Isophya kraussii moldavica

Behaviour: 

This subspecies was recently described from NE Romania and differs from the nominal form (Central Europe) mainly in acoustics and less in morphology. Males from the Moldavian populations sing shorter syllables, formed of 30-58 impulses and lasting for about 89-200 ms, while males of the nominal subspecies produce longer syllables, formed of 80-125 impulses and lasting for about 250-443 ms. The stridulatory  le is shorter (195-229 pegs) in I. kraussii moldavica, compared with 260-305 pegs in I. kraussii kraussii (Iorgu & Heller, 2013). [1]

Références

  1. Iorgu IȘtefan, Iorgu EIulia, Stahi N. The Orthoptera (Insecta) from Middle and Lower Prut River Basin. Travaux du Mus?um National d?Histoire Naturelle ?Grigore Antipa?. 2013;56(2). Available at: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/travmu.2013.56.issue-2/travmu-2013-0012/travmu-2013-0012.xmlhttps://www.degruyter.com/view/j/travmu.2013.56.issue-2/travmu-2013-0012/travmu-2013-0012.pdf.
Taxonomic name: 
Isophya kraussii (Classification), Isophya kraussii moldavica (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