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Generation of extreme ultrasonics in rainforest katydids
Fernando Montealegre-Z, Glenn K. Morris, Andrew C. Mason
Journal of Experimental Biology 2006 209: 4923-4937; doi: 10.1242/jeb.02608
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  • Table 1.

    Morphological, physical and behavioural attributes of katydid males of several species that use pure-tone calling song

    Body size (mm)TS (μm)TD Teeth (mm−1)CWV (mm s−1)SV (mm s−1)TSR1 (TD×CWV)TSR2 (TD×SV)fc (kHz)
    ObservedEstimated
    1. Panacanthus pallicornis8Co: Bosque de Yotoco38.4±2.824.035120.0±1.8112.0±2.6122.3±1.54200.04280.55.0±0.3
    2. P. cuspidatus2Ec: Napo, Jaguar49.0±3.516.060180.0±3.0178.6±2.1190.2±0810800.011400.011.0±0.5
    3. Championica walkeri5Ec: Tinalandia28.6±3.110.054170.7±2.2170.0±1.8162.7±2.79234.08785.813.3±0.2
    4. Copiphora rhinoceros*3CR: La Selva42.5±3.013.658NA152.0±0.6148.2±1.28584.08595.68.7±1.1
    5. Co. cf gracilis2Co: Amazon Amacayacu36.5±2.16.4147118.6±4.1112.0±2.8107.0±4.815895.015729.016.5±0.8
    6. Co. gracilis*1Ec: Napo, Primavera33.76.0105NA214.3196.320265.020611.520.6
    7. Metrioptera sphagnorum (LF mode)2Ca: ON, Upsala20.1±1.514.96759.1±2.850.0±1.3256.3±23959.717172.117.2±0.7
    8. Eubliastes aethiops2Co: Gorgona island49.6±1.320.551151.1±1.4157.3±0.7443.0±1.67701.022593.021.6±0.9
    9. Eu. chlorodictyon*1Co: Valle, Bajo Calima38.114.775NA322.0400.724150.030052.527.3
    7. Metrioptera sphagnorum (HF mode)2Ca: ON, Upsala20.1±1.57.912578.6±3.865.1±3.2264.0±2.85642.033000.034.0±1.2
    10. `nr. Loboscelis sp. 1'5Ec: Tinalandia24.2±1.78.0110237.1±2.4344.0±1.8324.0±0.92608135640.035.0±2.3
    11. `nr. Loboscelis sp. 2'2Co: Valle, Bajo Calima27.1±1.68.6117298.0±12.1332.0±2.2344.0±1.134866.040248.040.7±1.1
    12. Uchuca halticos2Ec: Napo, Jaguar22.0±1.16.0168187.5±2.2233.3±3.6243.0±231584.040824.042.3±2.1
    13. Phlugis sp.1Co: Valle, Cali, km 1814.011.89046.251.6561.04140.050490.047.6
    14. Drepanoxiphus angustelaminatus*1Pa: Barro Colorado20.011.090NA25.6803.02340.072270.073.0
    15. H. ecuadorica*1Ec: Napo, Jaguar28.010.0117NA16.4658.01918.876986.065.8
    16. Haenschiella n. sp.*1Ec: Napo, Jaguar27.016.064NA23.71680.01536.0107520105.5
    17. Myopophyllum n. sp.2Ec: Napo, Cosanga31.9±2.320.048121.5±4.9122.6±17.41310.0±105884.862880.065.5±7.7
    18. M. speciosum*4Ec: Napo, Baeza33.3±1.524.041NA37.9±1.61992.0±181558.081672.083±4.8
    19. Arachnoscelis n. sp.2Co: Gorgona Island13.0±2.29.010012.8±1.424.3±4.31161.0±181300.0117400.0128±6.2
    • Data organized by congeners. Average temperature 23.4±2.5°C.

      TS, tooth spacing; TD, tooth density; fc, carrier frequency; CWV, avarage closing wing velocity measured with high speed video (HSV); SV, scraper velocity; TSR, tooth strike rate calculated based on (1) CWV and (2) SV. Body measured as the midline from fastigium to last abdominal tergite.

      NA, HSV recordings were not available to measure CWV.

      M. sphagnorum has been included twice because this species uses two modes of stridulation: audio and ultrasonic (Morris and Pipher, 1972).

    • ↵* Data estimated from acoustic and anatomical measurements (no video). Co, Colombia; Ec, Ecuador; Pa, Panama; CR, Costa Rica; Ca, Canada.

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    Fig. 1.

    Features of Arachnoscelis n. sp. (A) Male adult insect on human arm (photo by D. E. Klimas); scale bar, ∼15 mm. (B) One calling song of two pulse trains, more typically one train; scale bar, 20 ms. (C) High resolution of a mid-train pulse; scale bar, 100 μs. (D) Smoothed power spectrum of calling song. (E) ZC analysis of the pulse in D. Note how the frequency drops for the driven cycles (black arrows), indicating a decrease in velocity, then increases during decay (red arrow), suggesting that the scraper has disengaged from the file (event indicated by red asterisks); note that the file's resonant frequency is normally higher than that of the calling song. Blue arrows show the free decay of the pulse. Q, quality factor.

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    Fig. 2.

    Four successive frames from high-speed video relate closing wing positions to the pulse train of Arachnoscelis n. sp. Insect faces to the right. The anal margin of the overlying (file-bearing) left wing is marked by a red arrow; coloured broken lines match picture and wing velocities to the oscillogram. The wings develop a velocity before each production of a pulse (calculated CWV below frame) and then become almost still over the interval of pulse generation; scale bar, 5 ms. (A) CWV is at 7.1 mm s-1; scale bar, 0.5 mm. (B) During the production of the first pulse (compare A and B) there is no detectable movement of the wings and the CWV drops to zero. (C) The wings close further, giving a CWV of ∼14.5 mm s-1. (D) Next pulse is produced, again without measurable displacement of the wings. Association of motionless wing intervals with sound pulses implies scraper movement.

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    Fig. 3.

    File morphology of Arachnoscelis n. sp. (A) Scanning electron microphotograph shows the stridulatory file atop its transverse swollen vein. The long white arrow gives direction of scraper travel. Scale bar, 0.2 mm. (B) Inter-tooth distances for two specimens, the smaller animal below. Broken blue lines show the functional region (basal half) of the file as determined from HSV recordings of the 2003 specimen, which makes 4-5 pulses song-1. Sound recordings of the 1966 specimen suggest that some specimens use a larger file region, which implies the production of a larger pulse train (more pulses), as shown in Fig. 1B.

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    Fig. 4.

    Four successive frames from high-speed video (scale bar 3 mm) showing tegminal positions within the time course of the (closing) AM pulse pattern in Myopophyllum n. sp. The insect is oriented upward. The position of the right wing scraper region, visible through semitransparent wing cells of the left, is marked by a red arrow; coloured broken lines show where in the oscillogram time course the frame was obtained. (A) CW velocities are associated with each frame: the wings lose velocity before the production of a pulse. Scale bar, 2 ms. (B) There is a conspicuous displacement of the wings during the production of a pulse and the CWV increases to ∼142 mm s-1. (C) The wings close again more slowly during the silent interpulse interval and CWV drops to ∼82 mm s-1; during this time interval the scraper is relocated. (D) The new pulse is produced with a conspicuous displacement of the wings; CWV increases to ∼118 mm s-1.

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    Fig. 5.

    Four successive frames from high-speed video (scale bar 3 mm) showing tegminal positions within the time course of the (closing) AM pulse pattern in Eubliastes aethiops. Latero-posterior view (right side of the insect). The position of the scraper over the file is marked by a red arrow; coloured broken lines show where in the oscillogram time course the frame was obtained. (A) CWV values are associated with each frame: the wings lose velocity before the production of a pulse. Scale bar, 10 ms. (B) As for Myopophyllum sp. n., there was a conspicuous displacement of the wings during the production of a pulse and the CWV increases to∼ 166.1 mm s-1. (C) For the final pulse of the train, the wings close again more slowly during the silent interpulse interval and CWV drops to ∼134.3 mm s-1, and increases again during the pulse to 169.8 mm s-1 (D). The movement of the scraper ends close to the basal part of the file.

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    Fig. 6.

    File morphology and sound quality of two species of katydid using sustained pure tones. (A,D) Intertooth intervals plotted in their natural sequence on the file. (B,E) Zero-Crossing analysis of the pulse shown in C and F; red arrows indicate increments in frequency associated with scraper-file disengagement. (C,F) Sound pulse waveform.

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    Fig. 7.

    Verification of our method of estimating closing wing velocity from oscillograms (especially for species where specimens were not available for HSV). Regression of known on estimated values indicates good agreement (see text).

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    Fig. 8.

    (A) Analysis of relationship between song frequency and wing speed by ANCOVA with wing speed as the continuous variable and group membership (high vs low frequency). Closed symbols represent high-frequency singers (>40 kHz); open symbols, low-frequency singers (<40 kHz). (B) Same analysis using average TSR as independent variable.

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    Fig. 9.

    Scraper profiles and their association with two types of resonant stridulatory mechanism: long-pulse and short-pulse. Each transverse section is taken normal to the scraper edge. (A) Two species producing pure-tone pulses below 40 kHz. (B) Two species producing extreme ultrasonics (>60 kHz) as short-spaced pulse trains. Note the distinctive morphology proximad of the scraper (red areas): the very modest extent of thinner (presumably more flexible) wing areas in A compared with their elaboration relative to increasingly massive veins in B. A1, A2, A3 indicate anal veins.

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    Fig. 10.

    Schematic cross-section of stridulatory file and scraper (based on anatomy of Arachnoscelis n. sp.) showing hypothetical mechanism of stridulation in extreme-frequency singers. (A) Different degrees of deformation the scraper may undergo while pausing behind a tooth in advance of pulse production. (B) With enough bending, the scraper's shape allows release, and it springs forward along a series of teeth lodging at the last tooth of the series (blue asterisk). Pulse-driven oscillations (one per tooth) indicated with broken lines, contacted teeth with red asterisks. Decay oscillations indicated by dotted red arrows.

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Generation of extreme ultrasonics in rainforest katydids
Fernando Montealegre-Z, Glenn K. Morris, Andrew C. Mason
Journal of Experimental Biology 2006 209: 4923-4937; doi: 10.1242/jeb.02608
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