Specific differences in sound production and pattern recognition in tettigoniids

A brief comparative description of the stridulatory songs of nine different tettigoniid species is given to introduce a set of four parameters (phase of sound production during opening and closing movement of the wings, syllable repetition mode, syllable similarity, and impulse pattern of the syllab...

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Published in:Behavioural processes 1994-04, Vol.31 (2), p.293-300
Main Authors: Jatho, Martin, Schul, Johannes, Stiedl, Oliver, Kalmring, Klaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal ethology
Biological and medical sciences
Ephippiger ephippiger
Female phonotaxis
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Invertebrates
Orthoptera
Protozoa. Invertebrata
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Song parameters
Tettigoniidae
Tettigoniids
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Summary:A brief comparative description of the stridulatory songs of nine different tettigoniid species is given to introduce a set of four parameters (phase of sound production during opening and closing movement of the wings, syllable repetition mode, syllable similarity, and impulse pattern of the syllables) to characterize the temporal pattern of tettigoniid songs. The importance of different song parameters for female phonotaxis was investigated in two tettigoniid species ( Ephippiger ephippiger and Tettigonia viridissima). Two-choice experiments revealed that the impulse pattern of the closing syllable is an important parameter for the phonotactic behaviour of E. ephippiger, whereas the syllable pattern is a decisive parameter for species discrimination in T. viridissima.
ISSN:0376-6357
1872-8308
DOI:10.1016/0376-6357(94)90014-0