Article

Sergey Yu. Storozhenko, PhD, prof., Principal Researcher of the Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (690022, Russia, Vladivostok, 100-letiya avenue, 159); iD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9269-4043; e-mail: storozhenko@biosoil.ru

Storozhenko S.Yu. 2021. Studies on Podismopsis insularis (Orthoptera: Acrididae), endemic to the Shantar Islands National Park in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. Nature Conservation Research 6(2): 98–102. https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2021.029

This paper aims to re-describe and illustrate the poorly known grasshopper Podismopsis insularis and to clarify the taxonomic status of its subspecies. This species occurs on all large islands of the Shantar Archipelago (Bolshoi Shantar Island, Feklistova Island, and Maly Shantar Island). The type specimens of both subspecies and additional material are examined. A new synonymy is established: Podismopsis insularis = Podismopsis insularis shantariensis, syn. nov. A thorough description of this species, photographs of male and female habitus and of male genitalia are also provided. The evolutionary radiation of grasshoppers of the genus Podismopsis over the islands of the Sea of Okhotsk basin during the last 8000–10 000 years is briefly discussed. The Shantar Islands National Park is important for conservation of endemic insect species.

Chrysochraontini, fauna, Gomphocerinae, grasshoppers, new synonymy, Palaearctic Region, Russian Far East, taxonomy

Received: 17.02.2021. Revised: 22.03.2021. Accepted: 26.03.2021.

Benediktov A.А. 2017. Grasshoppers of the genus Podismopsis (Orthoptera, Acrididae) in Altay and description of acoustic signals of Podismopsis altaica from cluster Mongun-Taiga of the State Nature Biosphere Reserve «Uvs Nuur Basin». Nature Conservation Research 2(Suppl. 2): 77–82. DOI: 10.24189/ncr.2017.028
Cigliano M.M., Braun H., Eades D.C., Otte D. 2021. Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 5.0/5.0. Available from: http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org
Lu Y., Wang L.M., Ren B.Z. 2011. Review and key of East Palaearctic species of the genus Podismopsis Zubovsky (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) with description of a new species from China. Entomologica Fennica 22(3): 199–208. DOI: 10.33338/ef.4697
Miram E. 1931. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Orthopterenfauna der nördlichen Palarzone mit Berücksichtigung der Dermapteren und Blattodeen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 97(1/2): 37–46.
Mistshenko L.L. 1951. Subfamily Acridinae. In: G.Ja. Bey-Bienko, L.L. Mistshenko (Eds.): Locusts and grasshoppers of the USSR and adjacent countries. Vol. 2. Moscow; Leningrad: Nauka. P. 387–552. [In Russian]
Pietsch T.W., Pietsch T.W., Bogatov V.V., Storozhenko S.Yu., Lelej A.S., Barkalov V.Yu., Takahashi H., Joneson S.L., Kholin S.K., Glew K.A., Harpel J.A., Krestov P.V., Makarchenko E.A., Minakawa N., Ôhara M., Bennett D.J., Anderson T.R., Crawford R.L., Prozorova L.A., Kuwahara Y., Shedko S.V., Yabe M., Woods P.J., Stevenson D.E. 2012. Biodiversity and biogeography of Sakhalin Island. In: Flora and fauna of North-West Pacific islands (Materials of International Kuril Island and International Sakhalin Island Projects). Vladivostok: Dalnauka. P. 11–78.
Sergeev M.G. 2021. Distribution Patterns of Grasshoppers and Their Kin over the Eurasian Steppes. Insects 12(1): 77. DOI: 10.3390/insects12010077
Song H., Mariño-Pérez R., Woller D.A., Gigliano M.M. 2018. Evolution, Diversification, and Biogeography of Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 2(4): 3. DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixy008
Storozhenko S.Yu. 1981. Fauna and ecology of Orthoptera of the Sakhalin Island. In: Arachnid and insects of the Soviet Far East. Vladivostok: Far Eastern Science Centre of the AS USSR. P. 19–30. [In Russian]
Storozhenko S.Yu. 2006. Orthopterous insects and earwigs (Orthoptera, Dermaptera) of the Moneron Island. In: Flora and fauna of Moneron Island (Materials of International Sakhalin Island Project). Vladivostok: Dalnauka. P. 206–212. [In Russian]
Storozhenko S.Yu. 2018. Two new species of the genus Chitaura Bolívar, 1918 (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Oxyinae) from Sulawesi Island. Zootaxa 4483(3): 567–578. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.1.2
Storozhenko S.Yu. 2020a. A new species of the genus Celebesia Bolívar, 1917 (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Catantopinae) from Sulawesi Island with notes on composition of the tribe Mesambriini. Zootaxa 4861(4): 594–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.4.7
Storozhenko S.Yu. 2020b. New species of the genera Cranae and Lucretilis (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Indonesia with taxonomic notes on the tribe Cranaeini. Zoosystematica Rossica 29(2): 267–277. DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2020.29.2.267
Tan M.K., Choi J., Shankar N. 2017. Trends in new species discovery of Orthoptera (Insecta) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4238(1): 127–134. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.1.10
Tan M.K., Baroga-Barbecho J.B., Yap S.A. 2019. An account on the Orthoptera from Siargao Island (Southeast Asia: Philippines: Mindanao). Zootaxa 4609(1): 1–30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.1
Tishechkin D.Yu. 2008. Calling songs of grasshoppers of the genus Podismopsis (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) and potentialities of use of acoustic characters for discrimination between species of the genus. Russian Entomological Journal 17(3): 259–272.
Yin X.C., Yin H. 2020. A new genus and new species of Phlaeobinae from China (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Zootaxa 1547(1): 65–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1547.1.7