Tegmina-size variation in a Neotropical cricket with implications on spectral song properties

This study evaluates the relationship between shape and size of tegmen, harp, mirror, and spectral range of calling song frequency of a Neotropical cricket subpopulation (Lerneca inalata beripocone). In addition, we compare intraspecific morphological divergence and calling song properties between i...

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Published in:Journal of natural history 2018-05, Vol.52 (19-20), p.1225-1241
Main Authors: Lima, Raysa Martins, Schuchmann, Karl-L., Tissiani, Ana Silvia, Nunes, Lorena Andrade, Jahn, Olaf, Ganchev, Todor D., Lhano, Marcos Gonçalves, Marques, Marinêz I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Calling behavior
Conspecifics
Divergence
Farms
Fitness
Gene flow
Hydrologic cycle
Hydrology
Lerneca inalata beripocone
Morphology
Properties (attributes)
Regression analysis
Song
Variation
Wings
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Summary:This study evaluates the relationship between shape and size of tegmen, harp, mirror, and spectral range of calling song frequency of a Neotropical cricket subpopulation (Lerneca inalata beripocone). In addition, we compare intraspecific morphological divergence and calling song properties between individuals from different sites of the Pantanal of Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Regression analysis showed that the dominant and maximum calling song frequencies were negatively correlated with tegmen size, i.e. frequencies are either lower or higher depending on the corresponding size variation in resonance structures of the forewings. Canonical variable analysis demonstrated marked intraspecific differences in morphometric characters between localities of a L. inalata subpopulation c. 35 km apart (SESC-Pantanal Advanced Research Base and Pouso Alegre Farm, Mato Grosso, Brazil). Lerneca inalata beripocone at SESC had larger forewings than conspecifics from Pouso Alegre Farm. These morphological variations of wing properties related to reproductive behaviours were interpreted as fitness parameters, likely shaped by restricted gene flow during temporal habitat isolation episodes. Such isolation patterns occur in the Pantanal wetlands for several months during the annual hydrological cycle.
ISSN:0022-2933
1464-5262
DOI:10.1080/00222933.2018.1457728