Ovonotus incisus

General description: 

Stridulatory file. Stridulatory file 2.2 mm long, 0.12 mm wide, with 82 teeth (Fig. 17J). [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 O. incisus consists of short, 0.5–0.9 s trains of syllables produced at the rate of 20–30 syllables/sec; (at 22°C); mean syllable duration is 0.01954 (SD=0.00200, n=84), with the frequency peak at 14.6–22.6 kHz (Figs. 49A–C). The call, produced by the males only at night, is soft and barely audible to the human ear. [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: 
Ovonotus incisus (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