Tag: Insect Systematics and Diversity

Rise of the Grasshoppers: New Analysis Redraws Evolutionary Tree for Acrididae Family

A new study of genetic relationships in the grasshopper family Acrididae points to an origin in South America, not Africa, as previously thought. The findings about grasshopper evolution are reported in Insect Systematics and Diversity.

Entomology Today July 24, 2018 Leave a Comment

New Home for Systematics in Entomology Nears First Issue

Insect systematists—and anyone, really, interested in topics such as insect taxonomy, morphology, paleobiology, phylogenetics, and genomics—have reason to celebrate with the coming debut of the newest journal of the Entomological […]

Why Scientific Nomenclature is So Important: Q&A With ICZN Commissioner Frank Krell

By Josh Lancette In 2015, the Entomological Society of America journals became compliant with the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (“the Code”), which is produced by the […]