Male-male behavior and sexual dimorphism of the ear of a zaprochiline tettigoniid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1991
Alkuperäinen tekijä:Bailey, Simmons
Journal:Journal of Insect Behavior
Volume:4
Numero:1
Pagination:51 - 65
Date Published:Jan-01-1991
ISSN:0892-7553
Abstract:

The external anatomy of the auditory system of an undescribed zaprochiline tettigoniid (Genus nov. 22 Sp. 1, Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra) shows sexual dimorphism: the male appears to have no auditory spiracle equivalent to that seen in the female. Nocturnally active males aggregate around female required nectar sources in a random manner with regard to each other. There is limited evidence, either from song interaction or from their behavior in the field, that males respond to each other by acoustic cues. Laboratory trials, testing male phonotaxis, showed that movement was random with respect to a target group of caged calling males. In the field, the only signs of agonistic behavior consisted of an increased calling rate when males were close together. Taken together, these data suggest that the male may not preceive sound in the same way as the female.

URL:http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF01092551
DOI:10.1007/BF01092551
Short Title:J Insect Behav
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