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METALEPTEAMETALEPTEA THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ORTHOPTERISTS’ SOCIETY President’s Message [1] PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By MICHAEL SAMWAYS President new era for the Society image. It is [2] PARTING MESSAGE FROM Our Society is in a new also truly PAST PRESIDENT era of vigor and adven- international, ture. Much of this new with manu- [3] SOCIETY NEWS position is due to the scripts being AAgreat activities of the received [3] Call for grants supporting OSF Board and Membership over the last from around [3] A note from Treasurer four years. In particular, the Soci- the world. [3] Call for applications for Executive Director position ety acknowledges the amazing and However, tireless efforts of our immediate Past in the cur- [4] CONGRESS REPORTS President, Maria Marta Cigliano. She rent era, it is has pursued an energetic course where crucial that the journal be contempo- [4] Report on the 11th International the Society is now in a consolidated rary and a preferred journal to which Congress of Orthopterology position with a clear direction. Indeed, potential new contributors will turn. [6] Awards presented during the Maria Marta’s contribution will be To this end, the major aim of the JOR Congress tough to match! is to acquire ISI rating. This is an [8] Opening Ceremony Remarks international system where published [9] Briefings of Program Symposia The Society’s publications papers in ISI-rated journals are fully at the Congress Already we have a truly superb recognized for their scientific worth. [9] Orthoptera Conservation [10] Orthoptera Sexual Behavior newsletter, Metaleptea, being steered The JOR is on the cusp of achieving [11] Taxonomy of Orthoptera with great panache by Hojun Song, this. The quality is already there, but [15] Grasshopper and Locust its Editor. This is a monumental task, now it is essential that its appearance Control and Hojun will now be assisted by is regular. This means that it must ap- [16] Orthopteran Functional a new Associate Editor, Derek A. pear without waiting for late revisions Genomics Woller. It is Metaleptea which keeps of manuscripts. The point is that once [17] Orthoptera Systematics the whole membership in touch with there is ISI recognition, there will [19] Orthoptera in Culture & all the latest strategies and interest- be much more incentive for young Education ing technical activities of the Society. researchers, in particular, to submit [20] Orthoptera Communication Soon, Metaleptea will be a recognized to the journal, especially as ISI status [22] OSF Workshop [23] Memorable moments (photos) publication through having an ISSN means that the journal will be indexed [24] Report of Board Meeting number. by the major abstracting infrastruc- While Metaleptea is the window tures. [25] CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES into the Society, the Journal of Orthoptera Research is its scientific Regional representatives [25] Thoughts for Conference avenue of communication. The new Our Society, with its strong inter- Organizers by HUGH ROWELL Editor, Sam Heads, has taken the national ethos, has an unusual and helm with great determination and interesting approach to networking. [27] EDITORIAL enthusiasm. Thanks to the tireless ef- This is by having Regional Represen- forts of the past Editor, Glenn Morris, tatives around the world, who report * This Table of Content is now clickable, which the JOR already has a truly good feel regularly on both fascinating techni- will take you to a desired page. about it, with a superb production cal issues and on newsworthy events. Volume 33 (3) / October 2013 1 METALEPTEA Each representative is effectively an working model for the global commu- on this in later messages. ambassador in a region, and besides nity to hear about what is happening collating and reporting on events, is in those regions. Metaleptea is such In summary, we have a truly vigor- also there for assistance for potential- a great mouthpiece for news items ous Society that is set to go from ly new or actual new members who that the Society strongly encourages strength to strength on the wings of wish to remain in regular contact with anyone around the world to submit some of the most intriguing insects to the Society. As there is so much or- news items and short technical reports be seen anywhere in the world! thopteroid diversity (as well as some to Hojun. After all, it is wonderful serious orthopteroid pests) in the low- exposure for aspiring orthopterists! Warm regards to all our membership, er latitudes, this is a particularly good Watch this space as there will be more Michael Samways Parting Message from Past President By MARIA MARTA CIGLIANO Past President , 2009-2013 hanks to our members Society is in great hands! and OS officers! I would also want to specially thank I desired to write one David Eades, who kindly accepted last message to our mem- to replace Ted Cohn in the Treasurer bers and officers of the position during some difficult times of TT Society, this time as Past the Society. Thanks to his generosity President of the OS. and predisposition, the Society was It has been an honor and a privilege able to keep up with all the programs to serve our Society for the last four and duties. Thanks also go to Pamm years, a pleasure to have worked with Mihm, our new Treasurer, who does all the Board members, and to interact a great job keeping our financial mat- in one way or another with so many ters. of our members. Thanks to our enthusiastic young I want to thank Michel Lecoq, our editors: Hojun Song, who is doing a being of great assistance to Sam. Past President, for all his suggestions superb job with Metaleptea, publish- I want to thank Piotr Naskrecki, and continuous advice that made ing three issues a year and who is al- who is the manager responsible for my job easier; as well as to Michael ways seeking interesting articles, and the Society’s website and has invested Samways, our new President, for his to Sam Heads, who has accepted the a lot of work and time redesigning the continuous support. I trust that the hard task of replacing Glenn Morris wonderful and useful website. The as the editor of JOR. administration of the Society is easier Of course I wish to thanks to his work! thank Glenn Morris Thanks for their work promot- for all the years that ing our Society to all our Regional he acted as Manag- Representatives: Med Abdellahi ing Editor, making Ould Babah, Marcos Lhano, Battal JOR a wonderful Ciplak, Klaus Riede, David Hunter, journal. I also want to Corey Bazelet, Michael Sergeev, Seiji thank Nancy Morris, Tanaka, Long Zhang, Dan Johnson, the Assistant Editor, and Mohd. Kamil Usmani. responsible for the And last but not least, I also want wonderful design to thank Chuck Bomar, who acted of JOR; and thanks as Executive Director during my to Doug Whitman, term, for his work and mostly for his Associate Editor. patience. I promise him that he will And, also, to Corey not receive any more phone calls from Bazelet who has Argentina… recently joined JOR, Past President Maria Marta Cigliano (left) and Incoming as Associate Editor President Michael Samways (right) for Systematics and is Volume 33 (3) / October 2013 2 METALEPTEA A Call for Grants supporting the Orthoptera Species File By MARIA MARTA CIGLIANO OSF Committee Chair he Orthopterists’ Society, typically be one week unless in cooperation with the reasons can be given for a longer Illinois Natural History or shorter period. Applications Survey, has provided may be submitted at any time. funding for work in sup- TT port of the Orthoptera • The second category provides for Species File. Members of the Orthop- a project as defined by the ap- terists’ Society are invited to apply. plicant. The project must involve Applications should be sent to María benefit to the Orthoptera Species Marta Cigliano (cigliano@fcnym. File or to a Species File for an- unlp.edu.ar). other group within Polyneoptera. The usual benefit is the addition Grants are available in two categories: of images or other data in the da- • The first category pays travel tabase. Projects may be proposed tions received. Applications must be expenses to go to Champaign, Il- for periods of one to three years. received by December 5, 2013. The linois, USA for training in editing committee will complete its consid- the Orthoptera Species File or an- Funding available for 2014 has been eration and announce the results by other Species File within Polyne- set at US$10,000. The number of January 5, 2014. optera. Time in Champaign would grants will depend on the applica- A Note from Treasurer By PAMM MIHM Treasurer ello, my name is Pamm to pass the job on to me. I enjoyed to pay by credit card, you can do so Mihm and I am the new meeting all of you who were at the through Paypal. You do not have to treasurer for the Orthop- recent Congress in Kunming. have a Paypal account in order to terists’ Society. I helped Please mail any payments you have make a payment through Paypal. David Eades with the for the Orthopterists’ Society to my If you have any questions, please HH treasurer’s work for the attention at 2417 Fields South Drive, contact me at p.mihm@regencyapart- last few years and he felt it was time Champaign, IL 61822. If you want ments.com. A Call for Applications for Executive Director he Orthopterists’ Society Governing Board. He/ she shall serve and amateurs. It is also a position that is calling for an applica- the Society as secretary and busi- directly deals with individual mem- tion for the position of ness manager.
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  • President's Message

    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 FAO United Nations [1] PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE [email protected] [2] SOCIETY NEWS [2] Our next ICO conference in Agadir ear Fellow Orthopterists! – Some news by L.M. IDRISSI HASSANI [3] Grants supporting the Orthoptera Species File by M.M. CIGLIANO Warmest heartfelt wishes [3] The New Orthopterists’ Society Website is Now Live by D.A. WOLLER for the new 2019 year! [4] Update on Rebuilding Brazil’s National Evidently, this year is Museum’s Orthoptera Collection by P.G.B. SOUZA-DIAS DD a very particular one [5] REGIONAL REPORTS for the Society because we will hold [5] East Europe, North and Central Asia by M.G. SERGEEV our main event - the International [6] T.J. COHN GRANT REPORTS Congress of Orthopterology. The 13th [6] Male mate choice in the stick insect Clitarchus hookeri: sexual vs. parthenogenetic Congress is almost here! For the first females by M. NAKANO time in the history of the Society, it [8] Temporal and spatial evolution of the Poecilimon jonicus-group in southern Greece by will take place on the African conti- S. BORISOV nent, in the beautiful Mediterranean [11] Investigating a photoactivated metabolite setting of Agadir, Morocco. And, as in the nocturnal grasshopper Schistocerca ceratiola by C. GALE you might know, our next Executive [12] Advanced maternal age leads to greater Director, Mohamed Abdallahi Babah offspring immune function and fitness by C.J.