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Neoconocephalus

Genus · 42 recordings · 1 specimen

Contains

Neoconocephalus affinis2
Neoconocephalus bivocatus3
Neoconocephalus caudellianus1
Neoconocephalus cf spiza1
Neoconocephalus ensiger4
Neoconocephalus exiliscanorus5
Neoconocephalus melanorhinus1
Neoconocephalus nebrascensis4
Neoconocephalus pahayokee1
Neoconocephalus palustris3
Neoconocephalus punctipes1
Neoconocephalus retusus3
Neoconocephalus robustus3
Neoconocephalus saturatus2
Neoconocephalus spiza2
Neoconocephalus triops6
Neoconocephalus velox0

Recordings

576:8 Neoconocephalus (249a)3:59
576:9 Neoconocephalus (249b)7:50
Neoconocephalus cf spiza0:10
Neoconocephalus affinis0:15
Neoconocephalus punctipes0:11
Neoconocephalus spiza (Costa Rica)0:14
Neoconocephalus spiza (Panama)0:07
Neoconocephalus triops0:15
male from La Selva, Costa Rica0:05
Ocean Co., NJ, cage in room, temp. 24.3 degrees C, 20 sec.0:20
5 s of calling at 24.3°C (from WTL189-8). Peak frequency 9 kHz.0:04
20 s of calling song [1.69MB]; male from Ocean Co., N.J.; 24.3°C. (WTL189-8)0:20
Alachua Co., FL, old field, temp. 24.5 degrees C, 20 sec.0:20
male from Storrs, Connecticut, USA0:05
5 s of calling at 16.3°C (from WTL194-10b), peak frequency 12 kHz0:11
20 s of calling song, 4 caged males from Livingston Co., Mich, 16.3°C (WTL194-10b) [cages close, songs synchronized]0:20
12 s of calling song, male from Washington Co., Ohio, 25.0°C (WTL194-14)0:05
20 s of calling song, male from Cape May Co., N.J., 25.5°C (WTL197-18a)0:20
24 s of calling song, male from Cape May Co., N.J., 25.5°C (WTL197-18d)0:25
18 s of calling song, male from Cape May Co., N.J.; 25.7°C (WTL197-17)0:17
5 s of calling at 25.5°C (from WTL197-18a). Peak frequency 11 kHz0:05
Cape May Co., NJ, cage in room, 25.5ºC, 24 sec.0:25
Levy Co., FL, cage in lab, 25.5ºC, 20 sec.0:19
Pope Co., IL, weedy low area, temp. 22.8 degrees C, 20 sec.0:19
20 s of calling song [1.72MB]; male from Hinds Co., Miss.; 25.0°C. (WTL196-5)0:20
20 s of calling song [1.67MB]; males from Pope Co., Ill., synchronizing ; 22.8°C. (WTL196-9)0:19
5 s of calling at 25.0°C (from WTL196-5). Peak frequency 9 kHz.0:04
Palm Beach Co., FL, grass, 22.6ºC, 20 sec.0:20
Obion Co., TN, cage in room, 26ºC, 19 sec.0:19
19 s of calling song, male from Obion Co., Tenn., 26.0°C. (WTL186-10)0:19
5 s of calling at 26.0°C (from WTL186-10), peak frequency 10 kHz0:05
male from Durham, CT, USA0:05
19 s of calling song, male from Alachua Co., Fla., 24.5°C (WTL193-17)0:19
5 s of calling at 24.5°C (from WTL193-17), peak frequency 14 kHz0:05
male from Storrs, CT, USA0:05
20 s of calling song [1.69MB]; male from Washington Co., Ohio; 23.8°C. (WTL195-33)0:20
5 s of calling at 23.8°C (from WTL195-33). Peak frequency 7 kHz0:05
20 s of summer calling song, male from Dade Co., Fla., 24.3°C (WTL199-24)0:20
23 s of atypical summer calling song (nearly continuous), male from Osceola Co., Fla., 25.0°C (WTL191-19)0:23
5 s of spring calling song at 24.5°C (from WTL191-6). Peak frequency ca. 11 kHz.0:05
5 s of summer calling song at 25.0°C (from WTL199-24). Peak frequency ca. 11 kHz.0:05
20 s of spring calling song, male from Alachua Co., Fla., 24.5°C (WTL191-6)0:20

Specimens

Neoconocephalus saturatus NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211053

Literature

Strauß, Johannes; Alt, Joscha A.; Ekschmitt, Klemens; Schul, Johannes; Lakes-Harlan, Reinhard (2017). Evolutionary diversification of the auditory organ sensilla in Neoconocephalus katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) correlates with acoustic signal diversification over phylogenetic relatedness and life history. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Montealegre-Zapata, Fernando; Ogden, Jessica; Jonsson, Thorin; Soulsbury, Carl D. (2017). Morphological determinants of carrier frequency signal in katydids (Orthoptera): a comparative analysis using biophysical evidence. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Frederick, Katherine H (2013). Investigating an adaptive radiation in temperate Neoconocephalus. University of Missouri–Columbia.
Höbel, Gerlinde; Schul, Johannes (2007). Listening for males and bats: spectral processing in the hearing organ of Neoconocephalus bivocatus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae).
(2000). Katydids of Costa Rica: Vol. 1. Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids. The Orthopterists' Society: 164 + CD.
Hoy, Ronald R.; Nolen, Tom; Brodfuehrer, Peter (1989). The neuroethology of acoustic startle and escape in flying insects.
Belwood, Jacqueline Janine; Morris, Glenn K. (1987). Bat Predation and Its Influence on Calling Behavior in Neotropical Katydids. Science, 238(4823): 64 - 67.
Borror, Donald J. (1954). Audio-spectrographic Analysis of the song of the Cone-Headed Grasshopper, Neoconocephalus ensiger (Harris) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). The Ohio Journal of Science, 54(5): 297-303.
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.
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