THE RELATION OF SONG STRUCTURE TO TEGMINAL MOVEMENT IN METRIOPTERA SPHAGNORUM (ORTHOPTERA: TETTIGONIIDAE)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1972
Autoren:Morris, Pipher
Journal:The Canadian Entomologist
Volume:104
Problem:07
Pagination:977 - 985
Date Published:Jan-07-1972
ISSN:0008-347X
Zusammenfassung:

Flash photography of the wings of a decticine katydid, Metrioptera sphagnorum (F. Walker), during stridulation, indicates that major trains of sound pulses of both song modes coincide with wing closures. The song mode characterized by intense ultrasonics is generated by tooth–scraper interactions over an interval of approximately 60 teeth at the lateral end of the file. A more medial file region is employed for the audio-dominated mode. Tooth removal confirms the role of different file regions in mode generation. Each pulse of the ultrasonic mode closure is a wave train of 10–15 waves of uniform amplitude, approximating a pure tone frequency of 33 kHz.

URL:https://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/s104lmp72.pdf
DOI:10.4039/Ent104977-7
Short Title:Can Entomol
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