Orthoptera

Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids) are one of the most acoustically diverse insect orders. Many species communicate using sound, making them ideal subjects for bioacoustic research.

Publications

• Reviving the sound of a 150-year-old insect: The bioacoustics of Prophalangopsis obscura (Ensifera: Hagloidea) (2022) PLOS ONE

• Bioacoustics and systematics of Mecopoda (and related forms) from South East Asia and adjacent areas (2021) Zootaxa

• From an old sound recording to a new species in the genus Horatosphaga (2017) Zootaxa

• Natural History Museum Sound Archive I: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae Leach, 1815, including 3D scans of burrow casts of Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Linnaeus, 1758 (2015) Biodiversity Data Journal

• Speckled Bush Cricket Data Logger - Project Report (2015) figshare

Related Notes

• Prophalangopsis

External Resources

• BioAcoustica - Sound recordings of Orthoptera and other insects

• Laser Scans of Acoustic Burrows - on 🦗.fm