Similar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of Phaneroptera occurring in Western Europe (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)

In bush-crickets, males produce a calling song to announce their presence to females. Females ready to mate respond either by a phonotactic approach or signal their presence acoustically by establishing a kind of duet. This duetting behaviour is typical of phaneropterid bush-crickets, of which many...

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Autores principales: Klaus-Gerhard HELLER, Martina HELLER, Marianne VOLLETH, Jörg SAMIETZ, Claudia HEMP
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ffcf17be395643f9b8c8ec282fc622702021-11-05T15:23:15ZSimilar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of Phaneroptera occurring in Western Europe (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)1210-57591802-882910.14411/eje.2021.012https://doaj.org/article/ffcf17be395643f9b8c8ec282fc622702021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-202101-0012_similar_songs_but_different_mate_localization_strategies_of_the_three_species_of_phaneroptera_occurring_in_wes.phphttps://doaj.org/toc/1210-5759https://doaj.org/toc/1802-8829In bush-crickets, males produce a calling song to announce their presence to females. Females ready to mate respond either by a phonotactic approach or signal their presence acoustically by establishing a kind of duet. This duetting behaviour is typical of phaneropterid bush-crickets, of which many species in Europe are flightless. In the long-winged genus Phaneroptera, the females also respond acoustically to the male calling song, which is quite similar in the three west European species in this genus. After acoustical contact, however, the behaviour of males and females of the three species differ markedly. In P. nana, males and females engage in a duet in which the female responds to each syllable of the male song (and he approaches her). In P. falcata, the female only responds to certain elements of the male song that are produced at long intervals. However, after her response the male does not change its song or its position, but often increases its singing activity (and the female approaches him). In P. sparsa the female only responds to particular, very complicated and soft elements of the male song, which are typically repeated at intervals of several to many minutes. After hearing the response, the male drastically changes its song by producing only the soft elements. These parts of the song contain syllables with a unique spectral composition and others that may threaten eavesdropping rivals. In this species both sexes probably move towards each other during mate localization. At present, we can only speculate about the adaptive nature of the different strategies.Klaus-Gerhard HELLERMartina HELLERMarianne VOLLETHJörg SAMIETZClaudia HEMPInstitute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciencearticleorthopteratettigonioideaphaneropteridaephaneropterinaeacoustical communicationsongsfemale responseduettingmate localizationZoologyQL1-991ENEuropean Journal of Entomology, Vol 118, Iss 1, Pp 111-122 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic orthoptera
tettigonioidea
phaneropteridae
phaneropterinae
acoustical communication
songs
female response
duetting
mate localization
Zoology
QL1-991
spellingShingle orthoptera
tettigonioidea
phaneropteridae
phaneropterinae
acoustical communication
songs
female response
duetting
mate localization
Zoology
QL1-991
Klaus-Gerhard HELLER
Martina HELLER
Marianne VOLLETH
Jörg SAMIETZ
Claudia HEMP
Similar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of Phaneroptera occurring in Western Europe (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)
description In bush-crickets, males produce a calling song to announce their presence to females. Females ready to mate respond either by a phonotactic approach or signal their presence acoustically by establishing a kind of duet. This duetting behaviour is typical of phaneropterid bush-crickets, of which many species in Europe are flightless. In the long-winged genus Phaneroptera, the females also respond acoustically to the male calling song, which is quite similar in the three west European species in this genus. After acoustical contact, however, the behaviour of males and females of the three species differ markedly. In P. nana, males and females engage in a duet in which the female responds to each syllable of the male song (and he approaches her). In P. falcata, the female only responds to certain elements of the male song that are produced at long intervals. However, after her response the male does not change its song or its position, but often increases its singing activity (and the female approaches him). In P. sparsa the female only responds to particular, very complicated and soft elements of the male song, which are typically repeated at intervals of several to many minutes. After hearing the response, the male drastically changes its song by producing only the soft elements. These parts of the song contain syllables with a unique spectral composition and others that may threaten eavesdropping rivals. In this species both sexes probably move towards each other during mate localization. At present, we can only speculate about the adaptive nature of the different strategies.
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author Klaus-Gerhard HELLER
Martina HELLER
Marianne VOLLETH
Jörg SAMIETZ
Claudia HEMP
author_facet Klaus-Gerhard HELLER
Martina HELLER
Marianne VOLLETH
Jörg SAMIETZ
Claudia HEMP
author_sort Klaus-Gerhard HELLER
title Similar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of Phaneroptera occurring in Western Europe (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)
title_short Similar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of Phaneroptera occurring in Western Europe (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)
title_full Similar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of Phaneroptera occurring in Western Europe (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)
title_fullStr Similar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of Phaneroptera occurring in Western Europe (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)
title_full_unstemmed Similar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of Phaneroptera occurring in Western Europe (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)
title_sort similar songs, but different mate localization strategies of the three species of phaneroptera occurring in western europe (orthoptera: phaneropteridae)
publisher Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/ffcf17be395643f9b8c8ec282fc62270
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