Orthoptera research Klaus Riede

ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Klaus Riede

I studied Orthoptera in South America and Malaysia, focussing on behaviour, ecology and acoustic communication. The species-rich tropical forests where I did my field work harbour numerous unknown species. Many species were undescribed, some of them have been described by colleagues (eg Sigrid Ingrisch 1998, others are still waiting for their description. Most of my collection is available at the Paris Natural History Museum (Entomology). To see some pictures, visit the AMAZON GRASSHOPPER SLIDE SHOW Ongoing activities:

DORSA: Deutsche Orthopterensammlungen - German Orthoptera collections
(German Orthoptera collections with link to the global species database 'Orthoptera Species File' (OSF)
and development of a specimen based sound library with a tool for automatic sound identification).

Read more about:

my fieldwork in South America (Orthopterological studies in eastern Ecuador).
Orthoptera del Noroueste amazónico: estado de conocimiento y problemas abiertas [spanish manuscript]
Publication list with selected articles in full-text

Links:

Learn more about Orthoptera at the Homepage of the Orthoptera Society, including many resources, such as a bibliographic database and links.
The Orthoptera Species File (OSF), a database including pictures and songs of grasshoppers
Pneumoridae (bladder grasshoppers)
Find many more links at DGfO (only German, but nevertheless a useful list!)

send commentaries and questions to: Klaus Riede

last update: 17-January-2003

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