Bioacoustics review of Anatolian species of the predatory bush-cricket genus Saga (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Saginae) with the description of a new species Author Şirin, Deniz Author Taylan, Mehmet Sait Author Sevgili, Hasan Author Mol, Abbas text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-02 4664 1 83 102 journal article 25820 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.3 41df8811-1d93-450e-91ad-3f312805e1d3 1175-5326 3383536 36982CFC-0AE5-486D-832E-09A25EC4688F Saga beieri Kaltenbach, 1967 Distribution: This species was recorded from Anatolia and Syria ( Kaltenbach 1967 ). The distribution of species in Anatolia has intensified mostly in Mediterranean and South-Eastern parts ( Figure 3A ) of it ( Kaltenbach 1967 ; Naskrecki & Ünal 1995 ). Song recording: Male specimens are collected from Turkey , Mersin , Tarsus, road of Gülek pass, N 37°15.00’ , E 034°46.29’ , 1086 m , 25.VII.2017 , leg.: H. Sevgili, D. Sirin, A. Mol & M.S. Taylan and the calling songs are re- corded from one male at 28 ˚C in the room conditions (by D. Şirin). FIGURE 3. Distribution map (A) and male calling song of Saga beieri (B—phrase series, C—one complete phrase and D—a group of syllables, black arrow is the hypothetic opening hemisyllable movement and grey arrow is the hypothetic closing hemisyllable movement). Description of song: Six records from one male were examined. The calling song consists of phrases ( Figure 3B ) with irregular intervals. Phrase durations vary between 1.69 and 2.31 s (1.94 ± 0.13), and each phrase contains 71–82 syllables (74.6 ± 2.9). The phrase starts with 7–10 lower amplitudes syllables (generally corresponds to 1/7–1/8 of phrase) and continues with a crescending sequence and reach as highest amplitude at the end of this part ( Figure 3C ). The remaining syllables have quite similar amplitude. The phrase begins with an isolated first hemisyl- lable and is followed by a gap which last 27–58 ms (41.15 ± 9.97) between the first hemisyllable and the ordinary syllables in phrase. Oscillographic analyses show that the syllable periods duration varies between 20.44 and 31.81 ms (24.67 ± 1.6), and each syllable shows a standard structure, which is formulated as loud and long opening hemi- syllable + less loud and short closing hemisyllable ( Figure 3D ). The opening hemisyllables duration varies between 7.82–17.78 ms (13.45 ± 1.28), whereas the closing hemisyllable lasts for 8.73–15.90 ms (11.22 ± 1.09).