Acoustical Burrows Constructed by Mole Crickets1, 2
- 15 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 72 (3) , 438-440
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/72.3.438
Abstract
Males of Scapteriscus acletus Rehn and Hebard and S. vicinus Scudder call from burrows that open outward via an exponentially expanding horn. The horn arises from a bulb-like chamber connected by another chamber to the remainder of the tunnel system. Scapteriscus spp. calling burrows, like those of Gryllotalpa spp., probably increase the male's acoustical output. Since males of Scapteriscus spp. call with their tegmina in the bulb-like chamber while those of Gryllotalpa spp. call with their tegmina in the throat of the horn, different acoustical principles are evidently involved.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: