4. Conocephalus (Conocephalus) bidentatus Shi & Zheng, 2013; 2 females, 30.VIII 2013. 1994 Distribution. China (Sichuan, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 male, 26.VIII 2013. Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Distribution. China: Sichuan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Taiwan), Japan, Guangxi, Chongqing. South Korea. 3.5. Conocephalus (Amurocephalus) chinensis 3.10. Euconocephalus pallidus (Redtenbacher, 1891) (Redtenbacher, 1891) Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 female, 30.VIII 2013. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 female, 27.VIII 2013. Distribution. China (Sichuan, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Distribution. China (Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Taiwan), India, Vietnam, Burma, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, New Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Shaanxi), Russia, Japan, Guinea. South Korea. 3.11. Euconocephalus nasutus (Thunberg, 1815) 3.6. Conocephalus (Conocephalus) sulcifrontis Xia & Liu, Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 male, 25.VIII 2013. 1992 Distribution. China (Sichuan, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Hubei, Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 female, 26.VIII 2013. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Distribution. China: Sichuan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hunan, Taiwan), Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand, Indonesia. ~ 18 ~ International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 3.12. Pyrgocorypha gracilis Liu, 1997 3.22. Phlugiolopsis tuberculata (Xia & Liu, 1992) Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 3 females, 25.VIII 2013. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 2 males, 1 female, 25-26.VIII Distribution. China: Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan. 2013; 3 females, 29-30.VIII 2013. Distribution. China: Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan. Subfamily Hexacentrinae Karny, 1925 NOTE: This species is recorded for the first time from Sichuan 3.13. Hexacentrus japonicus Karny, 1907 province. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 female, 22.VIII 2013; 2 females, 24.VIII 2013; 1 female, 28.VIII 2013; 1 female, 3.23. Alloxiphidiopsis emarginata (Tinkham, 1944) 30.VIII 2013. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 3 males, 6 females, 25.VIII 2013; Distribution. China (Sichuan, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, 3 males, 2 females, 30.VIII 2013. Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Distribution. China: Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Chongqing, Guizhou), Japan, South Korea. Yunnan. Subfamily Tettigoniinae Krauss, 1902 3.24. Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) bituberculata Ebner, 1939 3.14. Gampsocleis sinensis (Walker, 1871) Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 7 males, 9 females, 25.VIII 2013; Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 2 females, 24-25.VIII 2013. 3 females, 30.VIII 2013. Distribution. China: Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Distribution. China: Sichuan, Zhejiang. Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan. Notes: Species herein is recorded for the first time from Family Phaneropteridae Burmeister, 1838 Sichuan province. Subfamily Pseudophyllinae Burmeister, 1838 3.25. Phyllomimus sinicus Beier, 1954 3.15. Tettigonia chinensis Willemse, 1933 Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 male, 27.VIII 2013. Material. No specimen of this species are collected during this Distribution. China: Sichuan, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, survey. But according to its geographic position, there should Hubei, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, have this species distributed here. Guizhou. Distribution. China: Sichuan, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou. Subfamily Mecopodinae Walker, 1871 3.26. Mecopoda niponensis De Haan, 1842 Subfamily Meconematinae Burmeister, 1838 Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 male, 23.VIII 2013; 1 male, 2 3.16. Xizicus (Xizicus) fascipes (Bey-Bienko, 1955) females, 26-27.VIII 2013. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 female, 26.VIII 2013. Distribution. China (Sichuan, Zhejiang, Chongqing, Guangxi, Distribution. China: Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangxi, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Guizhou. Shaanxi), Japan. 3.17. Xizicus (Axizicus) spathulatus (Tinkham, 1944) Subfamily Phaneropterinae Burmeister, 1838 Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 male, 10 females, 25-26.VIII 3.27. Sinochlora sinensis Tinkham, 1945 2013; 1 male, 2 females, 29-30.VIII 2013. Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 male, 23.VIII 2013. Distribution. China: Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Distribution. China: Sichuan, Zhejiang, Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Guizhou. Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan. 3.18. Xizicus (Axizicus) szechwanensis (Tinkham, 1944) Material. Sichuan (Xuyong): 1 female, 25.VIII 2013. 3.28. Sinochlora szechwanensis Tinkham, 1945 Distribution. China: Sichuan,
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    БЮЛ. МОСК. О-ВА ИСПЫТАТЕЛЕЙ ПРИРОДЫ. ОТД. БИОЛ. 2016. Т. 121. ВЫП. 1 21 УДК 595.728: 591.582.2 ВИБРО-АКУСТИЧЕСКАЯ СИГНАЛИЗАЦИЯ СВЕРЧКА MELOIMORPHA JAPONICA JAPONICA (HAAN, 1842) (ORTHOPTERA, GRYLLIDAE) А.А. Бенедиктов1, А.П. Михайленко2 Впервые зарегистрированы и описаны звуковые призывные и смешанные вибро-акустические сигналы ухаживания самца японского сверчка Meloimorpha ja- ponica japonica (Haan, 1842) из культуры Дюссельдорфского аквариума. Приведены осциллограммы. Ключевые слова: Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Meloimorpha, стридуляция, тремуляция. Долгое время основными объектами биоаку- лабораторной культуры Дюссельдорфского аква- стики насекомых были виды, издающие звуковые риума (Германия), часть из которых была любез- сигналы. Лишь в последние десятилетия стало но передана нам. Содержание в садках позволило очевидно, что представители большинства групп впервые подробно изучить звуковые и вибрацион- используют для коммуникации вибрационные сиг- ные сигналы самцов этого вида. налы, передающиеся не по воздуху, а через твер- Материалы и методы дый субстрат (Drosopoulos, Claridge, 2006). Вибрационные сигналы прямокрылых насеко- Зарегистрированы и проанализированы сигна- мых изучены пока недостаточно. Не так давно мы лы трех самцов в разных ситуациях (одиночный выяснили, что вибрационный канал связи у пред- самец, пара самцов, самец рядом с самкой). Запись ставителей некоторых надсемейств (Tetrigoidea, проводили 2.X и 8.XI 2013 в затемненном садке. Eumastacoidea) функционирует в качестве ос- Кроме того, поставлено более 20 экспериментов в
  • Singing and Fighting Insects Around the World. a Brief Review

    Singing and Fighting Insects Around the World. a Brief Review

    Etnobiología 3: 21-29, 2003 ENTERTAINMENT WITH INSECTS: SINGING AND FIGHTING INSECTS AROUND THE WORLD. A BRIEF REVIEW Eraldo Medeiros Costa-Neto Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Km 03, BR 116 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brasil CEP 44031-460 [email protected] ABSTRACT The interaction between humans and insects is briefly presented by viewing the cultural practices related to the keeping of singing Orthopterans and fighting crickets, which take place in some parts of the world, especially in Asian countries. Key words: ethnoentomology, cricket-fighting, singing insects, Orthoptera, folklore. RESUMEN La interacción ser humano/insectos es brevemente presentada a través de las prácticas culturales relacionadas con el mantenimiento de Ortópteros cantantes y grillos de pelea, las cuales se realizan en algunos rincones de la tierra, especialmente en los países de Asia. Palabras clave: etnoentomología, grillos de pelea, insectos cantantes, Orthoptera, folklore. Introduction insects is due to the prejudiced attitudes that associate insects with aboriginal people. In Prior to the arrival of modern humans in the contrast, Eastern Asian cultures have a more evolutionary set, insects had already been balanced perspective regarding insects than in playing important ecological roles by providing the West, where most insects are related to filth a range of services in order to maintain the or are dangerous (DeFoliart 1999, Pemberton structure of the most terrestrial ecosystems 1999). According to these authors, Asians (Morris et al. 1991). In view of their abundance consider insects to be aesthetically pleasing, and the range of their impact on the lives of our good to eat, interesting pets, subjects of sport, early ancestors, it is not surprising that insects enjoyable to listen to and useful in medicine.
  • A New Genus and Two New Species of Luzarinae Cricket from the Atlantic Forest of Northeast Brazil (Orthoptera, Grylloidea)

    A New Genus and Two New Species of Luzarinae Cricket from the Atlantic Forest of Northeast Brazil (Orthoptera, Grylloidea)

    Zootaxa 3872 (5): 498–512 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3872.5.4 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AF9FB10A-8BD9-4F8B-9B2B-D95A17967F24 A new genus and two new species of Luzarinae cricket from the Atlantic Forest of Northeast Brazil (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) PEDRO G. B. SOUZA-DIAS1,3 & LAURE DESUTTER-GRANDCOLAS2 1Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, rua do Matão, travessa 14, n. 101, 05508-900, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2ISYEB UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, 57 rue Cuvier, Case Postale 50 (Entomologie), 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France 3Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract A new genus and two new species of Luzarinae crickets (Grylloidea, Phalangopsidae) are described from the Atlantic For- est of Northeast Brazil. Marcgraviella muriciensis Souza-Dias n. gen., n. sp. and M. christianae Desutter-Grandcolas & Souza-Dias n. gen., n. sp. are described using characters of morphology and male genitalia. The new genus is character- ized by male genitalia singularities, presenting elongated and inflatable pseudepiphallic parameres, which lies in vertical or almost vertical position, and long and tubular pseudepiphallic arms associated to phallic glands. We provide a discus- sion about the morphology of male genitalia and the function of the phallic glands and pseudepiphallic arms in Marcgra- viella n. gen. and related taxa. An identification key for Marcgraviella n. gen. and related genera is proposed.
  • Orthoptera). Part 1: General Concepts and Origin Эволюция И Таксономическое Значение Копулятивного Аппарата У Длинноусых Прямокрылых (Orthoptera: Ensifera

    Orthoptera). Part 1: General Concepts and Origin Эволюция И Таксономическое Значение Копулятивного Аппарата У Длинноусых Прямокрылых (Orthoptera: Ensifera

    ZOOSYSTEMATICA ROSSICA, 23(2): 197–209 25 DECEMBER 2014 Evolution and taxonomic significance of the copulatory apparatus in Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part 1: General concepts and origin Эволюция и таксономическое значение копулятивного аппарата у длинноусых прямокрылых (Orthoptera: Ensifera). Часть 1: Общие положения и происхождение A.V. GOROCHOV А.В. ГОРОХОВ A.V. Gorochov, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg 199034, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] The importance of using copulatory characters in generic and higher taxonomy (not only in species taxonomy) is discussed in the light of the recent “genital clock” concept which should partly replace the old “lock-and-key” theory. This concept assumes that evolutional changes in the copulatory apparatus (if it is sufficiently complicated) follow after genetic drift, and that these processes occur at a more uniform rate than changes in the characters of external morphology, ecological properties and many other biological traits, since structure of this ap- paratus is less dependent upon the situation in the ecosystem. Evolution of the copulatory apparatus in the suborder Ensifera and in its ancestors may be divided into three hypothetical stages reflected in some morphological features: 1) a highly hypothetical stage without copula- tion and without a copulatory apparatus in the most ancient (extinct) orthopteroid insects; 2) the appearance of different organs in early Orthoptera serving for fixation of partners dur- ing copulation and for insertion of the spermatophore in the female genital chamber; 3) the development of complicated organ with consolidation of these functions. Важность использования копулятивных признаков в родовой и высшей таксономии (не только в видовой таксономии) обсуждена в свете современной гипотезы о «гениталь- ных часах», которая должна частично заместить старую теорию «ключа и замка».