Check-list of European Orthoptera

List of all 974 recognized species of Ensifera (Tettigonioidea: 458, Rhaphidophoroidea: 44, Grylloidea: 91) and Caelifera (Tetrigoidea: 12, Tridactyloidea: 6, Acridoidea: 363) in Europe including information about their distribution.Aufstellung aller 974 derzeitig anerkannten Arten der Ensifera (Tettigonioidea: 458, Rhaphidophoroidea: 44, Grylloidea: 91) and Caelifera (Tetrigoidea: 12, Tridactyloidea: 6, Acridoidea: 363) in Europa mit Angabe der Verbreitungsgebiete

Eulithoxenus mongolicus

<i>E. mongolicus</i> <p> Male calling song was described earlier (Korsunovskaya <i>et al</i>., 2002). Here we present additional oscillograms (Fig. 3A, B), frequency spectrum (Fig. 3C) of this sound signal and for the first time microphotographs of the stridulatory file (Fig. 3G, H) with 51 (Fig. 3G) and 54 (Fig. 3H) teeth.</p>Published as part of <i>Korsunovskaya, Olga, 2024, Drymadusini katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniinae): intraspecific variability-morphs or subspecies?, pp. 42-50 in Zootaxa 5403 (1)</i> on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10561521">http://zenodo.org/record/10561521</a&gt

Eulithoxenus mongolicus

<i>Eulithoxenus mongolicus</i> (Uvarov, 1928) <p>(Figs 1, 3G, H)</p> <p>While alive, the insect had a bright blue abdomen and greyish-blue other parts of the body (Fig.1A). The post mortem color change led to the loss of the blue color, and as a result, the male’s head and pronotum became light brown, and the abdomen became black (Fig. 1B, D). In the original description of the species, B. Uvarov (1928) indicated that, according to the collector, living bush-crickets were greenish in color.</p> <p> A thorough morphological study of our specimen and comparison with males of the type series showed significant similarities in the structure of the pronotum (Fig. 1B–E), cerci, supra-anal and subgenital plates (Fig. 1H, I), and revealed some differences. In particular, comparison with type and topotype specimens (Fig. 1C, E, G, I, J) showed that tegmina of the Tuvan bush-crickets are slightly larger in size, central part of the upper one is lighter (Fig. 1F), the lateral edges of the pronotum without a light border (Fig. 1D), and the titillators are slightly expanded in the apical part (Fig. 1K), The color of specimens of the type series is uniformly brownish (Fig. 1C). S. Storozhenko, who analyzed a large number of bush-crickets from both Mongolia and Tuva, identified them as <i>E. mongolicus</i>. He also gives a drawing of titillators with an expanded apical part (Storozhenko, 2004, Fig. 305). In addition, in the redescription he indicates that the color of the abdomen of these katydids is black (Storozhenko, 2004). Thus, their lifetime color could also have been blue. It is possible that under conditions of increased insolation, insects may develop protective adaptations, in particular, blue coloration of the integument, which allows them to absorb UV rays, protecting underlying tissues. Perhaps, this is precisely the phenomenon we encounter when analyzing <i>E. mongolicus</i>. It is known that in orthopteroids, blue, green, brown, yellow and even red colors can be provided by pigments from one group—tetrapyrroles (Futahashi & Osanai-Futahashi, 2021). We believe that the specimen we caught in Tuva deserves to be separated into a special form— <i>E. mongolicus</i> forma <i>caeruleum</i>. Further research may make it possible to raise this infraspecific rank of the taxon to subspecific.</p> <p> <b>Material examined</b></p> <p>Mongolia: 4 ♂ (type and topotypes): foothills of Ikhé-Bogdo, Gobi Altai, Mongolia, 15–16. VIII. 1926, Kiritchenko leg.; 1 ♂, Mongolia: Bajan Khong aimak, S slope, Ikh-Bogdo-Ula N Bajan-Gobi, 2200–2700 a. s. l., 7–8 VIII. 1969, M. Kozlov leg.; 1 ♂: Russia: Southern Tuva, 35 km N village Erzin, 11.IX.1986, Korsunovskaya leg.</p>Published as part of <i>Korsunovskaya, Olga, 2024, Drymadusini katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniinae): intraspecific variability-morphs or subspecies?, pp. 42-50 in Zootaxa 5403 (1)</i> on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10561521">http://zenodo.org/record/10561521</a&gt

High-speed duetting – latency times of the female acoustic response within the bush-cricket genera Leptophyes and Andreiniimon (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae)

To find a mate, male and female bush-crickets of the family Phaneropteridae typically engage in duets. The male sings and the female responds. For mutual recognition, the amplitude pattern of the male song and the species-specific timing of the female response have been shown to be very important. In the seven studied species, belonging to the genera Leptophyes and Andreiniimon, these duets are extremely fast and nearly completely in the ultrasonic range. The females produce very short sounds by fast closing movements of the tegmina. They respond with species-specific delays of 20 to 150 ms after the beginning of the male song. The different latency times are probably not important for species recognition, since in sympatric species they are quite similar

Montana taurica Bolivar 1899

<i>Montana taurica</i> (Bolívar, 1899) — Fig. 7 D. <p> Locality: <b>Turkey</b>, Corum, 10–12 km W Corum (N 40°34', E 34°52'), 28–29.vii.1983 (Ciplak <i>et al.</i> 2002). In the calling song, pairs of syllables (di-syllabic echemes) follow each other in a dense sequence (intervals of 20 ms without wing movement between echemes; Fig. 7 D). Only in the first syllable a very soft opening hemisyllable can be detected (recording of wing movement in OSF).</p>Published as part of <i>Ivković, Slobodan, Iorgu, Ștefan, Horvat, Laslo, Chobanov, Dragan, Korsunovskaya, Olga & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, New data on the bush-cricket Montana medvedevi (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), critically endangered in Europe (EU 28), and a comparison of its song with all known song patterns within the genus, pp. 527-542 in Zootaxa 4263 (3)</i> on page 535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/573657">http://zenodo.org/record/573657</a&gt

FIGURE 3 in Biology, sounds and vibratory signals of hooded katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phyllophorinae)

FIGURE 3. Copulation (A–C), male genitalia (D) and spermatophore (E) of S. grandis. D: dl—dorsal phallic lobes, vl—ventral phallic lobes; sensu Ander, 1956 (see Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade (2014) for a more detailed nomenclature), c—cercus, scale bar 2 mm, E: n—neck, amp—sperm ampulla, scale bar 10 mm. Photos: O. Korsunovskaya (A–D), and M. Berezin (E).Published as part of <i>Korsunovskaya, Olga, Berezin, Mikhail, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Tkacheva, Elena, Kompantseva, Tatiana & Zhantiev, Rustem, 2020, Biology, sounds and vibratory signals of hooded katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phyllophorinae), pp. 309-322 in Zootaxa 4852 (3)</i> on page 313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.3.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4409897">http://zenodo.org/record/4409897</a&gt

Montana tianshanica Uvarov 1933

<i>Montana tianshanica</i> (Uvarov, 1933) — Fig. 7 I. <p> Locality: <b>China</b>, Xinjiang, Tian chi (Tien chi (Himmelssee) in Tian shan near Bofda Feng (mountain) (N 43°54', E 88°07'), 2000 m a.s.l., 30.vii.2009, leg. K.- G. Heller (5 males). According to the locality name in the description of the species and the comments and map in Sjöstedt & Hummel (1933), our specimens were collected at or very close to the type locality.</p> <p> The calling song of <i>M. tianshanica</i> differs from that of all other <i>Montana</i> species. It consists of relatively short, polysyllabic (ca. 3–9 macrosyllables) echemes (syllable repetition rate ca. 25 Hz) separated from each other by intervals of about the same duration (Fig. 7 I). Regularly some echemes contain microsyllables at the beginning and only few macrosyllables.</p>Published as part of <i>Ivković, Slobodan, Iorgu, Ștefan, Horvat, Laslo, Chobanov, Dragan, Korsunovskaya, Olga & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, New data on the bush-cricket Montana medvedevi (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), critically endangered in Europe (EU 28), and a comparison of its song with all known song patterns within the genus, pp. 527-542 in Zootaxa 4263 (3)</i> on page 539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/573657">http://zenodo.org/record/573657</a&gt

Montana medvedevi Miram 1927

<i>Montana medvedevi</i> (Miram, 1927) — Fig. 7 A. <p> Locality: <b>Serbia</b>, Mala Vrbica (see above). Song description: see above.</p>Published as part of <i>Ivković, Slobodan, Iorgu, Ștefan, Horvat, Laslo, Chobanov, Dragan, Korsunovskaya, Olga & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, New data on the bush-cricket Montana medvedevi (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), critically endangered in Europe (EU 28), and a comparison of its song with all known song patterns within the genus, pp. 527-542 in Zootaxa 4263 (3)</i> on page 535, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/573657">http://zenodo.org/record/573657</a&gt

Montana decticiformis Stshelkanovtzev 1914

<i>Montana decticiformis</i> (Stshelkanovtzev, 1914) —song type II—Fig. 7C2. <p> <b>Kazakhstan</b>, N Zharmysh, stony canyon with semidesert vegetation, 215 m a.s.l., N 44°08', E 53°16', 14.vi.2016, one male, leg. D. Chobanov.</p> <p>At night and lower temperature (20°C), the same specimen which had sang song type I during the day at 26°C, produced a calling song consisting of regularly repeated echemes with several syllables (Fig. 7 C2). (see also above, song type I)</p>Published as part of <i>Ivković, Slobodan, Iorgu, Ștefan, Horvat, Laslo, Chobanov, Dragan, Korsunovskaya, Olga & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, New data on the bush-cricket Montana medvedevi (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), critically endangered in Europe (EU 28), and a comparison of its song with all known song patterns within the genus, pp. 527-542 in Zootaxa 4263 (3)</i> on page 538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/573657">http://zenodo.org/record/573657</a&gt

FIGURE 7 in Biology, sounds and vibratory signals of hooded katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phyllophorinae)

FIGURE 7. Vibratory (A–H, K) and sound (I–J) signals of male (A–F, H–K) and female (G) S. grandis: territorial signals of two males (A) and rhythmic (C) signals, territorial signal (top beam) and electromyogram (bottom beam), (B). For explanation see text.Published as part of <i>Korsunovskaya, Olga, Berezin, Mikhail, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Tkacheva, Elena, Kompantseva, Tatiana & Zhantiev, Rustem, 2020, Biology, sounds and vibratory signals of hooded katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phyllophorinae), pp. 309-322 in Zootaxa 4852 (3)</i> on page 318, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.3.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4409897">http://zenodo.org/record/4409897</a&gt