Song analysis of South African bladder cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Song analysis of South African bladder cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Sunday, November 15, 2015: 12:59 PM
210 AB (Convention Center)
The calling songs of the South African bladder cicadas Xosopsaltria annulata (Germar, 1830), X. thunbergi Metcalf, 1955, a new species of Xosopsaltria, Bavea concolor (Walker, 1850) and Tettigomyia vespiformis Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 are described. Song characteristics are discussed with respect to specialized morphological adaptations of the abdomen and species isolating function.
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