Stridulatory sound-production and its function in females of the cicada Subpsaltria yangi.
Stridulatory sound-production and its function in females of the cicada Subpsaltria yangi.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0118667
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发表时间：
2015
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Wei C
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作者：
Luo C;Wei C
Acoustic behavior plays a crucial role in many aspects of cicada biology, such as reproduction and intrasexual competition. Although female sound production has been reported in some cicada species, acoustic behavior of female cicadas has received little attention. In cicada Subpsaltria yangi, the females possess a pair of unusually well-developed stridulatory organs. Here, sound production and its function in females of this remarkable cicada species were investigated. We revealed that the females could produce sounds by stridulatory mechanism during pair formation, and the sounds were able to elicit both acoustic and phonotactic responses from males. In addition, the forewings would strike the body during performing stridulatory sound-producing movements, which generated impact sounds. Acoustic playback experiments indicated that the impact sounds played no role in the behavioral context of pair formation. This study provides the first experimental evidence that females of a cicada species can generate sounds by stridulatory mechanism. We anticipate that our results will promote acoustic studies on females of other cicada species which also possess stridulatory system.
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影响因子：
1.3
作者：
Cooley, JR;Marshall, DC
通讯作者：
Marshall, DC
DOI：
10.1676/03-126
发表时间：
2004-06-01
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WILSON BULLETIN
影响因子：
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作者：
de Silva, HG;Marantz, CA;Pérez-Villafaña, M
通讯作者：
Pérez-Villafaña, M
DOI：
10.1126/science.1166541
发表时间：
2009-02-20
期刊：
Science (New York, N.Y.)
影响因子：
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作者：
Cator LJ;Arthur BJ;Harrington LC;Hoy RR
通讯作者：
Hoy RR
影响因子：
2.3
作者：
DOOLAN, JM
通讯作者：
DOOLAN, JM
影响因子：
2.5
作者：
COONEY, R;COCKBURN, A
通讯作者：
COCKBURN, A