Recordings

585:9 Phaneroptera falcata (841)	6:29 · David R. Ragge
Phaneroptera falcata	0:21
lab recording, 15/9/1981, 21°C, position-detection lamp, Racal with B&K 1/2" or 1/4" (tape no. R81-6), end of a fast multi-syllable sequence	0:05
Phaneroptera falcata	0:49
439:10 Phaneroptera falcata (739r1)	4:34 · W. J. Reynolds
439:11 Phaneroptera falcata (739r2)	0:26 · W. J. Reynolds
439:12 Phaneroptera falcata 739r4	0:34 · W. J. Reynolds
440:3 Phaneroptera falcata (742r1)	5:13 · W. J. Reynolds
440:4 Phaneroptera falcata (742r2)	2:30 · W. J. Reynolds

Specimens

Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) falcata NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211297
Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) falcata NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211298

Literature

Grzywacz, Beata; Heller, Klaus-Gerhard; Lehmann, Arne W.; Warchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta; Lehmann, Gerlind U.C. (2014). Chromosomal diversification in the flightless Western Mediterranean bushcricket genus Odontura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) inferred from molecular data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 52(2): 109 - 118.

Behaviour

The faint calling song of the male, produced mainly in the evening and at night, consists of isolated syllables, often separated by irreguular intervals but sometimes repeated more regularly at intervals of about 1-4s. Occasionally, well-defined echemes are also produced, each composed of about 8-20 syllables repeated at the rate of about 6-10/s. Each syllable in such an echeme lasts for about 50-100ms, but isolated syllables are often shorter than 50ms. Heller (1998) has shown that Phaneroptera is most unusual among Tettigoniidae in producing sound only during the opening strokes of the fore wings, so that all the song components are opening hemisyllables.

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

Behaviour

P. falcatacanta soprattutto alla sera e di notte. Il canto è composto da corte sillabe ripetute regolarmente. La frequenza della ripetizione è al massimo di circa 1 al sec. A volte le sillabe sono raggruppate in versi ben definiti di circa 1-3 sec. The song consists of series of more or less regularly repeated short "zb"-sounds (syllables). Repetion rate at maximum is about 1/s. The syllables are sometimes grouped in well-defined echemes of about 1-3s.

Source: Massa, B.; Fontana, P.; Buzzetti, F. M.; Kleukers, R.; Ode, B (2012). Fauna d'Italia Orthoptera. Calderini, 48: 563.

Behaviour

The song is very quiet (audible from about 1m) and is produced particularly at dusk. The individual sounds, which can be represented roughly as 'tsb', are produced at irregular intervals.

Source: Bellman, Heiko (1988). A Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Crickets of Britain and Northern Europe. William Collins & Sons.

Behaviour

Der hochfrequente Gesang wird tagsüber und vor allem am Abend vorgetragen. Es handelt sich dabei um einzelne Zipp-Laute, die gelegentlich ohnw erkennbaren Rhythmus bis zu 15-mal versartig aneinandergereiht werden. Sie lassen sich gut mit einem Bat-Detektor hörbar machen. Das Frequenzmaximum liegt zwischen 17 und 28 kHz.

Source: Fischer, Jürgen; Steinlechner, Mag. Daniela; Zehm, Andreas; Poniatowski, Dominik; Fartmann, Thomas; Beckmann, Armin; Stettmer, Christian (2016). Die Heuschrecken Deutschlands und Nordtirols. Quelle & Meyer.