Using as a model system the charismatic grasshopper radiation 'Chorthippus binotatus species complex', @joaquinortego.bsky.social and I aim to improve our understanding of the evolutionary and ecological processes driving genomic divergence and hybridisation in montane hotspots of biodiversity.

Habitat of O. tzoumerkae sp. nov. in Mount Tzoumerka (top) and O. agrafae sp. nov in Mount Agrafa (bottom). Pindus Mountains, Greece

In this article, we re-assess the taxonomic status of all species of the grasshopper genus Oropodisma and describe two narrow-endemic species from the Pindus Mountains in Greece. In the image: Oropodisma tzoumerkae sp. nov. (♂ top; ♀ bottom)