01954nas a2200253 4500008004100000022001400041245009100055210006900146260001600215300001200231490000900243520116500252653001701417653001301434653001301447653001501460653001501475653001601490653001501506653001701521100002101538700001801559856012301577 2019 eng d a1175-532600aKatydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique0 aKatydids Orthoptera Tettigoniidae of Gorongosa National Park and cApr-10-2019 a1 - 1190 v46823 a

A list of 60 species of the Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) recorded from Gorongosa National Park and provinces Sofala and Manica in central Mozambique is provided and their natural history is discussed. Of these, 58 species are illustrated and bioacoustic data are presented for 47 species. Two new genera and 9 new species are described: Gorongosa carri gen. et sp. n., Ovonotus abreuae gen. et sp. n., Afroagraecia muagurai sp. n., Enyaliopsis iaculator sp. n., Eurycorypha parkeri sp. n., Eurycorypha stalmansi sp. n., Eulioptera carolli sp. n., Eulioptera mutembai sp. n., and Parpyrrhicia guytonae sp. n. Four species of Ruspolia are recognized as potentially new and their bioacoustic data are presented. Pseudorhynchus pungens meridionalis Ragge, 1969 is synonymized with Pseudorhynchus pungens pungens (Schaum, 1853); Angustithorax spiniger Massa, 2015 is synonymized with Oxyecous magnus Ragge, 1956; and the synonymy of Lanista africana (Walker, 1870) with Lanista annulicornis (Walker, 1869) is reversed. Two species, G. carri and O. abreuae, appear to be endemic to Mt. Gorongosa and 24 species are recorded for the first time from Mozambique.

10abioacoustics10aendemism10akatydids10aMozambique10anew genera10anew species10aOrthoptera10aspecies list1 aNaskrecki, Piotr1 aGuta, Ricardo uhttps://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4682.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4682.1.100846nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001300041245009300054210006900147260001600216300001400232490000700246520035800253100002300611856006600634 1982 eng d a0003347200aMate selection by female katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Conocephalus nigropleurum)0 aMate selection by female katydids Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Conoc cJan-08-1982 a734 - 7380 v303 a

Female katydids receive a large spermatophore at mating which they subsequently eat. Available evidence indicates that spermatophore nutrients are important to female reproduction. Heavier males produce larger spermatophores. When given the choice between two singing males of different weights, females always mated with the larger individual.

1 aGwynne, Darryl, T. uhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S000334728280145001070nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001300041245006600054210006400120260001600184300001400200490000700214520061500221100002200836856006600858 1971 eng d a0003347200aAggression in male conocephaline grasshoppers (tettigoniidae)0 aAggression in male conocephaline grasshoppers tettigoniidae cJan-02-1971 a132 - 1370 v193 a

Fighting occurs under field and laboratory conditions between conspecific males of the long horn grasshoppers O. gladiator, O. vulgare and C. nigropleurum. Approaches of 90 to 180 cm by Orchelimum males culminated in venter-to-venter grappling. Such fights usually ended in the silent withdrawal of one combatant, while the other initiated steady song from the encounter site. Only singing males were approached. Stridulation appears both to trigger the approach and to serve as a navigational aid during its excution. An area is maintained around dominating males that is free of conspecific signers.

1 aMorris, Glenn, K. uhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S000334727180147101360nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245012400055210006900179260001600248300000800264490000900272520066500281653001900946653001700965653001000982653001600992653001801008100003001026700002401056856006201080 2018 eng d a1175-532600aReview of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with one new species from India0 aReview of genus Conocephalus Thunberg 1815 Orthoptera Tettigonii cOct-08-2019 a3810 v44613 a

The present paper includes description of one new species Conocephalus (Anisoptera) rentzi sp. nov. and some known species of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 from India. Brief diagnosis of genus and subgenus with a key to species of subgenus Anisoptera and morphometric ranges of all the species are provided. The distributional map and illustrations of all the described and reported species with SEM photography of stridulatory files of C. (Anisoptera) maculatus & C. (Anisoptera) rentzi sp. nov. have also been included. All type specimens have been deposited for posterity in the Zoology Department, Aligarh Muslim University, India (ZDAMU).

10aConocephalinae10aConocephalus10aIndia10anew species10aTettigoniidae1 aFarooqi, Mohd, Kaleemulla1 aUsmani, Mohd, Kamil uhttps://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4464.3.402113nas a2200145 4500008004100000245013500041210006900176260001600245520156700261100003301828700001901861700002001880700002401900856004301924 2017 eng d00aMorphological determinants of carrier frequency signal in katydids (Orthoptera): a comparative analysis using biophysical evidence0 aMorphological determinants of carrier frequency signal in katydi cApr-09-20183 a

Male katydids produce mating calls by stridulation using specialized structures on the forewings. The right wing (RW) bears a scraper connected to a drum-like cell known as the mirror and a left wing (LW) that overlaps the RW and bears a serrated vein on the ventral side, the stridulatory file. Sound is generated with the scraper sweeping across the file, producing vibrations that are amplified by the mirror. Using this sound generator, katydids exploit a range of song carrier frequencies (CF) unsurpassed by any other insect group, with species singing as low as 600 Hz and others as high as 150 kHz. Sound generator size has been shown to scale negatively with CF, but such observations derive from studies based on few species, without phylogenetic control, and/or using only the RW mirror length. We carried out a phylogenetic comparative analysis involving 94 species of katydids to study the relationship between LW and RW components of the sound generator and the CF of the male's mating call, while taking into account body size and phylogenetic relationships. The results showed that CF negatively scaled with all morphological measures, but was most strongly related to components of the sound generation system (file, LW and RW mirrors). Interestingly, the LW mirror (reduced and non-functional) predicted CF more accurately than the RW mirror, and body size is not a reliable CF predictor. Mathematical models were verified on known species for predicting CF in species for which sound is unknown (e.g. fossils or museum specimens).

1 aMontealegre-Zapata, Fernando1 aOgden, Jessica1 aJonsson, Thorin1 aSoulsbury, Carl, D. uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jeb.1317901697nas a2200193 4500008004100000245016700041210006900208260001600277300001400293490000700307520089700314100001801211700002601229700002001255700003601275700003001311700001801341856014401359 2010 eng d00aThe Phlesirtes complex (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini) reviewed: integrating morphological, molecular, chromosomal and bioacoustic data0 aPhlesirtes complex Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Conocephalinae Conoc cJan-07-2010 a554 - 5800 v353 a

The tettigoniid genus Phlesirtes Bolivar and its allies are reviewed. Morphological, ecological and molecular data prompt the erection of the new genus Chortoscirtesgen.n. with type species Xiphidion meruense Sjöstedt. The genera Phlesirtes, Chortoscirtes, Karniella and Naskreckiella are characterized by morphological characters supported by molecular, acoustic, ecological and chromosomal data. Four species, Chortoscirtes pseudomeruensissp.n., C. masaicussp.n., C. puguensissp.n. and C. serengetisp.n., are described from localities in northern and coastal Tanzania and one Karniella, K. crassicercasp.n., is described from Uganda. The following comb n. are proposed: Phlesirtes kibonotensis (Sjöstedt) and Phlesirtes kilimandjaricus (Sjöstedt). Subtribal status is proposed for the four investigated African genera. A key to the Chortoscirtes species is provided.

1 aHemp, Claudia1 aHeller, Klaus-Gerhard1 aKEHL, SIEGFRIED1 aWarchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta1 aWägele, Johann, Wolfgang1 aHemp, Andreas uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00512.xhttps://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3113.2009.00512.x01925nas a2200181 4500008004100000245015900041210006900200260001600269300001400285490000700299520118100306100001801487700002001505700002601525700003001551700001801581856014401599 2010 eng d00aA new genus of African Karniellina (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini): integrating morphological, molecular and bioacoustical data0 anew genus of African Karniellina Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Conoce cJan-07-2010 a581 - 5950 v353 a

Melanoscirtes gen.n. is established within Karniellina. The members of this subtribe are small conocephaline bush crickets, confined to Africa. Melanoscirtes is erected on Phlesirtes kibonotensis, a species restricted to forest clearings and forest edge in the submontane and montane zones of Mt. Kilimanjaro. A subspecies, M. kibonotensis uguenoensis, is described from the North Pare mountains, a mountain range of the Eastern Arc adjacent to Mt. Kilimanjaro. Further species of Melanoscirtes occur on other mountain ranges of the northern branch of the Eastern Arc mountains of northern Tanzania and southern Kenya. The South Pare mountains harbour M. shengenae; the West Usambaras, M. usambarensis, and the Taita Hills, M. taitensis. All species and subspecies of Melanoscirtes exhibit a similar morphology and occupy analogous habitats on the respective mountains. The song patterns for all species found within this genus are very similar, and this, together with evidence from molecular data, suggests that allopatric speciation is the reason for the biogeographic pattern found in this genus. A key for the subspecies and species of Melanoscirtes is provided.

1 aHemp, Claudia1 aKEHL, SIEGFRIED1 aHeller, Klaus-Gerhard1 aWägele, Johann, Wolfgang1 aHemp, Andreas uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00528.xhttps://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3113.2010.00528.x02231nas a2200205 4500008004100000022001400041245015300055210006900208260001600277520149400293653001601787653001701803653003001820653003201850653001701882100002801899700002701927700001601954856005501970 2017 eng d a1083-815500aHabitat- and matrix-related differences in species diversity and trait richness of vascular plants, Orthoptera and Lepidoptera in an urban landscape0 aHabitat and matrixrelated differences in species diversity and t cJan-04-20183 aUrban growth is considered to be a major driver of environmental change. Urbanisation can affect urban biodiversity in different ways. So far, most studies focused on the impact of urbanisation on single taxa in one habitat type. In this study, we used data of species inventories and GIS-based landscape elements to examine the effects of habitat size and landscape composition on the species diversity of three taxonomic groups (vascular plants, Orthoptera and Lepidoptera) in meadows and ruderal sites in the urban region of Basel, Switzerland. We also related the responses of three species traits (body size, dispersal ability and food specialisation) to habitat size in Orthoptera and Lepidoptera. We found that species of the different taxonomic groups differed in their response to habitat size and landscape composition both in meadows and ruderal sites depending on the traits examined. The species richness of Orthoptera and Lepidoptera was positively related to meadow size but not to the size of ruderal sites, while the opposite was true for plants. For Lepidoptera in ruderal sites, the percentage cover of ruderal area in the closer surroundings was a better predictor of species richness than habitat size per se. To sustain high levels of urban biodiversity, we recommend that urban planners develop adequate management strategies to satisfy the different requirements of various taxonomic groups and to increase the quality of green sites surrounding the target habitat.10aButterflies10agrasshoppers10aplant functional richness10aspecies–area relationship10aurbanisation1 aMelliger, Ramona, Laila1 aRusterholz, Hans-Peter1 aBaur, Bruno uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11252-017-0662-502882nas a2200169 4500008004100000022001400041245011900055210006900174260001600243300001400259490000800273520231600281100002302597700002202620700002202642856004802664 1989 eng d a0340-759400aAuditory processing in the black-sided meadow katydid Conocephalus nigropleurum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)0 aAuditory processing in the blacksided meadow katydid iConocephal cJan-01-1989 a501 - 5120 v1643 a

1. The auditory system of the tettigoniid,Conocephalus nigropleurum was examined using whole auditory nerve responses (averaged summed action potentials (SAPs)) and intracellularly recorded single cells (receptor and interneurone) to pure tone stimuli and con- and heterospecific (C. brevipennis) songs.

2.The morphology of the auditory tracheal system and crista acustica is documented forC. nigropleurum. A broadly open thoracic spiracle (stigma) leads, via a horn, camera and foreleg trachea to a crista acustica of 28 receptor cells.

3. C. nigropleurum's auditory sensitivity is broadly tuned to 15–35 kHz which is below the peak frequency band of its calling song (30–36 kHz). The ear possesses a dynamic range of at least 30 dB and pulsed sounds with short (<0.5 ms) onset times or long interpulse periods (>200 ms) elicit maximal responses. We suggest this is caused by increased auditory receptor firing synchrony to these types of sounds and may facilitate the location of such sounds. There is, however, discrepancy between the pulse periods that elicit maximal SAP amplitudes and those found within the normal calling song, a phenomenon which may be related to the chorusing behaviour of this species.

4.Polar directional plots indicate thatC. nigropleurum is most sensitive to sounds originating posterior to the opening of the prothoracic auditory stigma; this may be caused by the configuration of the prothoracic pronotum. We found no pronounced sensitivity at points facing the tympanal slits.

5.Intracellular recordings reveal prothoracic receptors with widely decussate and narrowly branched termini. No receptor tested was able to track the intra-phonatome pulses (tooth strike sounds) of either species and we conclude that the phonatome is the finest resoluble component of the song.

6. An acoustically-activated interneurone (101) was recorded that resembles both the gryllid int-2 (Omega) cell and that of another tettigoniid. We suggest that tonic interneuronal firing caused by the multiple singer chorused song of either species activates the initial stages of phonotaxis in receptiveC. nigropleurum females but individual species recognition may depend at least partially on the discrimination of phonatome rates.

1 aFullard, James, H.1 aMorris, Glenn, K.1 aMason, Andrew, C. uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF0061044400408nas a2200121 4500008004100000245008500041210006900126260001400195300001000209490000700219100001900226856004100245 1951 eng d00aThe Seasonal Succession of Orthopteran Stridulation near Raleigh, North Carolina0 aSeasonal Succession of Orthopteran Stridulation near Raleigh Nor cJune 1951 a87-950 v671 aFulton, B., B. uhttps://bio.acousti.ca/da/node/4323200603nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001400041245019900055210006900254260001600323300000800339490000900347100001800356700002600374856005700400 2017 eng d a1175-532600aThe genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species0 agenus Phlesirtes Bolivar 1922 Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Conocepha cOct-03-2018 a4510 v42441 aHemp, Claudia1 aHeller, Klaus-Gerhard uhttp://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4244.401470nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001400041245009600055210006900151260001600220300001400236490000800250520098900258100002401247856005301271 1967 eng d a0028-083600aFurther Investigations into the Function of the “Mirror” in Tettigonioidea (Orthoptera)0 aFurther Investigations into the Function of the Mirror in Tettig cDec-08-1967 a762 - 7630 v2153 a

From the calculations of Pierce nearly two decades ago, students of the production of sound in bush crickets have assumed the area of thin cuticle on the right tegmen known as the “mirror” to be acoustically important (Fig. 1). Pierce's attribution of a resonant function to this membrane was challenged by Broughton and Dumortier. Dumortier suggested that the whole tegmen is responsible as an acoustic coupler, not only the mirror. Broughton, working on the decticine, Metrioptera roeselii (Hagenbach), found that the frequency spectrum of one individual was not obligatorily changed by coating the mirror with a deadening film of latex. His results have stimulated further work of the same nature on two members of the Conocephalidae, Conocephalus discolor (Thunberg) and Homorocoryphus nitidulus nitidulus (Scopoli). Both these animals, like M. roeselii, have a well-defined spectrum, but their peak frequencies are at 28 kc/s and 15.5 kc/s, respectively.

1 aBailey, Winston, J. uhttp://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/215762a001757nas a2200121 4500008004100000245003800041210003800079300001000117490000800127520143900135100002001574856004101594 1981 eng d00aUltraljud hos svenska vårtbitare0 aUltraljud hos svenska vårtbitare a27-410 v1023 a

Of the 10 Swedish species of bush crickets 9 stridulate with their elytra. The author recorded the songs of these species in their natural habitats, using instrumentation tape recorder and ultrasonic detectors. Song rhythm patterms and frequencies are presented for each species with comments on the ultrasonic components, audibility as a distance in the field with and without detectors etc. For 8 of the 9 stridulating species detectors seem to be necessary for efficient survey work and population studies in the field.

In 5 species differences found between the songs used in daytime and at night were analysed and discussed. The most important differences were found in species singing close to the ground (Platycleis denticulata, Metrioptera brachyptera, M. bicolor), whereas no corresponding difference was found in species singing from trees or high busghes (Tettigonia viridissima, Leptophyes punctatissima). The very intense songs heard at night have distinct and discrete tooth-pulses, while corresponding songs in daytime contain continuous sound waves and less conspicuous tooth-pulses in the file pulse-train. It is suggested taht this phenomenon could be something more than a mere influence of temperature on song rhythym. They could be adaptations to more efficient spread of sound waves under the acoustical conditions taht prevail above ground at night.

1 aAhlén, Ingemar uhttps://bio.acousti.ca/da/node/1724501489nas a2200145 4500008004100000245012200041210006900163260001600232300001200248490000700260520096100267100002401228700002201252856006901274 1986 eng d00aConfusion of Phonotaxis by Masking Sounds in the Bushcricket Conocephalus brevipennis (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae)0 aConfusion of Phonotaxis by Masking Sounds in the Bushcricket Con cDec-01-1986 a19 - 280 v733 a

Female Conocephalus brevipennis, executing phonotaxis to the call of a conspecific male broadcast from a speaker, were subjected to varying levels of background sound so as to progressively mask the attracting signal. The background consisted of either random noise or the call of a sympatric congener, C. nigropleurum and was delivered from above the orienting female. Disruption of phonotaxis was assayed by monitoring the angular dispersion of the female's exit path from the arena, relative to the position of the conspecific call. Random noise significantly interfered with phonotaxis when it was within 2 dB of the conspecific call intensity, both signals measured at the centre of the arena. The equivalent effect of the call C. nigropleurum was 5 dB above conspecific call intensity. The implication of signal loss within background noise is discussed as are the possible interactive behaviours of competing sympatric syntopic species.

1 aBailey, Winston, J.1 aMorris, Glenn, K. uhttp://blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eth.1986.73.issue-100415nas a2200109 4500008004100000245011600041210006900157300001200226490000700238100001900245856004100264 1929 eng d00aThe Last Meadow Katydid; A Study of Its Musical Reactions to Light and Temperature (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) 0 aLast Meadow Katydid A Study of Its Musical Reactions to Light an a155-1640 v551 aAllard, H., A. uhttp://www.jstor.org/stable/2507721800392nas a2200109 4500008004100000245009000041210006900131300001200200490000700212100002200219856004100241 1980 eng d00aA revision of the Pacific species of Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae)0 arevision of the Pacific species of Conocephalus Thunberg Orthopt a315-3550 v411 aPitkin, Linda, M. uhttps://bio.acousti.ca/da/node/1662500557nas a2200133 4500008004100000022001400041245019200055210006900247260001600316300001200332490000800344100002300352856004800375 1975 eng d a0340-759400aEffects of temperature on rates in poikilotherm nervous systems: Evidence from the calling songs of meadow katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae:Orchelimum) and reanalysis of published data0 aEffects of temperature on rates in poikilotherm nervous systems  cJan-01-1975 a57 - 690 v1011 aWalker, Thomas, J. uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF0066011900518nas a2200133 4500008004100000022001400041245013200055210006900187260002000256300001400276490000700290100002200297856006500319 1977 eng d a0022-293300aA taxonomic study of the genus Thyridorhoptrum Rehn & Hebard (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with the description of a new species0 ataxonomic study of the genus Thyridorhoptrum Rehn Hebard Orthopt cNov-28-20071978 a645 - 6590 v111 aPitkin, Linda, M. uhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222937700770561