Contains

Gryllacridinae	0
Lezininae	0

Recordings

Literature

Scholtz, Clarke; Bazelet, Corinna S.; de Klerk, Hennie (2018). Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) in southern Africa. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 27(2): 183-186.

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.

Schmidt, Arne KD; Römer, Heiner (2013). Diversity of acoustic tracheal system and its role for directional hearing in crickets.

Strauß, Johannes; Lakes-Harlan, Reinhard (2008). Neuroanatomy and Physiology of the Complex Tibial Organ of an Atympanate Ensiferan, Ametrus tibialis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) (Gryllacrididae, Orthoptera) and Evolutionary Implications. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 71(3): 167 - 180.

Field, L.H.; Bailey, Winston J. (1997). Sound production in primitive Orthoptera from Western Australia: sounds used in defence and social communication in Ametrus sp. and Hadrogryllacris sp. (Gryllacrididae: Orthoptera). Journal of Natural History, 31(7): 1127 - 1141.

Rentz, D. C. F. (1997). The World's Most Unusual Gryllacridid (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 6: 57-68.

Behaviour

Gryllacridids produce often loud sounds (the origin of the common name “raspy crickets” coined by Rentz (1996), specifically for Australian species) either during defensive displays or while drumming on the substrate in intra-specific communication. Sound is produced by rubbing spines on abdominal tergites against tubercles on the inner surface of the hind legs (Field and Bailey 1997). All species lack tympana so sound communication is via surface vibration.

Source: Scholtz, Clarke; Bazelet, Corinna S.; de Klerk, Hennie (2018). Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) in southern Africa. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 27(2): 183-186.