Bacteria of the Wolbachia genus are maternally inherited symbionts of Nematoda and numerous Arthropoda hosts. There are approximately 20 lineages of Wolbachia, which are called supergroups, and they are designated alphabetically. Wolbachia strains of...
Yunnan Province, a global biodiversity hotspot, hosts a diverse array of Acrididae grasshoppers essential for ecosystem dynamics and agriculture. To elucidate the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of this group, we sequenced and ana...
Ranacris You & Lin, 1983, is a small genus in the subfamily Habrocneminae with an undefined phylogenetic position, exhibiting in previous molecular studies a distant relationship with the genera in the same subfamily but an extremely close relati...
Mongolia, a country in central Asia, with its vast grassland areas represents a hotspot for Orthoptera diversity, especially for the Acrididae. For Mongolia, 128 Acrididae species have been documented so far, of which 41 belong to the subfamily Oedip...
Clarifying phylogenetic position and reconstructing robust phylogeny of groups using various evidences are an eternal theme for taxonomy and systematics. In this study, the complete mitogenomes of Longzhouacris mirabilis, Ranacris albicornis, an...
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase (UAP) is an essential enzyme in the insect chitin biosynthesis pathway; however, little is known regarding its molecular functions in Oedaleus asiaticus Bey-Bienko (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Here, two UAP genes...
The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) is widely used as a biological control agent, yet its efficacy against orthopteran pests remains poorly characterized. In this study, we evaluated the susceptibility of sec...
The Moroccan locust Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg, 1815) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is recognized as a serious pest of pastures and crops in many Mediterranean countries. So far, the identification of chemical compounds involved in intraspecific com...
This is the first field study in which we have tested the efficacy of four different entomopathogenic fungal (EPF) formulations together in single study—i.e., Green Muscle, Green Guard, Metarhizium anisopliae, and an isolate of Beauveria bassia...
Wolbachia is an obligate endosymbiotic alphaproteobacterium that is widely distributed among insects. It also infects the European orthopteran Chorthippus parallelus parallelus (Cpp). In this subspecies, Wolbachia induces a reproductive barrier throu...
A set of polymorphic loci was characterised using an enrichment library for the Australian alpine specialist, the chameleon grasshopper (Kosciuscola tristis), an atypical grasshopper known for its remarkable temperature-controlled colour change. The...
Intraspecific variation is ubiquitous from individual traits to population level and plays an important role in a variety of fields. However, it is often ignored by systematists and comparative evolutionary biologists. In view of the limited knowledg...
The desert locust Schistocerca gregagia (Forskål, 1775) is one of the most harmful migratory pests in the world, posing a major threat to agricultural production, livelihoods, and food security. Climate, land use, and topography influence the d...
Insect-resistant substances from plants are important natural resources that human beings can potentially develop and use to control pests. In this study, we explored the adverse effects of rutin and quercetin on grasshopper (Calliptamus abbreviatus)...
The handsome cross grasshopper Oedaleusdecorus (Germar), which was a minor pest in the 19th and first half of the 20th century, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, became one of the emerging regional pests in the Asian part of its range, espec...
The locust Oedaleus decorus undergoes massive outbreaks and engages in round-trip migratory flights across northern China and Mongolia. However, its specific genetic structure remains poorly understood. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitoch...
Whole mitogenomes are a useful data source for a wide variety of research goals due to the vastly cheaper sequencing cost and the far less demanding high-quality templates. The mitogenome has demonstrated great potential in resolving phylogenetic que...
Oedaleus decorus asiaticus (Bey-Bienko) is a destructive pest in grasslands and adjacent farmland in northern China, Mongolia, and other countries in Asia. It has been supposed that this insect pest can migrate a long distance and then induce huge da...
This study contributes to the body of knowledge on the Moroccan locust (Dociostaurus maroccanus) in Tajikistan, exploring its distribution, population dynamics, economic significance, and management. Our research covers the period from 2012 to 2023....
Dasyhippus barbipes (Fischer von Waldheim, 1846) is an early dominant grasshopper in Chinese grasslands, and understanding its climatic niche is important for monitoring and early warning. Based on nationwide field surveys conducted from 2019 to 2024...
Dociostaurus minutus is one of the smallest European acridids and is closely associated with the dune systems of southeastern Sicily. It is a highly brachypterous species, having very short first and atrophic second wings, and its population is now c...
The migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, exhibits density-dependent phase polyphenism. In June 2026, a large outbreak occurred on reclaimed agricultural land in Goheung, Republic of Korea. We quantified adult morphometric phase status using Korean g...
Novel, non-coevolved associations between introduced plants and native insect herbivores may lead to changes in trophic interactions in native communities, as well as to substantial economic problems. Although some studies in invasion ecology demonst...
Grasshoppers (Acridoidea) are one of the most essential components of grassland ecosystems. They are mainly primary consumers and some of them, e.g., the Italian locust, may be very important pests. The main goal of this article is to discuss possibl...
Caryanda is a group of morphologically diverse, non-flying locusts. In November 2024, we first discovered two unknown species of the genus in Nangonghe Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province. In this study, the effectiveness of these two new species was ver...
The two cryptic grasshopper species of the genus Stenobothrus, S. eurasius and S. hyalosuperficies, demonstrate different acoustic behavior despite a strong similarity in morphology. A hybridization between these species is possible in the contact zo...
Oedaleus decorus is a widely distributed acridid over the Eurasian semi-arid territories, from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast. In many semi-arid territories, O. decorus was and is the most important pest, but in the south-eastern part of Wes...
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Dociostaurus maroccanus is a major migratory pest first recorded in Xinjiang, China, in 2025 in the Ili River Valley and Tacheng City. This event represents a new situation of concern in the field of biological security along China’s northweste...
Grasshopper outbreaks severely threaten pastoral agriculture and grassland ecosystems in Inner Mongolia, China. Identifying suitable habitats and understanding their monthly dynamics are critical for early warning and targeted control. This study int...
Locust adults can form gregarious swarms and cause locust plagues. Few studies have evaluated the efficacy of a mixture of two biocontrol agents for controlling locust adults. Here, we assessed the effects of the mixture of a protozoan biocontrol age...
Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) frequently inflict damage on millions of hectares of western rangelands and crops. The main method of controlling grasshopper outbreaks consists of covering their infestations with chemical insecticides. Although...
Grasshoppers can swarm in the millions and destroy crops over wide areas, posing a major economic threat to agriculture. A wide range of insect-related viruses has recently been reported in the metagenomics of grasshoppers. Here, we identified and is...
Transposable elements (TEs) are increasingly recognized as modulators of innate immunity, yet their antiviral functions remain poorly understood outside mammals and dipterans. Here, we identify a long terminal repeat retrotransposon, LmGypsy, as a ke...
A prediction in phylogeographic studies is that patterns of lineage diversity and timing will be similar within the same landscape under the assumption that these lineages have responded to past environmental changes in comparable ways. Eight inverte...
Grasshoppers are common pests but also have high nutritional and commercial potential. Xenocatantops brachycerus Willemse (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is an economically important grasshopper species that is reared in China. Using the IlluminaHiSeqTM 4000...
Animals often aggregate at certain sites during vulnerable periods such as night-roosting as an anti-predatory strategy. Some migratory gregarious animals must regularly find new night-roosting sites, but how they synchronously choose such sites is p...
The desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae), a major Old World pest, is associated with agricultural losses and undesirable societal effects. There are three broad approaches to its control: reaction, proaction, and out...
The pygmy grasshopper, Zhengitettix transpicula, is a Chinese endemic species with an exceedingly limited distribution and fragile population structure, rendering it vulnerable to extinction. We present a high-continuity, chromosome-scale reference g...
Locusta migratoria (Orthoptera: Acrididae) is a major agricultural pest, characterized by its strong reproductive capacity and rapid reproduction rate. Consequently, identifying novel targets to control or reduce the fecundity of locusts is of signif...
Each living organism thrives best in a habitat that provides optimal conditions for flourishing, reproduction, and distribution within a certain area. This study aims to investigate the seasonal variation in insect biodiversity across different sites...
Biogeographically, Anatolia harbours a rich diversity of short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Caelifera). The number of species recorded from Anatolia so far stands at 300. They inhabit diverse habitats ranging from arid Eremial to Euro-Siberian-li...
The locusts Oedales asiaticus (Bey-Bienko) and Myrmeleotettix palpalis (Zubovski) (Orthoptera Acrididae) and the leaf beetle Galeruca daurica (Joannis) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) are economically devastating insect species in the desert steppes of N...
Invertebrates, especially those dependent on woody debris for a portion of their life cycle, may be greatly impacted by the amount of downed wood retained following timber harvests. To document relationships between invertebrates and logging residues...