Analysis of the calling songs of Platypleura hirtipennis (Germar, 1834) and P. plumosa (Germar, 1834) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

Title: Analysis of the calling songs of Platypleura hirtipennis (Germar, 1834) and P. plumosa (Germar, 1834) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Creator: Sanborn, Allen F
Creator: Phillips, Polly K F
Creator: Villet, Martin H
Date Issued: 2003
Date: 2003
Type: text
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6896
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011656
Description: [From the introduction]: Most male cicadas produce a calling song in order to attract conspecific females. These songs have been shown to differ in closely related species (e.g. Alexander & Moore 1962; Villet 1988, 1989; Boulard 1995; Marshall & Cooley 2000; Sanborn & Phillips 2001) and in species which share habitats (e.g. Sueur 2002). The former is an inevitable part of the divergence of recognition signals that characterizes the speciation process in animals using acoustic signals (Villet 1995), while the latter would be expected from a signal that acts as a reproductive isolating mechanism (Claridge 1985; Marshall & Cooley 2000). Calling songs are therefore of value in resolving taxonomic problems in the cicadas.
Format: 6 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Sanborn, A.F. and Phillips, P.K. and Villet, M.H. (2003) Analysis of the calling songs of Platypleura hirtipennis (Germar, 1834) and P. plumosa (Germar, 1834) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). African Entomology, 11 (2). pp. 291-296.

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Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)

RU Department of Zoology and Entomology

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