Fiddler on the tree--a bush-cricket species with unusual stridulatory organs and song.

Insects of the order Orthoptera are well-known for their acoustic communication. The structures used for this purpose show a high diversity which obviously relates to differences in song parameters and to the physics of sound production. Here we describe song and morphology of the sound producing or...

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Main Authors: Klaus-Gerhard Heller, Claudia Hemp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3958512?pdf=render