stridulation

Sound produced by rubbing a series of projections (file; pars stridens) against a plectrum.

"The generation of sound in insects by rubbing legs, wings, or other body parts together." [1]

"Sound production by rubbing one structure against another." [2]

"The act of engaging the file and scraper in the stridulatory area for producing sound. [3]

Referenties

  1. Jacobs DSteve, Bastian A. Predator-Prey Interactions: Co-evolution between Bats and their Prey. Springer; 2016.
  2. Ragge DR, Reynolds WJ. The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Colchester, Essex: Harley Books; 1998.
  3. Hammelman J. Cricket Radio: Tuning in the Night-singing Insects. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press; 2011.
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