01439nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001400041245011200055210006900167260001600236300001400252490000700266520092200273100002301195856007501218 1980 eng d a0013-874600aThe Importance of Low-Frequency, Substrate-Borne Sounds in Lacewing Communication (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)0 aImportance of LowFrequency SubstrateBorne Sounds in Lacewing Com cMar-11-1981 a617 - 6210 v733 a
Courting green lacewings of Chrysopa carnea Stephens, C. downesi Banks, and several other species communicate with their partners by exchanging acoustical signals produced by vigorous jerking of the abdomen. Intraspecific communication was unaffected when an area of microtrichia associated with a possible stridulatory structure was excised from the wing of a sexually receptive C. carnea male. Additionally, no high-frequency audio sounds were detected by analysis of oscillographs; however, males and females of C. carnea and C. downesi responded to recordings of conspecific calls when the low-frequency oscillations were transmitted to a compliant substrate and when all high-frequency information was filtered out. Therefore, exchange of low-frequency substrate oscillations is sufficient for intraspecific communication in the lacewing species studied. Evolutionary implications are discussed briefly.
1 aHenry, Charles, S. uhttps://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/aesa/73.6.617