Key to the identification of 16 Ensiferan species (Orthoptera: Ensifera) based on bioacoustic characters

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

Sh. Jafari ¹ (Graduated student of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Plant Protection, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran)
M. H. Kazemi ² (Department of Plant Protection, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch, Tabriz, Iran)
M. Shojaei ³ (Department of Plant Protection, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science and Research, Branch Tehran, Iran)
H. Lotfalizadeh ⁴ (Department of Plant Pests and Diseases, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of East Azarbaijan, Tabriz, Iran)
M. Mofidi-Neyestanak ⁵ (Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2015-10-10 Accepted : 2016-03-09 Published : 2016-05-21

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Abstract :

Acoustic signaling is widespread amongst several orders of insect. Particularly, the orthopterans are one of the most well-known acoustically active orders. In the present work, the calling songs of 16 species belonging to the families Gryllidae, Gryllotalpidae andTettigoniidaewere sampled. The songs were recorded in the field or in laboratory from live animals. They were analyzed via MATLAB (version 2013) software and the identification key to the species level was provided based on extracted acoustic features.