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Hojun Song
CountryUnited States
 
Organizations:The Song Laboratory of Insect Systematics and Evolution, Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute, The Orthopterists' Society, Arizona State University
 
Titles:Professor and Director of ASU Biocollections
 
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Twitter:https://twitter.com/entomos
 

Hojun Song is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist specializing in the systematics, phylogeny, and biogeography of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets). He is Professor and Director of ASU Biocollections at Arizona State University and a leading authority on grasshopper evolution. Song’s research integrates morphology, genomics, and comparative methods to resolve evolutionary relationships within Orthoptera, with a particular focus on the diversification of grasshoppers (Caelifera). He has contributed extensively to reconstructing the evolutionary history of major orthopteran lineages and to understanding the origins and repeated evolution of locust swarming behavior. He is widely known for large-scale phylogenetic studies that combine molecular data with fossil and morphological evidence, helping to clarify long-standing taxonomic uncertainties. His work has also explored patterns of dispersal and diversification across continents, providing insight into how ecological and historical factors have shaped present-day species distributions. In addition to his research contributions, Song has been active in training students and advancing systematic entomology, and he collaborates broadly with international researchers working on Orthoptera taxonomy and evolution.

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  • Techer, M.A., Santana, V.A.P., Woo, B., Marquess, R., Brennan, C., Mechti, A.M.C., Linde, J.B., Behmer, S.T., Sword, G.A., Song, H., 2026. Rearing, dissection, and temporal transcriptomic profiling protocols to study density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in Schistocerca (Insecta: Orthoptera). https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.17.705994
  • Ries, M.W., Adriaansen, C., Aldobai, S., Berry, K., Bal, A.B., Catenaccio, M.C., Cigliano, M.M., Cullen, D.A., Deveson, E.D., Diongue, A., Foquet, B., Hadrich, J., Hunter, D., Johnson, D.L., Karnatz, J.P., Lange, C.E., Lawton, D., Lazar, M., Latchininsky, A.V., Lecoq, M., Le Gall, M., Lockwood, J., Manneh, B., Overson, R., Peterson, B.F., Piou, C., Poot-Pech, M.A., Robinson, B.E., Rogers, S.M., Song, H., Springate, S., Therville, C., Trumper, E., Waters, C., Woller, D.A., Youngblood, J.P., Zhang, L., Cease, A.J., 2024. Global perspectives and transdisciplinary opportunities for locust and grasshopper pest management and research. Journal of Orthoptera Research 33:169–216. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.33.112803
  • Poot-Pech, M.A., Song, H., 2023. The Central American locust: risk and prevention. In: Biological and Environmental Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, pp. 129-154. Elsevier.
  • Foquet, B., Little, D.W., Medina-Durán, J.H., Song, H., 2022. The time course of behavioural phase change in the Central American locust Schistocerca piceifrons. Journal of Experimental Biology 225:jeb244621. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244621
  • Phytosanitary Advanced Analytics Team, Poot-Pech, M.A., Humphreys, J., Kumar, S., Song, H., Woller, D.A., 2022. Analyzing the Impact of Climate Change on Central American Locust (Schistocerca piceifrons). Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine.
  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Song, H., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Torres-Castillo, J.A., 2021. State of the Art Management of the Central American Locust Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870). Agronomy 11:1024. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11061024
  • Foquet, B., Castellanos, A.A., Song, H., 2021. Comparative analysis of phenotypic plasticity sheds light on the evolution and molecular underpinnings of locust phase polyphenism. Scientific Reports 11:11925. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91317-w
  • Palacios-Gimenez, O.M., Milani, D., Song, H., Marti, D.A., López-León, M.D., Ruiz-Ruano, F.J., Camacho, J.P.M., Cabral-de-Mello, D.C., 2020. Eight Million Years of Satellite DNA Evolution in Grasshoppers of the Genus Schistocerca Illuminate the Ins and Outs of the Library Hypothesis. Genome Biology and Evolution 12:88–102. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa018
  • Verlinden, H., Sterck, L., Li, J., Li, Z., Yssel, A., Gansemans, Y., Verdonck, R., Holtof, M., Song, H., Behmer, S.T., Sword, G.A., Matheson, T., Ott, S.R., Deforce, D., Van Nieuwerburgh, F., Van de Peer, Y., Vanden Broeck, J., 2020. First draft genome assembly of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. F1000Research 9:775. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25148.2
  • Gale, C.C., Borrego, E., Blackmon, H., Harper, J.K., Richardson, D., Song, H., 2019. Investigating a Photolytic Metabolite in the Nocturnal Grasshopper Schistocerca ceratiola (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 112:50–55. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/say048
  • Pocco, M.E., Cigliano, M.M., Foquet, B., Lange, C.E., Nieves, E.L., Song, H., 2019. Density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in the South American Locust, Schistocerca cancellata (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 112:458–472. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saz032
  • Song, H., Mariño-Pérez, R., Woller, D.A., Cigliano, M.M., 2018. Evolution, diversification, and biogeography of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 2. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixy008
  • Cullen, D.A., Cease, A.J., Latchininsky, A.V., Ayali, A., Berry, K., Buhl, J., De Keyser, R., Foquet, B., Hadrich, J.C., Matheson, T., Ott, S.R., Poot-Pech, M.A., Robinson, B.E., Smith, J.M., Song, H., Sword, G.A., Vanden Broeck, J., Verdonck, R., Verlinden, H., Rogers, S.M., 2017. From molecules to management: mechanisms and consequences of locust phase polyphenism. In: Advances in Insect Physiology, pp. 167-285. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aiip.2017.06.002
  • Song, H., Foquet, B., Mariño-Pérez, R., Woller, D.A., 2017. Phylogeny of locusts and grasshoppers reveals complex evolution of density-dependent phenotypic plasticity. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group); London 7:1–13. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/10.1038/s41598-017-07105-y
  • Blondin, L., Badisco, L., Pagès, C., Foucart, A., Risterucci, A.M., Bazelet, C.S., Vanden Broeck, J., Song, H., Ould Ely, S., Chapuis, M.P., 2013. Characterization and comparison of microsatellite markers derived from genomic and expressed libraries for the desert locust. Journal of Applied Entomology 137:673–683. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.12052
  • Gotham, S., Song, H., 2013. Non-swarming grasshoppers exhibit density-dependent phenotypic plasticity reminiscent of swarming locusts. Journal of Insect Physiology 59:1151–1159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.08.017
  • Song, H., 2011. Density-Dependent Phase Polyphenism in Nonmodel Locusts: A Minireview. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 2011:741769. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/741769
  • Song, H., Buhay, J.E., Whiting, M.F., Crandall, K.A., 2008. Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105:13486–13491. ://BIOSIS:PREV200800604645
  • Song, H.J., Wenzel, J.W., 2008. Mosaic pattern of genital divergence in three populations of Schistocerca lineata Scudder, 1899 (Orthoptera : Acrididae : Cyrtacanthacridinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94:289–301. ://000256350300007
  • Song, H., Wenzel, J.W., 2008. Phylogeny of bird-grasshopper subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera : Acrididae) and the evolution of locust phase polyphenism. Cladistics 24:515–542. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00190.x
  • Song, H., Weissman, D., Barrientos-Lozano, L., Cano-Santana, Z., 2006. The Locust Island. American Entomologist 52:168–181. https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/52.3.168
  • Song, H., 2005. Phylogenetic perspectives on the evolution of locust phase polyphenism. Journal of Orthoptera Research 14:235–245. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3657134
  • Song, H., 2004. On the origin of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Proceedings: Biological Sciences 271:1641–1648. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4142800
  • Song, H.J., 2004. Revision of the Alutacea Group of genus Schistocerca (Orthoptera : Acrididae : Cyrtacanthacridinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97:420–436. https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0420:rotago]2.0.co;2
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