The first live photos of the canyon pygmy mole cricket, Ellipesmonticolus Gunther, are presented, with preliminary observations on the habitat and behavior of populations in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The species was previously known solely from the original description in 1977, which included only drawings of the structure of the genitalia and almost no natural history information. This paper provides the first look at this species’ biology and provides a framework for future studies on Tridactylidae of the southwestern United States.
{"title":"First natural history observations of the canyon pygmy mole cricket, Ellipes monticolus (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae)","authors":"Brandon Woo","doi":"10.3897/jor.29.33413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.29.33413","url":null,"abstract":"The first live photos of the canyon pygmy mole cricket, Ellipesmonticolus Gunther, are presented, with preliminary observations on the habitat and behavior of populations in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. The species was previously known solely from the original description in 1977, which included only drawings of the structure of the genitalia and almost no natural history information. This paper provides the first look at this species’ biology and provides a framework for future studies on Tridactylidae of the southwestern United States.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":"29 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42097444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The endemic Catantopinae genus Mopla was described by Henry in 1940 from the Malabar region of South India. Henry described two species under this genus, M.guttata and M.rubra. The female type specimens of Mopla are deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. There have been no further records of these two species since their description. Seventy-six years later, the first male specimen of the genus Mopla was discovered in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India, in 2016. This paper describes the specimen, thought to be of Moplaguttata, and reconsiders its systematic placement.
{"title":"Mopla guttata (Acrididae: Catantopinae) rediscovered in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India","authors":"D. Bhaskar, P. Easa, C. Rowell","doi":"10.3897/jor.29.35664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.29.35664","url":null,"abstract":"The endemic Catantopinae genus Mopla was described by Henry in 1940 from the Malabar region of South India. Henry described two species under this genus, M.guttata and M.rubra. The female type specimens of Mopla are deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, UK. There have been no further records of these two species since their description. Seventy-six years later, the first male specimen of the genus Mopla was discovered in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India, in 2016. This paper describes the specimen, thought to be of Moplaguttata, and reconsiders its systematic placement.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":"29 1","pages":"17-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42485386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A new Anaxipha species is described from a locality in southeastern Arizona adjacent to the border with Mexico. The species is unique among the North American fauna by virtue of the broad tegmina, distinctive male genitalia, and calling song phrased in an irregular chirp with a variable pulse train rate. The possibility that the behavioral repertoire of this species includes aggressive song as well as calling song is discussed.
{"title":"Anaxipha hyalicetra sp. n. (Gryllidae: Trigonidiinae), a new sword-tailed cricket species from Arizona","authors":"J. Cole, D. Funk","doi":"10.3897/JOR.28.30143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/JOR.28.30143","url":null,"abstract":"A new Anaxipha species is described from a locality in southeastern Arizona adjacent to the border with Mexico. The species is unique among the North American fauna by virtue of the broad tegmina, distinctive male genitalia, and calling song phrased in an irregular chirp with a variable pulse train rate. The possibility that the behavioral repertoire of this species includes aggressive song as well as calling song is discussed.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43810173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The bush cricket Mecopoda elongata provides a striking example of sympatric intraspecific divergence in mating signals. Five completely distinct song types are found in various parapatric and sympatric locations in South India. While there is convincing evidence that population divergence in M. elongata is being maintained as a result of divergence in acoustic signals, cuticular chemical profiles, and genital characters, the causes of the evolution of such divergence in the first place are unknown. We describe the discovery of a tachinid parasitoid with an orthopteroid hearing mechanism affecting M. elongata. This parasitoid may have a role in driving the extraordinary divergence that had occurred among M. elongata song types. Over two years we sampled individuals of three sympatric song types in the wild and retained individuals in captivity to reveal rates of parasitization. We found that all three song types were infected with the parasitoid but that there were significant differences among song types in their probability of being infected. The probability of tachinid parasitization also differed between the two sampling periods. Therefore, it is possible that parasitoid infection plays a role in song type divergence among sympatric bush cricket populations.
{"title":"Discovery of an acoustically locating parasitoid with a potential role in divergence of song types among sympatric populations of the bush cricket Mecopoda elongata","authors":"R. Dutta, Manjunatha Reddy, T. Tregenza","doi":"10.3897/jor.28.34115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.28.34115","url":null,"abstract":"The bush cricket Mecopoda elongata provides a striking example of sympatric intraspecific divergence in mating signals. Five completely distinct song types are found in various parapatric and sympatric locations in South India. While there is convincing evidence that population divergence in M. elongata is being maintained as a result of divergence in acoustic signals, cuticular chemical profiles, and genital characters, the causes of the evolution of such divergence in the first place are unknown. We describe the discovery of a tachinid parasitoid with an orthopteroid hearing mechanism affecting M. elongata. This parasitoid may have a role in driving the extraordinary divergence that had occurred among M. elongata song types. Over two years we sampled individuals of three sympatric song types in the wild and retained individuals in captivity to reveal rates of parasitization. We found that all three song types were infected with the parasitoid but that there were significant differences among song types in their probability of being infected. The probability of tachinid parasitization also differed between the two sampling periods. Therefore, it is possible that parasitoid infection plays a role in song type divergence among sympatric bush cricket populations.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41619294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nancy Collins, Isabel Margarita Coronado González, B. Govaerts
A new species of Oecanthus is described from Mexico. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. occurs in central Mexico in the understory of tropical deciduous forest. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. is currently known only from the Corregidora area of the Mexican state of Querétaro. The widened tegmina and chirp-like brief trills song are consistent with some members of the rileyi species group; however, this new species of tree cricket is different in several aspects. The chirp-like brief trills are generally irregularly spaced, it does not have the expected grouping of the chirp pulses, and the colors of buff, light olive green, or light brown are vastly different than the four known pale green species in the rileyi species group of the Western Hemisphere. Morphology, habitat, and song details of this new species, with the common name of Otomi tree cricket, are provided in this paper. Video can be viewed at www.oecanthinae.com.
{"title":"Oecanthus mhatreae sp. nov. (Gryllidae: Oecanthinae): A new species of tree cricket from Mexico, with an irregular song pattern and unique chirp-like trill configuration","authors":"Nancy Collins, Isabel Margarita Coronado González, B. Govaerts","doi":"10.3897/jor.28.33781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.28.33781","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of Oecanthus is described from Mexico. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. occurs in central Mexico in the understory of tropical deciduous forest. Oecanthus mhatreaesp. nov. is currently known only from the Corregidora area of the Mexican state of Querétaro. The widened tegmina and chirp-like brief trills song are consistent with some members of the rileyi species group; however, this new species of tree cricket is different in several aspects. The chirp-like brief trills are generally irregularly spaced, it does not have the expected grouping of the chirp pulses, and the colors of buff, light olive green, or light brown are vastly different than the four known pale green species in the rileyi species group of the Western Hemisphere. Morphology, habitat, and song details of this new species, with the common name of Otomi tree cricket, are provided in this paper. Video can be viewed at www.oecanthinae.com.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43674946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Tan, J. Tumbrinck, Jessica B. Baroga-Barbecho, Sheryl A. Yap
The genus Cladonotella (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) consists of four species of pygmy grasshoppers from Java and New Guinea. A new species of Cladonotella is described from Siargao Island, Philippines: Cladonotella spinulosasp. nov. This represents the first record of Cladonotella in the Philippines. To quantify differences between species of Cladonotella, we used morphological characters to construct a neighbor-joining tree, and recovered our new species as distinct from congeners. To address the lack of natural history information on Cladonotella, we described habitat and other ecological observations made in Siargao Island on our new species.
{"title":"A new species and morphometric analysis of Cladonotella (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae)","authors":"M. Tan, J. Tumbrinck, Jessica B. Baroga-Barbecho, Sheryl A. Yap","doi":"10.3897/JOR.28.32464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/JOR.28.32464","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Cladonotella (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) consists of four species of pygmy grasshoppers from Java and New Guinea. A new species of Cladonotella is described from Siargao Island, Philippines: Cladonotella spinulosasp. nov. This represents the first record of Cladonotella in the Philippines. To quantify differences between species of Cladonotella, we used morphological characters to construct a neighbor-joining tree, and recovered our new species as distinct from congeners. To address the lack of natural history information on Cladonotella, we described habitat and other ecological observations made in Siargao Island on our new species.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48706081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Coastal insects may be highly susceptible to population loss due to catastrophic inundation events. At two locations on the east coast of the UK (nature reserve and naturists’ beach), the response of the Nationally Scarce grey bush-cricket,Platycleis albopunctata, to the December 2013 storm surge was determined from long-term transect monitoring of stridulating males. In the post-surge seasons, males were more frequent on the back dunes, which would have been largely unsubmerged during the tidal event. Lower numbers ofP. albopunctatawere recorded on the fore dunes after 2013, probably due to submergence during the surge tide and extensive shingle deposition on its marram-grass,Ammophila arenaria, and open ground habitats smothering overwintering eggs. The heterogeneity of the dune habitat with slacks and ridges may render this species resilient to storm surges.
{"title":"The tide is high, but it’s holding on: response of the grey bush-cricket, Platycleis albopunctata, to a storm surge","authors":"T. Gardiner, Bob Seago","doi":"10.3897/JOR.28.34092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/JOR.28.34092","url":null,"abstract":"Coastal insects may be highly susceptible to population loss due to catastrophic inundation events. At two locations on the east coast of the UK (nature reserve and naturists’ beach), the response of the Nationally Scarce grey bush-cricket,Platycleis albopunctata, to the December 2013 storm surge was determined from long-term transect monitoring of stridulating males. In the post-surge seasons, males were more frequent on the back dunes, which would have been largely unsubmerged during the tidal event. Lower numbers ofP. albopunctatawere recorded on the fore dunes after 2013, probably due to submergence during the surge tide and extensive shingle deposition on its marram-grass,Ammophila arenaria, and open ground habitats smothering overwintering eggs. The heterogeneity of the dune habitat with slacks and ridges may render this species resilient to storm surges.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41399729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The genus Pteranabropsis is reviewed. Diagnostic characters for the superficially similar species of the genus are discussed. An extended key to the species is provided. Six new species are described: P. angustasp. nov., P. cuspissp. nov., P. bavisp. nov., P. copiasp. nov., and P. pusillasp. nov. from northern Vietnam, and P. guadunsp. nov. from the Wuyishan Mountains in China. Types and all other specimens from Vietnam are stored in ISNB Brussels; those from Wuyishan in ZFMK Bonn.
{"title":"Review of the genus Pteranabropsis (Anostostomatidae: Anabropsinae) with description of six new species","authors":"S. Ingrisch","doi":"10.3897/JOR.28.32182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/JOR.28.32182","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Pteranabropsis is reviewed. Diagnostic characters for the superficially similar species of the genus are discussed. An extended key to the species is provided. Six new species are described: P. angustasp. nov., P. cuspissp. nov., P. bavisp. nov., P. copiasp. nov., and P. pusillasp. nov. from northern Vietnam, and P. guadunsp. nov. from the Wuyishan Mountains in China. Types and all other specimens from Vietnam are stored in ISNB Brussels; those from Wuyishan in ZFMK Bonn.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49502396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Acridinae of eastern Africa are reviewed and recognized as comprising 42 core genera, belonging to five different tribes, together withXerophlaeobaandDorsthippus, which are unclassified but appear to be related to some extra-limital genera. Keys are given to tribes and genus groups as well as to genera and, where necessary, species within each genus.The following new taxa are described:Anacteanagen. n.:A.hollisisp. n.andA.neaveiburttisubsp. n.;Brachybothrusgen. n.:B.phyllopterussp. n.andB.holasp. n.;Coryphosimastenopteracoloratasubsp. n.;Duroniachloronotaphippsisubsp. n.;Oxyduroniagen. n.:O.anablepioidessp. n.;Sumbaexilissp. n.Nine new synonyms are recognized:SumbalongicornisRamme, 1929 =S.roseipennisI. Bolívar, 1912,syn. n.;OrthochiristavariegataSjöstedt, 1931 =GymnobothruslineaalbaI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.;OrthochiristaelgonensisSjöstedt, 1931 =GymnobothruslineaalbaI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.;Gymnobothrusgracilis(Ramme, 1931) =GymnobothrusanchietaeI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.;Gymnobothrussubcarinatus(I. Bolívar, 1922) =Gymnobothrusflexuosus(Schulthess, 1898),syn. n.;GymnobothroidesmontanusKevan, 1950 =Gymnobothruslevipeslevipes(Karsch, 1896),syn. n.;GymnobothroideskeniensisJohnston, 1937 =Gymnobothruslevipesabbreviatus(Chopard, 1921),syn. n.;GymnobothroidesKarny, 1915 =GymnobothrusI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.;PhloeochopardiaDirsh, 1958 =GymnobothrusI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.The following 24 new or restored combinations, or new or restored states, are erected for previously described taxa:Chokweabacklundires. comb.(formerlyChromochokweabacklundi(Uvarov, 1953));Chokweaeucteanacomb. n.(formerlyPlatyverticulaeucteanaJago, 1983);Sumbacallosacomb. n.(formerlyRhabdopleacallosaUvarov, 1953);Anacteananeaveicomb. n. (formerlyActeananeaveiI. Bolívar, 1912);Anacteananeaveineaveistat. n.;DuroniachloronotacurtaUvarov, 1953,stat. n. et comb.(formerlyDuroniacurtaUvarov, 1953);Coryphosimaabyssinica(Uvarov, 1934),res. stat.(formerly synonymized withC.elgonensisby Dirsh, 1966 (though this was ignored by Otte 1995));Coryphosimaamplificata(Johnston, 1937),res. stat. et comb. n.(formerlyRastafariaamplificataamplificata(Johnston, 1937));Coryphosimamorotoensis(Jago, 1968),stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyRastafariaamplificatamorotoensis(Jago, 1968));Coryphosimatriangularis(Bouvy, 1982),comb. n.(formerlyRastafariatriangularisBouvy, 1982);Gymnobothruslongicornislongicornisstat. n.;GymnobothruslongicornisephippinotusJago, 1966,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrusephippinotusJago, 1966);GymnobothruslongicornissellatusUvarov, 1953,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrussellatusUvarov, 1953);Gymnobothrusanchietaeanchietaestat. n.;GymnobothrusanchietaebounitesJago, 1970,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrusbounitesJago, 1970);GymnobothrusanchietaeflaviventrisUvarov, 1953,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrusflaviventrisUvarov, 1953).GymnobothrusanchietaeinflexusUvarov, 1934,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrusinflexusUvarov, 1934);Gymnobothruslevipes(Karsch, 1896),comb
{"title":"A review of the Acridinae s. str. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Acrididae) of eastern Africa with taxonomic changes and description of new taxa","authors":"G. Popov, L. Fishpool, H. Rowell","doi":"10.3897/JOR.28.29312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/JOR.28.29312","url":null,"abstract":"The Acridinae of eastern Africa are reviewed and recognized as comprising 42 core genera, belonging to five different tribes, together withXerophlaeobaandDorsthippus, which are unclassified but appear to be related to some extra-limital genera. Keys are given to tribes and genus groups as well as to genera and, where necessary, species within each genus.The following new taxa are described:Anacteanagen. n.:A.hollisisp. n.andA.neaveiburttisubsp. n.;Brachybothrusgen. n.:B.phyllopterussp. n.andB.holasp. n.;Coryphosimastenopteracoloratasubsp. n.;Duroniachloronotaphippsisubsp. n.;Oxyduroniagen. n.:O.anablepioidessp. n.;Sumbaexilissp. n.Nine new synonyms are recognized:SumbalongicornisRamme, 1929 =S.roseipennisI. Bolívar, 1912,syn. n.;OrthochiristavariegataSjöstedt, 1931 =GymnobothruslineaalbaI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.;OrthochiristaelgonensisSjöstedt, 1931 =GymnobothruslineaalbaI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.;Gymnobothrusgracilis(Ramme, 1931) =GymnobothrusanchietaeI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.;Gymnobothrussubcarinatus(I. Bolívar, 1922) =Gymnobothrusflexuosus(Schulthess, 1898),syn. n.;GymnobothroidesmontanusKevan, 1950 =Gymnobothruslevipeslevipes(Karsch, 1896),syn. n.;GymnobothroideskeniensisJohnston, 1937 =Gymnobothruslevipesabbreviatus(Chopard, 1921),syn. n.;GymnobothroidesKarny, 1915 =GymnobothrusI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.;PhloeochopardiaDirsh, 1958 =GymnobothrusI. Bolívar, 1889,syn. n.The following 24 new or restored combinations, or new or restored states, are erected for previously described taxa:Chokweabacklundires. comb.(formerlyChromochokweabacklundi(Uvarov, 1953));Chokweaeucteanacomb. n.(formerlyPlatyverticulaeucteanaJago, 1983);Sumbacallosacomb. n.(formerlyRhabdopleacallosaUvarov, 1953);Anacteananeaveicomb. n. (formerlyActeananeaveiI. Bolívar, 1912);Anacteananeaveineaveistat. n.;DuroniachloronotacurtaUvarov, 1953,stat. n. et comb.(formerlyDuroniacurtaUvarov, 1953);Coryphosimaabyssinica(Uvarov, 1934),res. stat.(formerly synonymized withC.elgonensisby Dirsh, 1966 (though this was ignored by Otte 1995));Coryphosimaamplificata(Johnston, 1937),res. stat. et comb. n.(formerlyRastafariaamplificataamplificata(Johnston, 1937));Coryphosimamorotoensis(Jago, 1968),stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyRastafariaamplificatamorotoensis(Jago, 1968));Coryphosimatriangularis(Bouvy, 1982),comb. n.(formerlyRastafariatriangularisBouvy, 1982);Gymnobothruslongicornislongicornisstat. n.;GymnobothruslongicornisephippinotusJago, 1966,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrusephippinotusJago, 1966);GymnobothruslongicornissellatusUvarov, 1953,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrussellatusUvarov, 1953);Gymnobothrusanchietaeanchietaestat. n.;GymnobothrusanchietaebounitesJago, 1970,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrusbounitesJago, 1970);GymnobothrusanchietaeflaviventrisUvarov, 1953,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrusflaviventrisUvarov, 1953).GymnobothrusanchietaeinflexusUvarov, 1934,stat. n. et comb. n.(formerlyGymnobothrusinflexusUvarov, 1934);Gymnobothruslevipes(Karsch, 1896),comb","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47782265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Epigenetic variation allows for rapid changes in phenotypes without alterations to nucleotide sequences. These epigenetic signatures may diverge over time among isolated populations. Epigenetic incompatibility following secondary contact between these populations could result in the evolution of reproductive isolating mechanisms. If epigenetic incompatibility drove the evolution of species isolating mechanisms, we expect to see significant epigenetic differentiation between these species. Alternatively, epigenetic variation could be the result of predominantly environmental variables and not align along species boundaries. A methylation sensitive amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis was performed on individuals of the closely related katydid species Neoconocephalusrobustus and N.bivocatus. We observed significant variation in total methylation levels between species. However, genetic differentiation remained larger than epigenetic differentiation between species groups. We measured a significant correlation between the epigenetic and genetic distance between individuals. Epigenetic differentiation is therefore likely the result of an interaction between genetic and epigenetic loci and not a mechanism for species differentiation. We therefore did not find evidence to support our hypothesis of an epigenetically mediated mechanism for speciation between N.robustus and N.bivocatus.
{"title":"Epigenetic and genetic variation between two behaviorally isolated species of Neoconocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea)","authors":"G. Ney, J. Schul","doi":"10.3897/JOR.28.28888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/JOR.28.28888","url":null,"abstract":"Epigenetic variation allows for rapid changes in phenotypes without alterations to nucleotide sequences. These epigenetic signatures may diverge over time among isolated populations. Epigenetic incompatibility following secondary contact between these populations could result in the evolution of reproductive isolating mechanisms. If epigenetic incompatibility drove the evolution of species isolating mechanisms, we expect to see significant epigenetic differentiation between these species. Alternatively, epigenetic variation could be the result of predominantly environmental variables and not align along species boundaries. A methylation sensitive amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis was performed on individuals of the closely related katydid species Neoconocephalusrobustus and N.bivocatus. We observed significant variation in total methylation levels between species. However, genetic differentiation remained larger than epigenetic differentiation between species groups. We measured a significant correlation between the epigenetic and genetic distance between individuals. Epigenetic differentiation is therefore likely the result of an interaction between genetic and epigenetic loci and not a mechanism for species differentiation. We therefore did not find evidence to support our hypothesis of an epigenetically mediated mechanism for speciation between N.robustus and N.bivocatus.","PeriodicalId":53641,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Orthoptera Research","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2019-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44540131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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