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News - 2015

Revision of the genus Prionotropis

27 December 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Revision of the genus Prionotropis

27 December 2015 - Roy Kleukers

The genus Prionotropis is distributed in the mediterranean area from Turkey in the east to the Iberian...

New records for Myrmecophilus fuscus

24 November 2015 - Roy Kleukers

New records for Myrmecophilus fuscus

24 November 2015 - Roy Kleukers

After its description from Mallorca in 2013 several new records of Myrmecophilus fuscus have come to light....

Chorthippus bornhalmi in the heart of the Balkans

20 November 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Chorthippus bornhalmi in the heart of the Balkans

20 November 2015 - Roy Kleukers

A new study on Chorthippus bornhalmi presents many new records in Croatia and Serbia. The populations...

Two new Peripodisma species from Albania

18 November 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Two new Peripodisma species from Albania

18 November 2015 - Roy Kleukers

In 2015 two new species of Peripodisma have been described from Albania. This is quite remarkable, as the...

The tree cricket has arrived in Britain

25 August 2015 - Roy Kleukers

The tree cricket has arrived in Britain

25 August 2015 - Roy Kleukers

On August 20, 2015 the first population of the tree cricket Oecanthus pellucens has been discovered on the...

New atlas Dutch Orthoptera

12 August 2015 - Roy Kleukers

New atlas Dutch Orthoptera

12 August 2015 - Roy Kleukers

In this publication a new key to the Dutch Orthoptera is presented. Furthermore the results of the most...

Cold case Platycleis kraussi resolved

29 July 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Cold case Platycleis kraussi resolved

29 July 2015 - Roy Kleukers

The case of Platycleis kraussi is resolved. The species was described by Padewieth in 1900. The type series...

Antonio Galvagni passed away

23 July 2015 - Bruno Massa & Paolo Fontana

Antonio Galvagni passed away

23 July 2015 - Bruno Massa & Paolo Fontana

On April 30, 2015 Antonio Galvagni passed away in Rovereto, at the age of 91. He was a keen speleologist and...

New: Paramogoplistes ortini

18 July 2015 - Roy Kleukers

New: Paramogoplistes ortini

18 July 2015 - Roy Kleukers

The Iberian material previously identified as Mogoplistes brunneus proves to belong to three species. Earlier...

Two new species of Ephippigerida

18 July 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Two new species of Ephippigerida

18 July 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Ephippigerida rosae is described from southern Portugal and Ephippigerida laserena from Spain. The last...

Atlas project Czech Republic

23 June 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Atlas project Czech Republic

23 June 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Recently an atlas project on Orthoptera and related groups started in the Czech Republic. Everybody who lives...

Red list of Macedonia

30 April 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Red list of Macedonia

30 April 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Recently a red list of the Orthoptera of Macedonia was compiled, according to the guidelines of the IUCN. Of...

Stenobothrus crassipes in Croatia

18 April 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Stenobothrus crassipes in Croatia

18 April 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Boža Pokopac studied the Orthoptera fauna of the surroundings of Bielovar in 1954. Recently, her material in...

Balkan Psorodonotus unraveled

28 March 2015 - Roy Kleukers

Balkan Psorodonotus unraveled

28 March 2015 - Roy Kleukers

On the Balkan three taxa of Psorodonotus occur on the Balkan: fieberi, illyricus and macedonicus. These were...