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 – grass ...
, which includes
grasshoppers,
crickets
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 88 ...
,
locust
Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumst ...
s and some other insects. Someone that studies in this field is an orthopterist.
The term is derived from the
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ...
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 and is relevant to famine prevention.
Orthopterological societies
* Association for Applied Acridology International
*
Orthopterists' Society
The Orthopterists' Society (formerly the Pan American Acridological Society) is an international scientific organization devoted to facilitating communication and research among persons interested in Orthoptera and related organisms. (The Orthopter ...
*
German Society for Orthopterology
Orthopterological Journals
*
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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