Phyllophora sp.

Morris, Glenn K, Ingrisch, Sigfrid, Willemse, Fer, Willemse, Luc, De Luca, Paul A. & Klimas, Dita, 2025, Stridulation songs of some Tettigoniidae (Ensifera, Orthoptera) from Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 5600 (1), pp. 1-81 : 72

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scientific name

Phyllophora sp.
status

 

Phyllophora sp.

Specimen studied. PNG, McAdam National Park , 28 viii 1981 G.K. Morris (1 male) .

Systematics. The specimen comes near Phyllophora lanceolata (Brunner v. Watt., 1898) but could not be identified with certainty either from the literature (e.g., from Karny 1924b; de Jong 1946, 1947, 1972) nor from additional material before us.

Startle stridulation. Stridulation in this insect involves striations on the metacoxae (Fig. 80) that engage with the mesal edges of sternites projecting laterad from the midline. The generation of sound would be aimed at startling a naïve predator and only possible when the insect is restrained in the predator’s grasp while its lengthy hind limbs are free of their role in bearing body weight.

Jong, de C. (1946) Orthopterological notes II. The Phyllophorinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden and in the Zoologische Museum, Amsterdam. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden, 26, 211-230.

Jong, de C. (1947) Orthopterological notes III. The Phyllophorinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) in Mr. Willemse's collection (Eygelshoven, Limburg) and in the Natuurhistorisch Museum, Rotterdam. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden, 28, 243-249.

Jong, de C. (1972) Notes on Phyllophorinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) from New Guinea. Zoologische Mededeelingen, Leiden, 47, 579-605.

Karny, H. H. (1924 b) Monographie der Phyllophorinen. Treubia, 5 (Supplement), 1-142.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Phyllophora