Filippo Maria Buzzetti

• PhD Entomology
• entomologist at Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto.

Recent findings of the Sardinian endemic Bushcricket Uromenus annae (Targioni Tozzetti, 1881) allowed the authors to retrace the nomenclatorial history of the species. The rearing of living specimens resulted in the recording of the male song, previously unknown. Since the Neotype previously established by Fontana & Buzzetti (2001) is lost, a new N...

Uromenus annae (Targioni-Tozzetti 1881) was listed as NT (Near Threatened) by IUCN in the Red List of European Orthoptera, possibly extinct since no individuals were collected in the last half century. The finding of a living couple in 2018 renewed the attention on the species, resulting in the male calling song description [1] and further scattere...

Correct management of protected areas is one of the key factors in biodiversity conservation. Routine surveys in Mincio Natural Park resulted in the finding of a population of Zeuneriana marmorata (Fieber, 1853), listed as EN (Endangered) by IUCN in the Red List of European Orthoptera. Other known populations were known only for NE Adriatic coast i...

Background Historical natural history collections are very important for the study of nature and environmental protection of the environment, these being the depository of essential information. The Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto holds two major Orthopteroid insect collections that make this Museum a landmark on Italian and Mediterranean Ortho...

Almost 100 years after the dawn of insect bioacoustics, freely available and robust analysis tools and protocols are still needed. We introduce Rthoptera, an open‐source R package designed for robust analysis of insect acoustic signals. It delivers accurate temporal and spectral measurements, along with intuitive visualisations, through a streamlin...

Non-invasive methods to study biodiversity are urged in a time of biodiversity crisis and requested by institutions. From 8 to 12 July 2024 the TEOSS international workshop, aimed at improving Orthoptera recognition in Europe based on sound recordings, took place in the Museum of Natural History of Verona. TEOSS is part of TETTRIS project funded by...

Ecological theory predicts that coexisting species should exhibit realized niche differentiation to minimize competition. However, little is known about patterns of niche differentiation when 'newcomer' species spontaneously colonize a new region, leading to novel sympatric conditions. Over the past 15 years, three closely related and ecologically...

Crickets were the first study subjects at the dawn of bioacoustics, yet, almost 100 years later, freely available and robust analysis tools and protocols are still needed. We introduce Rthoptera , a new open-source R package for the analysis of insect acoustic signals, offering accurate graphics and standardised temporal and spectral measurements t...

During recent decades, increasing research of the taxonomy of the genus Isophya resulted in taxonomic descriptions of several new species. The delimitation of these species is mainly based on oscillographic song analysis of the male song in combination with morphological characters, such as the shape of male cerci, tegmina and ovipositor. In the pr...

During a night, wide-band field recording session in the Bolognese Apennine at 1200 meters asl, aimed at orthopteran songs, a regular pattern of buzzing sounds of non-orthopteran origin was heard, and visually traced to a group of Forest Bugs Pentatoma rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758) apparently engaged in mating. Even though the investigating team didn't...

Biodiversity loss is a major global challenge and minimizing extinction rates is the goal of several multilateral environmental agreements. Policy decisions require comprehensive, spatially explicit information on species’ distributions and threats. We present an analysis of the conservation status of 14,669 European terrestrial, freshwater and mar...

Two new genera of pygmy grasshoppers belonging to the subfamily Batrachideinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) are described from Central America, each including a single new flight- less species. Naskreckiana kosemeni Kasalo, Buzzetti & Skejo gen. & sp. nov. is described from Costa Rica, Procellator kai Kasalo, Skejo & Cambra gen. & sp. nov. is described...

Aim of this book: this is not an entomology nor an arachnology book; even the passing description of the Sardinian arthropod fauna would require hundreds of text pages, at the expense of the number of images included. In fact, this book is a collection of reference pictures of around 500 different species of Sardinian arthropods, including some end...

A new genus of the tribe Ephippigerini, Dinarippiger Skejo, Kasalo, Fontana et Tvrtković gen. nov., is described based on the characters of occiput coloration, tegmina coloration, cerci and pronotum shape. The new genus is morphologically intermediate between the genera Ephippiger Berthold, 1827 and Uromenus Bolívar, 1878, and presently includes on...

The genus Roeseliana presently includes 10 specific or subspecific taxa, but following different authors some of them are considered synonyms. However, the authors who have treated these taxa often did not agree with the synonymies, in particular, concerning some taxa, such as R. fedtschenkoi (Saussure, 1874) and R. roeselii (Hagenbach, 1822). The...

Isophya modestior (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) is a species distributed in central and south-eastern Europe, where its distribution is largely separated by two large rivers (Sava and Danube). Since previous studies on the song and morphology of the stridulatory file across its complete geographic range showed that the species is separated into two m...

Filippo Maria Buzzetti & Gionata Stancher-The Galvagni collection (Insecta, Orthopteroidea) as an useful tool to perform environmental studies in Trentino A.A. (Italy). The Galvagni collection kept at the Civic Museum of Sciences and Archeology of Rovereto preserves tens of thousands of orthopteroid insects collected by A. Galvagni during the secon...

Gli Embioptera sono tra gli ordini di insetti meno studiato e quindi meno conosciuto in Italia. Al fine di stimolare e facilitare nuove ricerche su questi singolari insetti, vengono presentate le generalità sulla loro biologia, le tecniche di raccolta, allevamento e studio e le attuali conoscenze sulla loro presenza in Italia e in Europa. Viene pre...

Viene presentata la fauna a Ortotteri della dolina della Spipola, struttura carsica del pede appennino Emiliano che è caratterizzata dalla presenza del gesso (Formazione Gessoso-Solfifera del Messiniano). dopo una presentazione degli aspetti morfologici, climatici e vegetazionali della dolina, vengono presentate le specie di Ortotteri che definisco...

The expansion of the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys, an invasive species that causes severe damage to many crops, has brought an intensification in the survey activities focused on the stink bug distribution and biological control. During such surveys, Acrosternum heegeri (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), a Holomediterranean species, was r...

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In recent years, several species of Orthopterans were fi eld-recorded by authors 1 and 3 thanks to an innovative, low cost USB microphone with a sampling frequency of 250 kHz. In August 2019, during an acoustic exploration for Orthopterans, author 1 intercepted sounds from a burrow in the soil, from which a Sphecid wasp – here tentatively determine...

The burrowing buzz of Sphex sp. extends to the inaudible range. In recent years, several species of Orthopterans were fi eld-recorded by authors 1 and 3 thanks to an innovative, low cost USB microphone with a sampling frequency of 250 kHz. In August 2019, during an acoustic exploration for Orthopterans, author 1 intercepted sounds from a burrow in...

In recent years, several species of Orthoptera were field recorded by the authors by using a low cost USB microphone with a sampling frequency up to 250 kHz. Here for the first time we propose a comprehensive review of the audio samples obtained, including envelopes, spectrograms and frequency analyses, to reveal their extension into the ultrasonic...

The Orthoptera are one of the most important and interesting orders of the great class of insects. They include crickets and grasshoppers, which play a fundamental role in terrestrial ecosystems. In this complete and updated publication all the 382 taxa (species and subspecies) of Orthoptera known today in Italy are treated; of these, 162 are ende...

Oedipoda cynthiae n. sp. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) is described from Apulia (South Italy). In the past, the same population here considered had been assigned to O. miniata and later to O. charpentieri. Morphological features, biogeographical considerations, and a preliminary molecular analysis confirm that this population must be assigne...

Th e acquisition of the Galvagni entomological collection has increased the quantity and prestige of the collections of the Museo Civico di Rovereto. Th is circumstance served as a stimulus for the acquisition of new collections (Fontana entomological collection) and new research and dissemination activities. Reflections on the important role that...

We investigated the systematics and biogeography of the West-Palaearctic water cricket genus Velia Latreille based on a phylogenetic analysis of five molecular markers obtained from 79% of all known taxa of the subgenera Velia (s. str.) and Velia (Plesiovelia) Tamanini. The results revealed a sister group relationship between Velia (Plesiovelia) an...

The moss-and-lichen mimic katydids of the group treated here are easily recognized by their long and slender wings held upward at an almost 45-degree angle. They live in rainforests of central and northern South America, with one species ranging southward to subtropical forest in NE Argentina. Here the recently introduced subgenus Anaphidna is rais...

Hebrus franzi (Wagner, 1957) was described from the Apuan Alps (Tuscany, Italy) and not found again for several decades despite intensive search. We report on new collections that expand the known distribution area considerably, provide a redescription, and give first insights regarding the ecology of this remarkable flightless species.

RESUMEN. En Orthoptera las señales acústicas son especie-específicas y por tanto, un carácter útil para delimitar especies crípticas. Aquí presentamos señales acústicas de llamado de dos poblaciones alopátricas de Conocephalus (Xiphidion) ictus (Scudder, 1875). Una población de Gómez Farías, Tamaulipas, Reserva de la Biosfera (RB) El Cielo y otra d...

A review of the Croatian and Serbian Tetrigidae is given and first records of Tetrix undulata (Sowerby, 1806) for Croatia and Serbia as well as Tetrix tuerki (Krauss, 1876) and Tetrix transsylvanica (Bazyluk & Kis, 1960) comb. nov. for Croatia are presented. The status of the genus Uvarovitettix Bazyluk & Kis, 1960 and the taxonomic position of T....

During August 2013, Ultramic 250 by Dodotronic was field-tested for application in Or-thopteran acoustic biodiversity studies. The songs of four species were recorded: Uromenus brevicollis insularis Chopard, 1924, Rhacocleis baccettii Galvagni, 1976, Svercus palmeto-rum palmetorum (Krauss, 1902) and Oecanthus dulcisonans Gorochov, 1993. The recordi...

Data on the populations of some Orthoptera species pullulating on Colli Berici for the years 2008-2013 are exposed. The intensification of demographically explosive phenomena also in lowland areas and the range extension for Decticus albifrons are reported.

Abstract: orthoptera and mantodea of the Parco regionale del Corno alle Scale (appennino Tosco-emiliano): literature data and new records of boreo-orophylous elements (insecta). researches ran by one of the authors (G.P.) in Parco regionale del Corno alle Scale (Appennino Tosco-emiliano) resulted in 10 species new for this protected area that, plus...

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The genus Necaxacris Roberts, 1939 (Acrididae: Melanoplinae) is endemic to Mexico. Two species were previously known for this genus: N. micans (Hebard, 1932) and a species collected by Roberts in 1936, mentioned in litteris by Descamps (1975) as N. moctezumae Roberts, 1975, but never formally described. We here describe and assign the name of N. ta...

Los ortopteroides son un componente importante de los ecosistemas, ya que cumplen funciones de herbívoros, depredadores y saprófagos. Este proyecto pretende resaltar la importancia de los ortopteroides de Oaxaca al integrar todo el conocimiento generado hasta el momento y obtener nuevos datos de campo que nos permitan entender su ecología y mecanis...

Hydrometra argentina Berg is reported for Ecuador for the first time. H. aequatoriana n. sp. is described from western Andean Ecuador. Male terminalia separate this species from other congeneric species. Four species of Hydrometra are now known to occur in Ecuador: H. argentina, Hydrometra caraiba Guérin-Méneville, Hydrometra williamsi Hungerford &...

New data on thermophilic insects (Reticulitermes lucifugus, Ameles spallanzania, Acrida ungarica , Libelloides longicornis) are recorded for the Veneto Region. The presence of these species is also confirmed for other populations the same Region. we hypothesise that the presence of these populations and the spreading of thermophilic species is favo...

The updated checklist of Gerromorpha from Ecuador (including Galapagos Islands) is provided, plus some comments. To date 66 species of Gerromorpha are recorded for this country.

The songs of the following species are presented: Conocephalus (Xiphidion) cinereus Thunberg, 1815, C. (X.) ictus (Scudder, 1875), C. (X.) magdalenae Nascrecki, 2000, C. (Anisoptera) strictus (Scudder, 1875), Dichopetala brevihastata Morse, 1902, D. castanea Rehn & Hebard, 1914, D. pollicifera Rehn & Hebard, 1914, Phyllophyllia guttulata Stål, 1863...

Three new species of Katydids from Mexico are described in Insara Walker, 1869: I. oaxacae and I. acutitegmina, respectively, collected in Oaxaca and Chiapas states and Arachnitus apterus n. sp. of Arachnitus Hebard, 1932 from Puebla and Oaxaca states.

Two new genera and seven new species, collected in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, are described. The genera Reyesacris (R. amedegnatoae) and Oaxaca (O. colorata and O. carinata) are new to science. Melanoplus mixes, M. oaxacae and M. ludivinae are new species for the genus Melanoplus Stål, 1873 and Cephalotettix chinantecus is new species for the g...

Platycleis galvagnii n. sp. from Sardinia (Italy) is described. In general habitus the new taxon is close to Platycleis sensu strictu, albeit very small in size. When looking at other characters the species does not seem to fit within one of the groups recognised within Platycleis s.l., but for the moment the species is placed in Platycleis s.s.. T...

Three new species of Katydids from Mexico are described in Insara Walker, 1869: I. oaxacae and I. acutitegmina, respectively, collected in Oaxaca and Chiapas states and Arachnitus apterus n. sp. of Arachnitus Hebard, 1932 from Puebla and Oaxaca states.

Two new species of Pyrgomorphidae of the Mexican endemic genus Ichthyotettix Rehn, 1901, are described: Ichthyotettix stricticaudatus n. sp. (from Oaxaca) and Ichthyotettix inexpectatus n. sp. (from Morelos and Michoacan). The identity of the genus Ichthyotettix, to date considered monotypic, within the tribe Ichthyotettigini is discussed and the t...

During preparation of a forthcoming taxonomic revision of the Neotropical water strider genus Tachygerris DRAKE, 1957, three new species from South America were discovered which are described here: Tachygerris pulcherrimus sp.n. from Brazil, and T.

Pterodichopetala cieloi n. gen. n. sp. from Mexico is here described. The song of the male is outlined and affinities with the genera Dichopetala Brunner v. W., 1878 and Marenestha Brunner v. W., 1878 discussed.

Huastecacris alexandri n. sp., is described from the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in southern Tamaulipas, northeastern México. Geographic distribution is limited to the highlands of the reserve where it occurs from 1300 to 1700 m in open areas on natural, low vegetation. This species is most related to Huastecacris zenoni Fontana & Buzzetti 2007, whi...

We investigated phylogenetic relationships among pond skaters (Heteroptera: Gerridae) of the genus Limnogonus Stål 1868 by performing separate and combined parsimony analyses of DNA sequences from three mitochondrial (COI+II, 16SrRNA) and one nuclear (28SrRNA) gene(s). The taxon sample represented almost two thirds of the known diversity, and with...

The Ecuadorean species Dichopetala andeana Hebard, 1924, is transferred to the new genus Cohnia. Cohnia g. nov. is characterized by short pronotum, subexagonal undivided elongated female subgenital plate, regularly up-curved and coarsely serrulated ovipositor, male simple cerci and presence in male of a structure titillators-like. Cohnia andeana co...

Paraidemona ruvalcabae n. sp., Melanoplus solitarius n. sp., Phaulotettix huastecus n. sp. and Pedies monarca n. sp. from Mexico are described. Riassunto -Nuovi Melanoplinae del Messico (Orthoptera Acrididae). Vengono descritte Paraidemona ruvalcabae n. sp., Melanoplus solitarius n. sp., Phaulotettix huastecus n. sp. e Pedies monarca n. sp. del Mes...

Eleven species of Orthoptera are reported from Ecuador. Taxonomical and biogeographical notes are given for them, especially for Xyleus camposi (I. BOLIVAR, 1909). The males of Xyleus camposi and Ommatolampis equatoriana CARBONELL & DESCAMPS, 1978 are described for the first time. Megacheilacris bullifemur otongae n. ssp. is described, it differs f...

Material of species of the genus Parapholidoptera Maran is presented. New records of P. noxia (Ramme) are reported from Georgia, P. georgiae sp. n. from Georgia and P. kalashiani sp. n. from Armenia are described. P. syriaca is newly reported from Lebanon. (© 2009 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

The Oriental subgenus Haldwania of the genus Velia is revised. It includes five previously described species, Velia (H.) championi Tamanini 1955 from northwestern India; V. (H.) steelei Tamanini, 1955 from northeastern India; V. (H.) sinensis Andersen, 1981 from Sichuan, China; V. (H.) tomokunii Polhemus & Polhemus, 1998 from Nepal; V. (H.) tonkina...

Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Acari Phytoseiidae) is a major predator of Tetranychus urticae (Acari Tetranychidae). The performance of P. persimilis in controlling T. urticae may be altered by pesticides used to manage other pests. Therefore, knowledge of the side-effects of pesticides is essential for IPM. A number of laboratory methods...

Incanotus mariaelenae sp. n. from Ecuadorean Amazon is described. The male is characterized by having modified cerci with a basal portion subhemispherical and a latero-distal tooth. Female for subgenital plate with hind wide lobes. An updated identification key for the genus is provided.

Incanotus mariaelenae n. sp. from Ecuadorean Amazon is described. The male is characterized by having globular cerci with a basal portion hemispherical and a latero-distal tooth. Female subgenital plate with wide lobes. An updated identification key for the genus is provided.

The list of Caelifera of Ecuador, resulting in 216 spe-cific and subspecific taxa, 117 genera and 10 families, is given. For each species and subspecies is listed a short synonymy, distribution in Ecuador, general dis-tribution and type locality when in Ecuador. Resumen Se realiza un listado de los Caelifera de Ecuador, y como resultado se han cata...

Veloidea aequatoriana sp. n. from Ecuador is described and illustrated. It is the fifth known species in the genus, the third one from South America. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by small spines on the pronotal humeri, long connexival spines, and unique modifications of the male genitalia. The male holotype of Veloidea aequat...

Rhagovelia sehnali sp.n. from Costa Rica is described and illustrated in morphological detail. The new species is tentatively placed in the R. robusta group, but differs in several important characteristics from other species of this group. The male of the new species can be recognized by the shape of its paramere; the female has a unique set of ch...

The song of Metrioptera caprai baccettii Galvagni 1958, an endemic subspecies of the Monti Sibillini region of Central Italy, is here described. The calling song consists of long series of polysyllabic echemes and differs from conspecific subsp. in having the lowest echeme repetition rate. The main differences between the subspecies lie in morpholo...

Potamobates horvathi Esaki and P. anchicaya Polhemus & Polhemus are reported for Ecuador for the first time. P. shuar n. sp. is described from southern Ecuadorean Amazonas. Male and female genitalia separate P. shuar from other congeneric species. Five species of Potamobates occurr in Ecuador: P. anchicaya, P. horvathi, P. shuar n. sp., P. sumaco C...

Potamobates horvathi Esaki and P. anchicaya Polhemus & Polhemus are reported for Ecuador for the first time. P. shuar n. sp. is described from southern Ecuadorean Amazonas. Male and female genitalia separate P. shuar from other congeneric species. Five species of Potamobates occurr in Ecuador: P. anchicaya, P. horvathi, P. shuar n. sp., P. sumaco C...