02309nas a2200217   4500008004100000022001400041245008500055210006900140260001600209300001400225490000800239520163900247653003501886653002101921653001401942653002301956653002401979100001802003700001902021856005102040       1999                        eng d  a0952-836900aAcoustic signals in cicada courtship behaviour (order Hemiptera, genus Tibicina)0 aAcoustic signals in cicada courtship behaviour order Hemiptera g  cJan-01-1999  a217 - 2240 v2623 a<p>During pair formation, cicadas produce acoustic signals that allow sexual partners to meet. The male is generally the emitter, producing calling songs at long range and courtship songs at short range, and the female generally the receiver. The male&ndash;female courtship behaviour of seven taxa belonging to the Palaearctic genus Tibicina is described here for the first time. Male courtship songs consisted of a succession of groups of pulses arranged in two sub‐groups. They were short in duration with strong amplitude variations. In all taxa, courtship songs were preceded by a series of 1&ndash;5 audible wing‐flicks. Differences in courtship song structure between two pairs of sympatric species, respectively T. corsica corsica/T. nigronervosa and T. corsica fairmairei/T. tomentosa, suggest that courtship signals could act as distinctive species mating recognition systems. In response to male acoustic signalling, females of T. c. corsica, T. c. fairmairei and T. nigronervosa produced audible wing‐flicks such that both sexes established an acoustic duet ending in physical contact. In addition, males and females of T. tomentosa produced silent wing‐flicks, a previously unknown behaviour, which could facilitate pheromone diffusion. Females did not exhibit a species‐specific temporal pattern in acoustic reply to male courtship song and female wing‐flick behaviour does not seem necessary for pair formation. Nevertheless, this strategy through male and female signalling ensured a reciprocal phonotactic approach that probably enhanced the likelihood for the two sexes to meet in complex habitats.</p>
10aaudible and silent wing-flicks10acicadas Tibicina10acourtship10amale–female duet10asound communication1 aSueur, Jerome1 aAubin, Thierry  uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1017/S095283690300468002247nas a2200157   4500008004100000022001400041245009400055210006900149260001300218300001200231490001600243520173700259100002501996700001302021856005502034       1999                        eng d  a1477-914500aTransduction of mechanical energy into sound energy in the cicada Cyclochila australasiae0 aTransduction of mechanical energy into sound energy in the cicad  c1999 Jul  a1803-170 v202 (Pt 13)3 a<p>The anatomy of the paired tymbal muscles of Cyclochila australasiae was described. Force-distance relationships of the sound-producing in-out cycle of tymbal movement were measured. The largest forces were measured when the push occurred at the apodeme pit on the tymbal plate at angles similar to the angles of internal pull of the tymbal muscle. Initially, inward movement was opposed by the elasticity of the tymbal, which stored energy. At a mean force of 0. 38 N after a mean inward strain of 368 microm, the tymbal ribs buckled, the mean energy release being 45.1 microJ. The energy release occurred over 2-10 ms in three or four sound-producing steps as successive tymbal ribs buckled inwards. After the ribs had buckled, the force decreased to a mean value of 0.17 N. The force returned to zero during the outward movement, during which the tymbal ribs buckled outwards. The mean energy dissipated in the outward movement was 32.8 microJ. During contraction, the tymbal muscle produced mean values for the peak active force of 0.31 N over 295 microm, which gave mean values for the area of the work loops of 47.0 microJ. The calling song of C. australasiae had a mean pulse rate of 234 Hz (117 Hz for each side of the insect). The peak power to mean power ratio for the songs was 8.51:1 (+9.30 dB). Measurements of the sound field around tethered insects and of the peak power to mean power ratio of the songs gave values for the mean power of the song of 3.15-7 mW; these correspond to an energy per song pulse of 13.5-30 microJ. Previously reported mean values are 3. 15 mW for protest song and 5.1 mW for calling song. The efficiency of transduction of mechanical energy into sound energy is between 18 and 46 %.</p>
1 aBennet-Clark, H., C.1 aDaws, AG  uhttp://jeb.biologists.org/content/202/13/1803.long