First song descriptions of some Anatolian species of Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 (Orthoptera, Ensifera)
Author
Sirin, Deniz
Author
Taylan, Mehmet Sait
Author
Mol, Abbas
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.369.5864
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.369.5864
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Anterastes tolunayi
Karabag
, 1951
Distribution.
Anterastes tolunayi
has been recorded from
Aydin
and
Izmir
provinces of Turkey (Figure 2a) (
Karabag
1951
,
1958
,
Ciplak
2004
).
Figure 2. Distribution map (A) and male calling song of
Anterastes tolunayi
(B one complete phrase C a group of syllables and D one complete syllable).
Song recording.
Males collected from
Izmir
,
Bozdag
,
Guenalan
yaylasi-millik
mevkii,
38°21.110'N
,
28°06.245'E
, 1545 m, 15.VI.2010 (by D.
Sirin
) and calling song recorded from two males at 26 °C in laboratory (by D.
Sirin
).
Description of song.
Eight records from two males were analyzed. The calling song consists of sequences of polysyllabic phrases of different duration (Figure 2b, 2c), each of the phrases repeated regularly and lasting 94-150 ms (124
+/-
0.03). Amplitudes of syllables getting louder from the first syllable to last one (Figure 2d). Therefore gen
eral
song type of the phrase is typical crescendo. The number of syllables within 100 ms is 29-40 (34.62
+/-
2.21) (Figure 2d). Syllable duration varies between 2 and 5 ms (3.67
+/-
0.34) with an interval of 0-1 ms (0.56
+/-
0.06).