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Acoustic behavior of Metaleptea adspersa (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Estrellita Lorier ,
M. Dolores García ,
M. Eulalia Clemente  and
Juan José Presa
Estrellita Lorier
Affiliation:
Sección Entomología, Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Iguá 4225, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
M. Dolores García*
Affiliation:
Área de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
M. Eulalia Clemente
Affiliation:
Área de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Juan José Presa
Affiliation:
Área de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

The sounds produced by Metaleptea adspersa (Blanchard 1843) were recorded in captivity with an analogical tape recorder. The signal was digitized in the laboratory and studied with a software. Three types of sound were described: copulation, rivalry, and crepitation. All three sounds were produced only by males. The frequency of the sounds occupied a broadband, from 3–4 to 16 kHz, although the main peak frequency for each type of song differed. We also studied the structures involved in sound production. Copulation and rivalry songs were produced by the rubbing of the subcostal, radial, medial, and cubital 1 veins of the hind wing against the subcostal and radial veins of the tegmen; the enlarged cubital area of the hind wing acted as a resonator. Crepitation sound was produced by the cubital area of hind wing when its expanded membrane became taut.

Résumé

Nous présentons une description des sons produits par Metaleptea adspersa (Blanchard 1843). Ces sons ont été enregistrés, en captivité, avec un magnétophone et le signal a été digitalisé en laboratoire et étudié avec un logiciel informatique. Trois types de sons sont décrits : copulation, rivalité et crépitation. Les trois sons ont été produits exclusivement par les mâles. La fréquence d'émission des sons occupe une bande étendue, de 3–4 jusqu'à 16 kHz, mais les pics principaux de chaque type de son ont des fréquences différentes. Nous avons décrit également les structures morphologiques impliquées dans la production du son. Les sons de copulation et de rivalité sont produits par le frottement des veines spécialisées des ailes postérieures contre les veines subcostale et radiale de la surface inférieure du tegmen; l'aire cubitale élargie de l'aile postérieure agissant comme un résonateur. La crépitation est produite lorsque la membrane élargie de l'aire cubitale de l'aile postérieure se tend subitement.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 134 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 113 - 123
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2002

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