Dioncomena grandis

General description: 

...and by the unique structure of the exceptionally wide stridulatory file (file 1.8 mm long, 0.47 mm wide, with 88 widely lamelliform teeth (Fig. 29C). [1]

References

  1. Naskrecki P, Guta R. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa. 2019;4682(1):1 - 119. Available at: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4682.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4682.1.1.
Behaviour: 

The call of D. grandis is in the form of a series of individual syllables, spaced by at least 30 s of silence syllables; mean syllable duration is 0.042857 s (SD=0.00221, n=14); the peak frequency of the call is 22.8–36.9 kHz (Figs. 50G–I). [1]

References

  1. Naskrecki P, Guta R. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa. 2019;4682(1):1 - 119. Available at: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4682.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4682.1.1.
Taxonomic name: 
Dioncomena grandis (Classification)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith