Welcome to grasshoppers and katydids

Dr. Brigitte Helfert
Institute of Zoology
University of Applied Life Sciences
and Natural Resources
Gregor-Mendelstraße 33
A-1180 Vienna, Austria
tel/fax.: +43-1-47654-3221

www.dib.boku.ac.at/

 

 

Research on Saltatoria with special regard to:

ecology
taxonomy
behaviour

 

Field studies in rain forests
of South East Asia

Laboratory studies in a spacious
air-conditioned Insectarium

 

In culture are now members of the subfamilies: 

Agraeciinae
Conocephalinae
Mecopodinae
Pseudophyllinae
Meconematinae
Acanthacrididae
 


Current investigations: The lower canopy fauna in Thai forests with special regard to Saltatoria
Parthenogenesis in tettigoniids
The problem of the Mecopoda elongata - group
Biology of Phlugis thai
Projects: Biodiversity in Thai forests
Cooperations:

Prof. Dr. Karl Sänger, Dpt. of Conservation Biology, Vegetation- and Landscape Ecology, University Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090 Vienna. karl.saenger(at)univie.ac.at
  Prof. Boonchana Klankamsorn, Director of Chiang Mai Regional Forest Division, Thailand.
  Prof. Dr. Heinrich Römer, Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Austria. heinrich.roemer(at)uni-graz.at
Recent Articles:

Helfert, B. & Sänger, K. (2007): Variability of diagnostic features in Eumecopoda cyrtoscelis cyrtoscelis (Karsch, 1888) from the Raja Ampat Islands (Indonesia) (Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae). Z. Arb. Gem. Öst. Ent. 59: 71 - 83.
Keywords: Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae, Eumecopoda cyrtoscelis cyrtoscelis, description, stridulation, biology, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia.
Abstract - download article (Table 1; Fig. 1a,b,c; Figs. 2-16; Fig. 17a,b,c; Figs. 18-26; Figs. 27-30)

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (2006): Additional notes on the genus Kuzicus Gorochov 1993 (Meconematinae: Tettigoniidae: Ensifera) from Thailand Z. Arb. Gem. Öst. Ent. 58: 61-65. 
Keywords: Meconematinae, taxonomy, Kuzicus, new species, new records, Thailand. Abstract - download article (Figs. 1-3, Figs. 4-9)

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (2006): Two new species of Meconematinae (Ensifera: Tettigoniidae) from Thailand. Z. Arb. Gem. Öst. Ent. 58: 53-66. 
Keywords: Meconematinae, taxonomy, Kuzicus, Xizicus, new species, Nemestrinidae, Thailand. Abstract - download article (Fig. 1, Figs. 2-5, Fig. 6, Figs. 7-11)

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (2004): Four new species and new records of Meconematinae (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae) from Thailand. Senckenbergiana biologica 84: 45-58.
Keywords: Taxonomy, Meconomatinae, Tettigoniidae, new species, new combination, new synonym, new record, Thailand. Abstract

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (2002): Description of Omkoiana aculeata n. gen. n. sp. (Meconematinae, Tettigoniidae) from Northwestern Thailand with notes on its biology. Insect Systematics & Evolution 33: 471-480.
Keywords: Taxonomy, new hypopterous genus, new species, Meconematinae, Tettigoniidae, life habits, Northwestern Thailand. Abstract

Helfert, B. & Sänger, K. (2001): Bodenbewohnende Geradflügler (Orthoptera) submitted. In Christian, E. (ed.): Die Bodentiere Wiens.

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (2000): Notes on the Meconematinae fauna (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae) of Thailand. Senckenbergiana biol. 80: 141-147.
Keywords: Taxonomy, Meconematinae, Tettigoniidae, new species, Euanisous, new records, Thailand. Abstract

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (1999): Zum Auftreten sekundär makropterer Individuen von Euthystira brachyptera (Caelifera: Acridoidea) auf der Perchtoldsdorfer Heide (Niederösterreich) [Evidence of macropterous specimens of Euthystira brachyptera (Caelifera, Acridoidea) in the Perchtoldsdorfer Heide (Lower Austria)] Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Österr. 136: 77-86.
Keywords: macroptery, Euthystira brachyptera, Acridoidea. Abstract

Helfert, B. & Sänger K. (1998): Phlugis thai sp. n., a new Phlugidini (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) from Thailand. Ann. Nat. His. Mus. Wien 100B: 61 - 68.
Keywords: Taxonomy, new species, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae, Phlugidini, Phlugis, stridulation, Thailand. Abstract

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (1998): New species and records of Meconematinae (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae) from Thailand. Senckenbergiana biol 77: 211 - 224.
Keywords: Taxonomy, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae, new species, Thailand. Abstract

Helfert, B. & Sänger, K. (1997): Records of Anelytra boku sp. n., a new Agraeciinae, and of Anelytra nigrifrons REDTENBACHER 1891 from Thailand (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae). Die Bodenkultur 48 (2), 131 - 136.
Keywords: Anelytra boku, new species, Anelytra nigrifrons, new record, Agraeciinae, Tettigoniidae, Thailand. Abstract,   Article

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (1996): Die weitere Entwicklung der Brutkolonien von Graupelikanen und Asiatischen Nimmersatten in der Umgebung des Khao Khieo Open Zoos (Thailand). [Further development of the rookeries of Spot-billed pelicanes (Pelecanus philippensis) and Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) in the Khao Khieo Open Zoo (Thailand)]. Zool. Garten N. F. 66, 17 - 21.
Keywords: Pelecanus philippensis, Mycteria leucocephala, conservation, Thailand. Abstract

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (1994): Der Khao Khieo Open Zoo als Nucleus für die Wiederansiedlung von Graupelikanen (Pelecanus philippensis) und Nimmersatten (Mycteria leucocephala) in Thailand. [The Khao Khieo Open Zoo as a crystallization nucleus for the re- establishment of Spot-billed pelicanes (Pelecanus philippensis) and Painted storks (Mycteria leucocephala) in Thailand]. Zool. Garten N. F: 64, 156 - 162.
Keywords: Pelecanus philippensis, Mycteria leucocephala, conservation, Thailand. Abstract

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (1996): New Meconematinae from Thailand (Orthoptera: Ensifera) Eur. J. Entomol. 93: 607 - 616.
Keywords: Taxonomy, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae, new genus, new species, Thailand. Abstract

Helfert, B. & Sänger, K. (1996): The male of Macroxiphus siamensis (Helfert & Sänger 1995) (Orthoptera: Ensifera). Z. AG. Öst. Entomol. 48, 13 - 16.
Keywords: Macroxiphus siamensis, Tettigoniidae, evergreen moist lowland rainforest, Thailand. Abstract

Helfert, B. & Sänger, K. (1995): Ameisenmimikry bei Larven von Macroxiphus siamensis (Orthoptera: Ensifera). [Ant-mimicking in larvae of Macroxiphus siamensis (Orthoptera: Ensifera)]. Z. AG. Öst. Entomol. 47, 156 - 162.
Keywords: Ant-mimicking, Macroxiphus siamensis, Tettigoniidae, morphology, behaviour, Thailand. Abstract
! Klick here to see pictures ! - Pictures (PDF)

Helfert, B. & Sänger, K. (1995): Macroxiphus siamensis sp. n., eine neue Laubheuschrecke aus Thailand (Orthoptera: Ensifera). [Macroxiphus siamensis sp. n., a new Tettigoniid from Thailand (Orthoptera: Ensifera)]. Entomol. NB. 2, 7 - 10.
Keywords: Macroxiphus siamensis, new species, Tettigoniidae, Thailand. Abstract

Sänger, K. & Helfert, B. (1995): Notes on Tettigoniids (Orthoptera, Ensifera) from Sulawesi. Z. AG. Öst. Entomol. 47, 89 - 96.
Keywords: New species, Conocephalus, Lipotactes, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Abstract

 

Recent Excursions of the Zoologische Botanische Gesellschaft in Österreich:
(guided by: Karl Saenger, Brigitte Helfert)

1995: Galapagos Islands
1996: Namibia
1997: Peru (Manu National Park)
1998: Irian Jaya (Raja Empat Islands)
1999: India (Sikkim & West Bengal)
2000: Zimbabwe
2001: Botswana
2002: Australia
2003: Brazil (Rio Negro, Pantanal)
2004: Southern Thailand
2005: South Africa (Cape Province)
2006: Northern Thailand
2007: Tanzania (Southern Tanzania, Zanzibar, Chumbe)
2008: Indonesia (Sumba, Java, Bali)
2009: Sumatra
2010: Brazil (Rio Negro, Rio Branco)
2011: Indonesia (Flores)

Special features and services:

Collection of 30.000 slides of tropical and subtropical Fauna and Flora.
Determination of tettigoniids from SE-Asia.

BOKU - Junior Academy: “Children meet scientists”

Pupils (all ages, all school types) have the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes. Guided tours to the livestock breeding facilities (selected vertebrates and insects) offer a closer contact with animals (“see, hear, touch”).