This review discusses body size and mass as they relate to the Orthoptera (crickets,
katydids, grasshoppers) and the Phasmatodea (walkingsticks). It addresses the expression …

Although large size is considered an evolved antipredator defense for some vertebrates and
shellfish, large size is generally not considered an adaptive defensive trait in insects. Here …

Wetlands are among the most threatened habitat types on our planet. Their decline will
probably even intensify under climate change. Many biota are strongly dependent on …

The complete mitogenomes of Asiotmethis zacharjini, Filchnerella helanshanensis and
Pseudotmethis rubimarginis are 15,660 bp, 15,657 bp and 15,661 bp in size, respectively …

The arthropod fauna associated with seven endemic dendroid Euphorbia was sampled and
studied in the Canary and Madeira archipelagos. The stem-diameter of the plants was …

The significant loss of semi-natural grasslands in Japan has led to a decline in the
populations of grassland specialist insects. We studied the population structure and basic …

Sound production in the endemic genera of Canarian Pamphagidae Acrostira and
Purpuraria has been recorded for the first time. These apterous grasshoppers have …

The tettigoniid Barbitistes vicetinus Galvagni & Fontana was described in 1993 as an
endemic and rare bush-cricket of north-east Italy. Since 2008, this species has become a …

Recent studies on the endemic C anarian genus P urpuraria have shown that the taxonomy
of its only recognized species (P. erna) is probably erroneous. In this study, an integrative …

Although egg-pods and egg morphology represent useful features for phylogenetic
purposes, they are less well known in Pamphagidae when compared with other Orthoptera …