Orthoptera is the most diverse order among the polyneopteran groups and includes familiar
insects, such as grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their kin. Due to a long history of …

Significant advances in biophysical methods such as next-generation sequencing
technologies have now opened the way to conduct evolutionary and applied research …

Signalling via substrate vibration represents one of the most ubiquitous and ancient modes
of insect communication. In crickets (Grylloidea) and other taxa of tympanate Ensifera …

This chapter deals with the diversity of terrestrial cave invertebrates from the viewpoint of its
contribution to global diversity and of the variety of morphological traits and life forms …

Understanding large-scale biodiversity patterns and underlying mechanisms during the
formation process is essential for guiding conservation efforts. However, previous studies on …

Gryllus field and wood crickets of the United States, mostly west of the Mississippi River, are
reviewed and revised. We validate the following 18 Gryllus cricket names: G. armatus, G …

Crickets are frequently used as a model in several areas of science, including acoustic
communication, behaviour and neurobiology. However, only a few of these studies are …

The Lebinthini crickets are distributed in Southeast Asia, Western Pacific and tropical South
America. They represent more than half of the described species in the subfamily …

New communication signals can evolve by sensory exploitation if signaling taps into
preexisting sensory biases in receivers [1, 2]. For mate attraction, signals are typically similar …

The Hygromiidae is a highly diverse group of land snails with a distribution range stretching
throughout the Palearctic region from the Macaronesian Islands to the Russian Far East and …