2010/07/01 by Hojun Song · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
paper · pdf · doi:10.1665/034.019.0112
openalex publication_date 2010/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/19
For the past 250 y, tremendous advances have been made in the field of grasshopper systematics. There have been several breakthroughs that have pushed the field forward, and behind these breakthroughs were numerous visionary taxonomists. This article is a celebration of those taxonomists and their achievements. In this review, I provide a general overview of the field and describe major advances that have shaped our understanding of grasshopper systematics. Specifically, I review the pattern of species description in Acridomorpha (Orthoptera: Caelifera) since Linnaeus, and highlight the achievements of important taxonomists. Finally, I end with some of the problems that we grasshopper taxonomists are facing today and challenge the field as a whole to move forward.