Orthopterology is the scientific study of the order
Orthoptera
Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...
, which includes
grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago.
Grasshopp ...
s,
crickets,
locusts and some other insects. Someone that studies in this field is an orthopterist.
The term is derived from the
Ancient Greek words and , meaning ''straight'' and ''wing'' respectively, with the English suffix ''
-logy
''-logy'' is a suffix in the English language, used with words originally adapted from Ancient Greek ending in ('). The earliest English examples were anglicizations of the French '' -logie'', which was in turn inherited from the Latin '' -log ...
''.
[This ultimately derives from Greek , but via Latin ''-logia'' and French ''-logie''. ]
Orthopterology as a science
A notable branch of orthopterology is , which focuses on locusts and grasshoppers in the family
Acrididae
The AcrididaeMacLeay WS (1821) ''Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals'' 2 are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera. The Acrididae are best known bec ...
and is relevant to famine prevention.
Orthopterological societies
* Association for Applied Acridology International
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Orthopterists' Society
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German Society for Orthopterology
Orthopterological Journals
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Journal of Orthoptera Research
A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to:
*Bullet journal, a method of personal organization
*Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period
*Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...
See also
*
LUBILOSA
References
External links
Australian Plague Locust CommissionThe Orthopterists' SocietyAcridAfrica, les acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest
Subfields of entomology
Orthoptera
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