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Gryllotalpoidea

Superfamily · 32 recordings · 15 specimens

Contains

Gryllotalpidae32

Recordings

585:1 Gryllotalpa vineae (820a)9:31 · W. J. Reynolds; David R. Ragge
585:2 Gryllotalpa vineae (820b)3:10 · W. J. Reynolds; David R. Ragge
585:3 Gryllotalpa vineae (821a)5:37 · W. J. Reynolds
585:4 Gryllotalpa vineae (821b)5:11 · W. J. Reynolds
600:7 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (17)3:03 · David R. Ragge
898:5 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (81)16:17 · David R. Ragge
899:2 Gryllotalpa orientalis (110)7:22 · W. J. Reynolds
899:3 Gryllotalpa orientalis (111)8:00 · W. J. Reynolds
899:12 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (112r9)0:13
899:13 Gryllotalpa vinae (112r10)0:10
899:25 Gryllotalpa orientalis (113)15:55 · David R. Ragge; W. J. Reynolds
900:5 Gryllotalpa orientalis (125)6:01 · David R. Ragge; W. J. Reynolds
900:6 Gryllotalpa orientalis (125)9:24 · W. J. Reynolds
900:7 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (140)23:53 · David R. Ragge
900:8 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (141)19:18 · David R. Ragge
991:11 Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (139)24:17 · David R. Ragge
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa New Forest 20140:48 · Brian Harrison
9_1_Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa1:34 · H.-G. Kruse
565_27_Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa1:10
33 Mole-cricket (recorded in Poland, with Fire-bellied Toads)0:39
Mole Cricket 8May2016 start-up from a distance 8.55 pm PAUL BROCK DSC_08980:30 · Paul D. Brock
Mole Cricket2 8May2016 PAUL BROCK No imagesDSC_09060:34 · Paul D. Brock
Mole Cricket3 well established 9.35 pm 8May2016 PAUL BROCK DSC_09100:24 · Paul D. Brock
lab recording, 1977 (Uher Report 4400 with Uher M517, tape no. KW90)0:37
Austria, Illmitz am Neusiedler See, lab recording (Kenwood KX880HX with copy from Uher Report 4400, tape: Sony Metal ES 60IV, tape no. U01A:05.10-10.35)0:38
field recording, 21°C (Uher 4400IC, tape no. U28/82r)0:42
field recording, 16°C (Uher 4000IC?, tape no. U7g)0:26
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Gryllotalpa sp. Agadir, Morocco0:11 · Edward Baker
406:2 Gryllotalpa sp.(481)2:13 · N. D. Jago
427:4 Gryllotalpa sp. (627a)5:00 · David R. Ragge; W. J. Reynolds
427:5 Gryllotalpa sp. (627b)6:06 · David R. Ragge; W. J. Reynolds

Specimens

Gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210942KE · 1982-10-24 · N. D. Jago
Gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211062W Paarman
Gryllotalpa BioAcoustica Baker Morocco1MA · 2019-03-25 · Edward Baker
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210822FR · 1974-08-24 · David R. Ragge; R. G. M. Ragge; N. Ragge; M. Ragge
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210862FR · 1974-08-24 · David R. Ragge; R. G. M. Ragge; N. Ragge; M. Ragge
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa BioAcoustica Harrison 1GB · Brian Harrison
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211102GB · 1967-04-01 · David R. Ragge
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211142H. C. Bennet-Clark
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa BioAcoustica Kruse 1DE · 1965-05-12 · H.-G. Kruse
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa BioAcoustica Brock 1GB · 2016-05-08 · Paul D. Brock; Helen Brock; Martin Noble
Gryllotalpa orientalis NHMUK BMNH(E) 0102109821974-05-11 · A Harman
Gryllotalpa orientalis NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211022
Gryllotalpa vineae NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210902PT · 1991-10-28 · D. W. Baldock
Gryllotalpa vineae NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211141H. C. Bennet-Clark
Gryllotalpa vineae NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211143

Literature

SIMEU-NOUTCHOM, ALAIN; KEKEUNOU, SEVILOR; WANDJI, ALAIN CHRISTEL; NZIKE, MARCELLE MBADJOUN; NGOUTE, CHARLY OUMAROU; MESSI, NADEGE BRIGITTE MBEZELE; TAMESSE, JOSEPH LEBEL (2020). Gryllotalpa weisei Simeu-Noutchom & Kekeunou sp. nov. and the first record of Gryllotalpa microptera (Chopard 1939) (Orthoptera, Gryllotalpidae) from Cameroon with redescription of the species.
Hayashi, Yaoko; Yoshimura, Jin; Roff, Derek A.; Kumita, Tetsuro; Shimizu, Akira (2018). Four types of vibration behaviors in a mole cricket. PLOS ONE, 13(10): e0204628.
Brock, Paul D. (2018). An update on the Mole-cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, 1758) in the New Forest, Hampshire. Atropos, 62: 37-40.
Brock, Paul D. (2017). Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (L.) in the New Forest, Hampshire. Atropos, (58): 27-33.
Vandergast, Amy G.; Weissman, David B.; Wood, Dustin A.; Rentz, D. C. F.; Bazelet, Corinna S.; Ueshima, Norihiro (2017). Tackling an intractable problem: Can greater taxon sampling help resolve relationships within the Stenopelmatoidea (Orthoptera: Ensifera)?. Zootaxa, 4291(1): 1.
Baker, Edward; Broom, Yoke-Shum (2015). Natural History Museum Sound Archive I: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815, including 3D scans of burrow casts of Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Linnaeus, 1758) and Gryllotalpa vineae Bennet-Clark, 1970. Biodiversity Data Journal, 3: e7442.
Schmidt, Arne KD; Römer, Heiner (2013). Diversity of acoustic tracheal system and its role for directional hearing in crickets.
Bennet-Clark, H. C.; Bailey, Winston J. (2002). Ticking of the clockwork cricket: the role of the escapement mechanism.. J Exp Biol, 205(Pt 5): 613-25.
DAWS, A. G.; Bennet-Clark, H. C.; FLETCHER, N. H. (1996). THE MECHANISM OF TUNING OF THE MOLE CRICKET SINGING BURROW. Bioacoustics, 7(2): 81 - 117.
Bennet-Clark, H. C. (1987). The Tuned Singing Burrow of Mole Crickets. Journal of Experimental Biology, 128: 383-409.
Kavanagh, Mark W. (1987). The Efficiency of Sound Production in Two Cricket Species, Gryllotalpa Australis and Teleogryllus Commodus (Orthoptera: Grylloidea). Journal of Experimental Biology, 130: 107-119.
Forrest, TG (1982). Acoustic communication and baffling behaviors of crickets. The Florida Entomologist, 65: 33–44.
Beugnon, Guy (1981). Orientation of Southern Mole Cricket, Scapteriscus acletus, Landing at a Sound Source. The Florida Entomologist, 64(4): 463-468.
Bennet-Clark, H. C. (1970). The Mechanism and Efficiency of Sound Production in Mole Crickets. Journal of Experimental Biology, 52: 619-652.
Bennet-Clark, H. C. (1970). A new French mole cricket, differing in song and morphology from Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa L. (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B, Taxonomy, 39(9-10): 125 - 132.
Fulton, B. B. (1951). The Seasonal Succession of Orthopteran Stridulation near Raleigh, North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society, 67(1): 87-95.
Baumgartner, W. J. (1905). Observations of some Peculiar Habits of the Mole-crickets. Science, 21: 855.
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