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Complex wing motion during stridulation in the katydid Nastonotus foreli (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae).

Abstract：

:Male Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) rub together their specialised forewings to produce sound, a process known as stridulation. During wing closure, a lobe on the anal margin of the right forewing (a scraper), engages with a tooth-covered file on the left forewing. The movement of the scraper across the file produces vibrations which are amplified by a large wing cell adjacent to the scraper, the mirror. Katydids are known to stridulate with either sustained or interrupted sweeps of the file, generating resonant pure-tone (narrowband frequency) or non-resonant (broadband frequency) calls. However, some species can conserve some purity in their calls despite incorporating discrete pulses and silent intervals. This mechanism is exhibited by many Pseudophyllinae, such as Nastonotus spp., Cocconotus spp., Triencentrus spp. and Eubliastes spp. This study aims to measure and quantify the mechanics of wing stridulation in Nastonotus foreli, a Neotropical katydid that can produce, relatively narrowband calls at ≈20 kHz. It was predicted that this species will use a stridulatory mechanism involving elastic energy whereby the scraper bends and flicks along the file in periodic bursts. The calling behaviour and wing mechanics of seven males were studied using a combination of technologies (e.g. micro-scanning laser Doppler vibrometry, advanced microscopy, ultrasound-sensitive equipment and optical motion detectors) to quantify wing mechanics and structure. Analysis of recordings revealed no clear relationship between wing velocity and carrier frequency, and a pronounced distinction between wing velocity and scraper velocity during wing closure, suggesting that the scraper experiences considerable deformation. This is characteristic of the elastic scraper mechanism of stridulation. Curiously, N. foreli might have evolved to employ elastic energy to double the duration of the call, despite possessing muscles that can reach velocities high enough to produce the same frequency without the help of elastic energy.

journal_name

J Insect Physiol

journal_title

Journal of insect physiology

authors

Baker AA,Jonsson T,Aldridge S,Montealegre-Z F

doi

10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.03.005

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-04-01 00:00:00

pages

100-108

eissn

0022-1910

issn

1879-1611

pii

S0022-1910(18)30426-8

journal_volume

114

pub_type

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Complex wing motion during stridulation in the katydid Nastonotus foreli (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae).