Wing mechanics, vibrational and acoustic communication in a new bush-cricket species of the genus Copiphora (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Colombia

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2016
Authors:Sarria-S, Buxton, Jonsson, Montealegre-Zapata
Journal:Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology
Volume:263
Pagination:55 - 65
Date Published:Jan-07-2016
ISSN:00445231
Palavras-chave:bioacoustics, biotremology, bush-cricket, laser Doppler vibrometer, resonance, tremulation, ultrasound
Abstract:

Male bush-crickets produce acoustic signals by wing stridulation to call females. Several species also alternate vibratory signals with acoustic calls for intraspecific communication, a way to reduce risk of detection by eavesdropping predators. Both modes of communication have been documented mostly in neotropical species, for example in the genus Copiphora. In this article, we studied vibratory and acoustic signals and the biophysics of wing resonance in Copiphora vigorosa, a new species from the rainforest of Colombia. Different from other Copiphora species in which the acoustic signals have been properly documented as pure tones, C. vigorosa males produce a complex modulated broadband call peaking at ca. 30 kHz. Since males of this species do rarely sing, we also report that substratum vibrations have been adopted in this species as a persistent communication channel. Wing resonances and substratum vibrations were measured using a μ-scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry. We found that the stridulatory areas of both wings exhibit a relatively broad-frequency response and the combined vibration outputs fits with the calling song spectrum breadth. The broadband calling song spectrum results from several wing resonances activated simultaneously during stridulation. Under laboratory conditions the calling song duty cycle is very low and males spend more time tremulating than singing.

URL:http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0044523116300584
DOI:10.1016/j.jcz.2016.04.008
Short Title:Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology
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