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 [email protected] [1] PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE [2] SOCIETY NEWS ear Society members, [2] OS Board Meeting Report at ICO2019 compiled by D. HUNTER After a very successful [5] Save the date: ECOCIII/DGfO ICO in Agadir, the plans 19-22 March 2020 by L. WILLEMSE [5] Announcing TETTIGONIIDAE are for the next Congress (Orthoptera) Species of Argentina and DD to be in Paris during Uruguay by H. BRAUN & G.E. ZUBARÁN 2022. I draw your attention to the re- [6] Polyneoptera Organized Meeting at 2019 ESA Meeting: “Small Orders, Big port of Board Meeting held in Agadir Ideas” by D.A. WOLLER ET AL. found later in this issue, which has de- [6] Reminder: Call for speakers for tails of initial plans for the Paris meet- ICE2020 by D.A. WOLLER ET AL. ing. The Board thanks the Officers of [7] New Book: A Guide to Crickets of Australia by D. RENTZ & Y. N. SU the Society and Regional Represen- [7] New Book: Grasshoppers & Crickets of tatives whose combined efforts are Italy by C. IORIO ET AL. taking our Society forward. The Trea- [8] IN MEMORIAM [8] Carlos S. Carbonell (December 22, surer’s Report shows that we are in a 1917 to August 15, 2019) by M.M. strong financial position because of CIGLIANO ET AL. the very generous donations by one of [10] REGIONAL REPORTS [10] Japan by H. TATSUTA our past Presidents, the late Ted Cohn, his 90s. I must admit that my wife and [11] Latin America by M.E. POCCO that allow us to provide many Grants I were amazed at his vigour during the [12] China by L. ZHANG and Awards as well as provide funds post-congress tour in Turkey a decade [14] Australasia by M. KEARNY for operational matters including the [15] T.J. COHN GRANT REPORTS ago, may we all aspire to such a long [15] Integrative taxonomy of the endemic very important move of the Journal of and productive life! Karoo agile grasshoppers, the Euryphymi- Orthoptera Research to open access. I see that the Desert locust is having nae (Acrididae) by P. TSHILILO The work of the JOR editor Corey [16] Signal loss and compensation in an outbreak again and there are some Pacific field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus Bazelet, with able assistance from swarms in Argentina, with outbreaks by M. KOTA Nancy Morris, has been instrumental in Italy, Central Asia, China…more [18] Are the phallic complexes of Pygmy in ensuring that JOR continues to go than enough to keep orthopterists grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tet- from strength to strength as a place rigidae) useful in taxonomy? Preliminary busy for the foreseeable future. I hope resultss by D. SANTOS MARTINS SILVA for research articles on Orthoptera. you had a most productive summer [21] Studying locust phase polyphenism And our society is very much in debt season (winter for us in the southern of the Central American locust: tales from to David Eades and the University of the field by B. FOQUET hemisphere!) continuing the success- [25] OSF GRANT REPORTS Illinois Foundation for their generous ful work of many as seen from the [25] Digitization of the world’s largest col- support of the OSF, recently updated most interesting reports in this issue lection of Rhaphidophoridae at the ZIN, to TaxonWorks, a valuable addition to of the newsletter. So, it is with great St. Petersburg by F. BILLMAIER [27] Contribution of distributional and the work of our Society. pleasure I present another excellent taxonomical data of Mantodea species It is with sadness that I announce Metaleptea, thanks once again to the and photos of live individuals from West the recent loss of one of our great tireless efforts of Hojun Song and Central Africa by N. MOULIN [29] EDITORIAL orthopterists, Carlos Carbonell, after a Derek A. Woller: enjoy! long and productive career lasting into Volume 39 (3) / September 2019 1 METALEPTEA The Orthopterists’ Society Board Meeting ICO2019, Agadir, Morocco, 28 March 2019 (16:35-19:00) Compiled by DAVID HUNTER President [email protected] 1. Welcome from Chair David OSF Officer: María Marta Cigliano into bonds and $20K into cash as a Hunter Manager, The Ted Cohn Research reserve for use in case the declines Fund: Michel Lecoq in the stock market are so great that 2. Apologies: Corey Bazelet, David OS Site Webmaster: Derek A. the amount we have declines below Rentz Woller the initial investments. The overall OS Site Associate Webmaster: Any investment strategy is consistent with 3. Next OS Congress: Congress volunteers? Ted Cohn’s wishes expressed during Organizing Committee: María the 1990s: a diverse portfolio between Marta Cigliano, Michel Lecoq 5. Welcome to our new President stocks, bonds, and cash, including Elect Axel Hochkirch moving some of gains to less risky Presentation: Paris 2022 by Laure investments. The main investments Desutter Axel Hochkirch was welcomed are both diverse and sophisticated in Paris is clearly a wonderful site for by the board as the new President that there are over a dozen different the 2022 Congress: Paris has fantas- Elect. He expressed his thanks for streams, including some stock funds tic ambience, it is very accessible, the confidence put in him and gave a chosen to maximize dividends while and the Museum has offered meeting short overview of his vision, which others aim for increases in value. rooms at no cost. Of course, Paris is to strengthen collaboration among Currently, the OS has 70% of invest- can be expensive, but the proposal orthopterists in the world. He also ments in stock mutual funds with a is to have the meeting outside peak mentioned some specific plans, such range of degrees of risk and 30% in season - during the student holiday as raising the profile of theJournal of bonds that normally carry less risk period in late October 2022. There Orthoptera Research and introducing than stocks. If we keep the stock to are lots of accommodations at a price a new section in Metaleptea where bond ratio at 70:30, we will be mov- suitable for students. Laure agreed to members of the society introduce ing money from stocks to bonds when investigate Airbnb and hotel prices in themselves and why they started to the market is doing well to ensure we seeking a package deal for the latter study Orthoptera. have adequate funds when there is a since we could expect 200 or even downturn. 250 persons to come to a Congress in 6. Treasurer’s Report 2019 Pamm The Board passed a resolution in Paris. Next steps include a formal pro- Mihm Brazil in 2016 that we can spend 3% posal for a Congress in Paris outlining per year and a maximum of 6% over advantages including ways of keeping Following the very generous dona- 3 years. We went above the 6% this costs to reasonable levels. tions of $1.24 million by Ted Cohn year with board approval. We propose in early and late 2014, the Orthopter- that of the total investment balance 4. Officers of the Orthopterists’ ists’ Society has total investments of (calculated from the balance at the Society $1.487M as of February 28, 2019. beginning and end of the year divided This is up from $1.374M as of De- by 2), we take 3% per year to be used President: David Hunter cember 31, 2018 and $141,000 above for current OS expenses, as well as Past President: Alexandre the 2013-14 beginning investments. some set aside to cover expenses as- Latchininsky The current balance is after taking out sociated with the next Congress. The President Elect: Axel Hochkirch $108K for expenses between 2015 to Board approved this change, which Executive Director: Mohamed 2017 and another $136K during 2018, means there would be a ceiling on Abdellahi Ould Babah EBBE two-thirds of which was for the Con- spending of 9% instead of 6% over 3 Treasurer: Pamm Mihm gress. At one point the value of our in- years. JOR Editor: Corey Bazelet vestments was $230K higher, but the The Orthopterists’ Society earned JOR Associate Editor: Nancy Morris recent volatility in the stock market dividends of $42,263, net of foreign Metaleptea Editor: Hojun Song has led to declines. However, before taxes, in 2018. Three percent of total Metaleptea Associate Editor: Derek the volatility (which is inevitable investments calculated as stated above A. Woller from time to time), we put aside $50K is $44,900. We do need to be mind- Volume 39 (3) / September 2019 2 METALEPTEA ful when deciding whether to take on and success of the journal. In October The work of Piotr Naskrecki in extra projects while the OS has a nice 2017, Pensoft submitted an impact maintaining the OS website (orthsoc. investment balance because we would factor application to Clarivate Analyt- org) over a number of years has been like to stay within the parameters we ics (Thomson Reuters), and we hope much-appreciated and, last year, I set to preserve principal for future to receive a response by 2020. How- agreed to take on these duties. At the years. ever, this process is non-transparent, Board Meeting, I gave a comprehen- and we are not sure of exact timelines. sive report on my migrating of the 7. Membership report and pay- Towards this goal, I, together with look/feel of the old website to a Word ment methods Pamm Mihm & Nancy Morris, the editorial assistant, Press platform.