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Issue: Vol. 4107 No. 3: 3 May 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-05-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.12
Page range: 439–443
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 2

Phlugis ocraceovittata and its ultrasonic calling song (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phlugidini)

Laboratório de Sistemática de Diptera, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.
División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/N°, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
bioacoustics Brazil predatory katydids Orthoptera

Abstract

Some observations on the small predatory katydid Phlugis ocraceovittata Piza 1960 from southern Brazil are presented. A male was calling both day and night, producing long uniformly structured sequences with maximum energy between 40 and 60 kHz. According to anecdotal and indirect evidence the species is not exclusively predacious and can live partly also on vegetable food.

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