ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION IN THE TRILLING FIELD CRICKET, GRYLLUS-RUBENS (ORTHOPTERA, GRYLLIDAE)

被引：42

作者：

DOHERTY, JA

CALLOS, JD

机构：

[1] Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, 19085, Pennsylvania

来源：

JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR | 1991年 / 4卷 / 01期

关键词：

ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION; STRIDULATION; PHONOTAXIS; GRYLLUS RUBENS; ORTHOPTERA;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01092552

中图分类号：

Q96 [昆虫学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Male field crickets produce calling songs that are used for attracting conspecific females for mating. Acoustic communication was studied in the trilling field cricket, Gryllus rubens. A "trilled" calling song consists of a continuous train of sound pulses, each of which was repeated at a stereotyped rate. Singing males were recorded at different temperatures. The pulse period of the calling song decreased with increasing temperature; there was less effect of temperature on pulse duration. Female phonotaxis was studied on a noncompensating, spherical treadmill. In two-stimulus (choice) playback experiments, females preferred the conspecific "trilled" song over the "chirped" calling song of a sympatric species, Gryllus fultoni. This preference persisted even when the song of G. fultoni was 6 dB louder. Females also discriminated between synthetic trills having different pulse periods; females chose trills with the conspecific pulse period over trills having lower and higher pulse periods.

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页数：16

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