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Oedipodinae

Subfamily · 35 recordings · 10 specimens

Contains

Acrotylini0
Arphiini1
Bryodemini8
Chortoicetes0
Chortophagini0
Epacromiini5
Leptopternis0
Locustini6
Oedipodini0
Parapleurini10
Pycnostictus0
Sphingonotini4
Trilophidiini1

Recordings

576:14 Locusta migratoria migratorioides (253a)4:33 · W. J. Reynolds
576:15 Locusta migratoria migratorioides (253b)5:08 · W. J. Reynolds
593:8 Trilophidia annulata (822r8)1:14
598:36 Gastrimagus marmoratus (671r36)3:48 · E. Sismondo
600:15 Stenophym a grossum (21r8)0:35
897:10 Stethophyma grossum (68)2:49 · David R. Ragge; J. F. Burton; G. F. Wade
30 Large Marsh Grasshopper0:31
565_29_Bryodema tuberculata0:43
565_30 Stethophyma grossum0:49
Aiolopus strepens strepens; Field recording; Greece, Macedonia, Lake Volvi; Courtship song, 30 degrees Celsius0:05
Bryodemella tuberculata tuberculata; Published recording; Germany, Upper Bavaria, near Bad Tölz, Vorderriss; Crecipitation flight, 20 degrees Celsius, field recording0:19
Sound Recording from subspecies Aiolopus strepens strepens (Latreille, 1804) (OSF)0:01
Sound Recording from subspecies Aiolopus strepens strepens (Latreille, 1804) (OSF) Interaction0:01
steppe at roadside, field recording, 25/8/1997 (Sony WM-D3 with Uher M 645, tape no. S97/2B)0:25
Mongolia, Bulgan Aimag, Hill about 20 km NW Daschinchilen, field recording, 24/8/1997, 20°C, in sunlight (Sony WM-D3 with Uher M 645, tape no. S97/2)0:34
morning in sunlight (Sony WM-D3 with Uher M 645, tape S97/1B)0:51
field recording, 24/8/1997 (Sony WM-D3 with Uher M 645, tape no. S97/2, cricket with ca 8 kHz in background)0:02
lab recording, 16/8/1991, 25.5°C, 60 W bulb for heat (Kenwood KX880HX with AKG D202, tape: S-MES90, tape no. KW45:38.30-45.05, microphone filter below 100 Hz)0:20
lab recording, August 1978, 35°C (Uher, tape no. CS_U08R, 500 Hz high pass filter)0:26
lab recording, 1971, 35°C (Uher, tape no. CS_U01r, 1 kHz highpass filter)0:20
laboratory breeding at the RWTH Aachen (origin of specimens Germany), lab recording, 1977-1981, Kenwood KX880HX with copy from Uher Report 4400 (tape: Sony Metal ES 60IV, tape no. U03A:24.00-25.15, two times equalizer: 5+10kHz +0db, <=3+20kHz)0:06
laboratory breeding at the RWTH Aachen (origin of specimens Germany), lab recording, 1977-1981, Kenwood KX880HX with copy from Uher Report 4400 (tape: Sony Metal ES 60IV, tape no. U03B:05.30-05.47, equalizer: 5+10kHz +0db, <=3+20kHz -12dB)0:11
laboratory breeding at the RWTH Aachen (origin of specimens Germany), lab recording, 1977-1981, Kenwood KX880HX with copy from Uher Report 4400 (tape: Sony Metal ES 60IV, tape no. U03B:13.10-15.40, equalizer: 5+10kHz +0db, <=3+20kHz -12dB)0:12
Germany, Bavaria, Sperbersee in Steigerwald, SE Hellmitzheim, lab recording, 1972, 35°C, Uher 4000 L Report with Uher M537 (tape no. CS_U04R, as Mecostethus grossus, 500Hz high pass)0:25
Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus0:46
Stethophyma magister0:51
Locusta migratoria0:50
Oedalus infernalis0:46
Euspingonotus japonicus0:41
Arphia pseudonietana Crepitation0:01
390:9 Locusta migratoria cinerascens(333)7:52 · W. J. Reynolds
398:10 Stethophyma grossum (403)7:12 · W. J. Reynolds
434:2 Bryodema tuberculata (669r2)0:58 · David R. Ragge
434:3 Bryodema tuberculata (669r3)4:40 · David R. Ragge
434:4 Bryodema tuberculata (669r4)0:50 · David R. Ragge

Specimens

Bryodema tuberculata NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211306
Bryodema tuberculata NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211307
Locusta migratoria cinerascens NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211301
Locusta migratoria cinerascens NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211302
Locusta migratoria migratoria NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211304
Locusta migratoria migratoria NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211305
Stethophyma grossum NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211299
Stethophyma grossum NHMUK BMNH(E) 010211300
Stethophyma grossum NHMUK BMNH(E) 010212160
Stethophyma grossum NHMUK BMNH(E) 010212165

Literature

Benediktov, А.А. (2018). Note on acoustic signals of grasshopper males of the genera Epacromius and Platypygius (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) from Russia and adjacent territories. Far Eastern entomologist, 370: 21 - 24.
Moir, H. M.; Jackson, Joseph Curt; Windmill, James F.C. (2011). No evidence for DPOAEs in the mechanical motion of the locust tympanum.
Larrosa, E.; Garcia, M.; Presa, J. J. (2010). Sound production of two endemic Oedipodinae grasshoppers from the Iberian Peninsula: Jacobsiella imitans and Leptopternis candidus lusitanicus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Italian Journal of Zoology, 77(4): 443 - 452.
Hoy, Ronald R.; Nolen, Tom; Brodfuehrer, Peter (1989). The neuroethology of acoustic startle and escape in flying insects.
Bland, R. G. (1985). Field Behavior And Sound Production By The Grasshopper Sphingonotus rubescens (Orthoptera, Acrididae) On Tenerife, Canary Islands. Entomological News, 96: 37-42.
Adam, L. J. (1983). Hind femora influence directionality of the locust ear. Journal of Comparative Physiology ? A, 152(4): 509 - 516.
Blondheim, Syril A. (1972). Acoustic Communication and Differences in the Biology of Two Sibling Species of Grasshoppers, Acrotylus insubricus and A. patruelis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 65(1): 17-24.
Otte, Daniel (1972). Communicative aspects of reproductive behaviour in Australian grasshoppers (Oedipodinae and Gomphocerinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 20(2): 139.
Loher, W.; Chandrashekaran, M. K. (1970). ACOUSTICAL AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE GRASSHOPPER CHIMAROCEPHALA PACIFICA PACIFICA (OEDIPODINAE). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 13(1): 71 - 84.
Bar-Ilan, A. R.; Shulov, A. S.; Pener, M. P. (1969). The Stridulation of Sexually Mature Males of Locusta migratoria migratorioides (R. and F.) in Relation to Temperature and Some Other Factors. Physiological Zoology, 42(4): 417 - 428.
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