@article {58249, title = {Anterastes davrazensis sp. n. (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae): morphology, song and 16S rDNA phylogeny}, year = {2012}, abstract = {

The new species Anterastes davrazensis sp. n. (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) is described from south-eastern Turkey. Description, diagnosis and relationships of the new species were studied utilizing morphology, male calling songs and 16S rDNA sequence data from all species in the genus. Morphology and song syllable structure indicate A. davrazensis sp. n. is related to A. uludaghensis. Phylogenetic analyses based on representative haplotypes of 16S rDNA, using Sureyaella bella, Parapholidoptera distincta and Bolua turkiyae as outgroups, also suggested strong support to the relationship of these two species. A. davrazensis sp. n. differs from its closest relative A. uludaghensis by the higher number of stridulatory pegs and the song, consisting of irregular syllable groups.

}, keywords = {Anatolia, Anterastes, Anterastes davrazensis sp. n., Orthoptera, phylogeny, song, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3401.110.11646/zootaxa.3401.1.4}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.3401.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3401.1.4https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/49952/43338}, author = {Kaya, Sarp and CHOBANOV, DRAGAN and {\c C}iplak, Battal} } @article {48158, title = {GRYLLUS CAYENSIS N. SP. (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE), A TACITURN WOOD CRICKET EXTIRPATED FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS: SONGS, ECOLOGY AND HYBRIDS}, journal = {The Florida Entomologist}, volume = {84}, year = {2001}, pages = {700-705}, chapter = {700}, abstract = {

Gryllus cayensis, new species, formerly occurred in tropical hammocks in the Florida Keys but has not been found there since 1972, the initial year of aerial spraying of north Key Largo hammocks for mosquito control. It is now known only from pineland in Everglades National Park. Males of G. cayensis make no ordinary calling songs, but some caged males occasionally produce soft 3-4 pulse chirps with a principal frequency of nearly 11 kHz. Males of its sister species, G. fultoni (Alexander), which occurs in north Florida, call with loud 2-4 pulse chirps with a principal frequency of about 4.5 kHz.

}, keywords = {calling song, Gryllus cayensis, Gryllus fultoni, hybridization, phylogeny}, author = {Thomas J. Walker} } @article {47346, title = {Evolution and systematics of Green Bush-crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigonia) in the Western Palaearctic: testing concordance between molecular, acoustic, and morphological data}, journal = {Organisms Diversity \& Evolution}, volume = {17}, year = {2017}, month = {Jan-03-2017}, pages = {213 - 228}, abstract = {

The genus Tettigonia includes 26 species distributed in the Palaearctic region. Though the Green Bush-crickets are widespread in Europe and common in a variety of habitats throughout the Palaearctic ecozone, the genus is still in need of scientific attention due to the presence of a multitude of poorly explored taxa. In the present study, we sought to clarify the evolutionary relationships of Green Bush-crickets and the composition of taxa occurring in the Western Palaearctic. Based on populations from 24 disjunct localities, the phylogeny of the group was estimated using sequences of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and the internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 (ITS1 and ITS2). Morphological and acoustic variation documented for the examined populations and taxa was interpreted in the context of phylogenetic relationships inferred from our genetic analyses. The trees generated in the present study supported the existence of three main lineages: \“A\”\—composed of all sampled populations of Tettigonia viridissima and the Tettigonia vaucheriana complex, \“B\”\—comprising Tettigonia caudata, Tettigonia uvarovi, and the Tettigonia armeniaca complex, and \“C\”\—consisting of Tettigonia cantans. The present study provides the first phylogenetic foundation for reviewing the systematics of Tettigonia (currently classified mostly according to morphological characteristics), proposing seven new synonymies.

}, keywords = {bioacoustics, mtDNA, phylogeny, rDNA, Tettigonia}, issn = {1439-6092}, doi = {10.1007/s13127-016-0313-3}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13127-016-0313-3}, author = {Grzywacz, Beata and Klaus-Gerhard Heller and Warcha{\l}owska-{\'S}liwa, El{\.z}bieta and Karamysheva, Tatyana V. and Dragan Petrov Chobanov} } @article {15287, title = {A comparative study of ultrasound-triggered behaviour in tiger beetles (Cicindelidae)}, journal = {Journal of Zoology}, volume = {251}, year = {2000}, month = {Jan-07-2000}, pages = {355 - 368}, abstract = {

This study examines the behavioural responses to ultrasound in 52 species from the family Cicindelidae using both tethered \Øight and non-\Øight assays. Tethered \Øying tiger beetles respond to trains of bat-like ultrasonic pulses with a short-latency, multi-component behaviour. There was no variation in the nature of the behavioural responses regardless of geographical distribution or phylogenetic position. Lowest mean behavioural thresholds lie predominantly between 30 and 45 kHz. Sensitivity, however, varies widely, and several species do not respond at all in these assays. The lowest thresholds for responders are most often between 70 and 80 dB SPL. Almost all subgenera of North American tiger beetles in the genus Cicindela have at least some species with low-threshold acoustic behaviour. The single exception is the large subgenus Cicindela where all species are completely unresponsive or have very high thresholds. There was little relationship between habitat and responsiveness to ultrasound, but there is a strong correlation with seasonal activity \± species with adults active in the spring and autumn (all in the subgenus Cicindela )do not show ultrasound-triggered behaviour whereas summer-active species generally do. Superimposing these data on a current phylogeny of the North American tiger beetles suggests that acoustic behaviour (and hearing) is a shared primitive trait among the taxa examined here and that there have been at least \Æve independent losses of this character.

}, keywords = {Cicindela, defensive behaviour, evolution, insect hearing, phylogeny}, issn = {0952-8369}, doi = {10.1111/jzo.2000.251.issue-310.1111/j.1469-7998.2000.tb01086.x}, url = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/jzo/251/3}, author = {Yager, David D. and Cook, Aaron P. and Pearson, David L. and Spangler, Hayward G.} }