Phlesirtes kilimandjaricus
Behaviour:
The calling song of the eight recorded males consisted of long, uninterrupted sequences of echemes (Fig. 9), each consisting of about five syllabl es (syllable repetition rate 50 Hz, repetition rate of echemes 5 Hz at 19 ◦ C). The song could not be heard with the unaided ear, its main components being in the ultrasonic range with a peak frequency at 26 kHz (details of song Hemp & Heller in prep.). [1]
References
- The Phlesirtes complex (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini) reviewed: integrating morphological, molecular, chromosomal and bioacoustic data. Systematic Entomology. 2010;35(3):554 - 580. Available at: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00512.xhttps://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-3113.2009.00512.x.