Recordings

899:11 Platycleis sabulosa (112r8)	0:10
lab recording, 10/9/1979 at 11.00 h, 24°C (Uher 4200IC, tape no. U14r)	0:09
405: 7 Platycleis sabulosa (472)	1:51 · W. J. Reynolds
405: 8 Platycleis sabulosa (472b)	1:28 · W. J. Reynolds
405:9 Platycleis sabulosa (472c)	2:48 · W. J. Reynolds
405:16 Platycleis sabulosa (475)	2:08 · W. J. Reynolds
405:17 Platycleis sabulosa (475b)	2:01 · W. J. Reynolds
405:18 Platycleis sabulosa (475c)	2:29 · W. J. Reynolds
411:7 Platycleis sabulosa (507r7)	5:35 · David R. Ragge

Specimens

Platycleis sabulosa NHMUK BMNH(E) 010210892

Literature

Ragge, D. R. (1990). The songs of the western European bush-crickets of the genus Platycleis in relation to their taxonomy (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 59(1): 1-35.

Behaviour

The calling song consists of long sequences of echemes repeated fairly regularly at the rate of about 1-3/s and each usually consisting of 6-7 (occassionally 5 and rarely up to 10) syllables.Oscillographic analysis shows that opening hemisyllables are often absent and that the closing hemisyllables usually last about 10-40 ms and are repeated within an echeme at the rate of about 20-40/s. The duration of a single echeme of 6 syllables is usually baout 150-300 ms and the interval between two echemes about 150-500 ms. In dull weather and at night the repetiton rates are decreased and the duration of the syllables and echemes increased. The first syllable in an echeme is usually quieter than the remaining ones and the syllables sometimes become steadily louder through most of the echeme. Microsyllables are usually absent.

Source: Ragge, D. R.; Reynolds, W. J. (1998). The Songs of the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Western Europe. Harley Books.