Endothermy and chorusing behaviour in the African platypleurine cicada Pycna semiclara (Germar, 1834) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1437-1444

  Villet, Martin H ^a   Sanborn, Allen F ^b   Phillips, Polly K ^c  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; FORESTRY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACOUSTIC SIGNALS;

BIOLOGY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; CICADA; CICADIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 0344286923     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-119     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Aidley, D.J., and White, D.C.S. 1969. Mechanical properties of glycerinated fibers from the tymbal muscles of a Brazilian cicada. J. Physiol. 205: 179-192.
2. Anonymous. 1991. Periodical cicadas may form communal choruses. Am. Entomol. 37: 227.
3. Aylor, D. 1972. Noise reduction by vegetation and ground. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 51: 197-205.
4. Bennet-Clark, H.C., and Young, D. 1992. A model of the mechanism of sound production in cicadas. J. Exp. Biol. 173: 123-153.
5. Cocroft, R.B., and Pogue, M. 1997. Social behavior and communication in the Neotropical cicada Fidicina mannifera (Fabricius) (Homoptera: Cicadidae). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 69: 85-97.
6. Cooley, J.R. 2001. Long-range acoustic signals, phonotaxis, and risk in the sexual pair-forming behaviours of Okanagana canadensis and O. rimosa (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 94: 755-760.
7. Cooley, J.R., and Marshall, D.C. 2001. Sexual signalling in periodical cicadas, Magicicada spp. Behaviour, 138: 827-855.
8. Crawford, C.S., and Dadone, M.M. 1979. Onset of evening chorus in Tibicen marginalis (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Environ. Entomol. 8: 1157-1160.
9. Doolan, J.M. 1981. Male spacing and the influence of female courtship behavior in the bladder cicada, Cystosoma saundersii Westwood. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 9: 269-276.
10. Doolan, J.M., and MacNally, R.C. 1981. Spatial dynamics and breeding ecology in the cicada, Cystosoma saundersii: the interaction between distributions of resources and interspecific behavior. J. Anim. Ecol. 50: 925-940.
11. Doolan, J.M., and Young, D. 1989. Relative importance of song parameters during flight phonotaxis and courtship in the bladder cicada Cystosoma saundersii. J. Exp. Biol. 141: 113-131.
12. Dugdale, J.S., and Fleming, C.A. 1969. Two New Zealand cicadas collected on Cook's Endeavour voyage, with a description of a new genus. N.Z. J. Sci. 12: 929-957.
13. Esch, H., and Goller, F. 1991. Neural control of fibrillar muscles in bees during shivering and flight. J. Exp. Biol. 159: 419-431.
14. Ewart, A. 2001. Dusk chorusing behaviour in cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) and a mole cricket, Brisbane, Queensland. Mem. Queensl. Mus. 46: 499-510.
15. Gogala, M., Popov, A.V., and Ribaric, D. 1996. Bioacoustics of singing cicadas of the western Palaearctic: Cicadetta tibialis (Panzer) (Cicadoidea: Tibicinidae). Acta Entomol. Slov. 4: 45-62.
16. Heath, J.E., and Adams, P.A. 1969. Temperature regulation and heat production in insects. In Experiments in physiology and biochemistry. Vol. 2. Edited by G.A. Kerkut. Academic Press, New York. pp. 275-293.
17. Henwood, K., and Fabrick, A. 1979. A quantitative analysis of the dawn chorus: temporal selection for communicatory optimization. Am. Nat. 114: 260-274.
18. Josephson, R.K. 1981. Temperature and the mechanical performance of insect muscle. In Insect thermoregulation. Edited by B. Heinrich. John Wiley & Sons, New York. pp. 19-44.
19. Josephson, R.K., and Young, D. 1979. Body temperature and singing in the bladder cicada, Cystosoma saundersii. J. Exp. Biol. 80: 69-81.
20. Josephson, R.K., and Young, D. 1985. A synchronous insect muscle with an operating frequency greater than 500 Hz. J. Exp. Biol. 118: 185-208.
21. Kacelnik, A. 1979. The foraging efficiency of great tits (Parus major L.) in relation to light intensity. Anim. Behav. 27: 237-241.
22. Larom, D., Garstang, M., Payne, K., Raspet, R., and Lindeque, M. 1997. The influence of surface atmospheric conditions on the range and area reached by animal vocalizations. J. Exp. Biol. 200: 421-431.
23. Lewis, R.T. 1891. Nature notes from South Africa. Nature Notes, Selborne Society Magazine, 2: 141-142.
24. Linskens, H.F., Martens, M., Hendriksen, H., Roestenberg-Sinnige, A., Brouwers, W., van der Staak, A., and Strik-Jansen, A. 1976. The acoustic climate of plant communities. Oecologia, 23: 165-177.
25. Lloyd, M., and Karban, R. 1983. Chorusing centers of periodical cicadas. J. Kans. Entomol. Soc. 56: 299-304.
26. Marshall, D.C., and Cooley, J.R. 2000. Reproductive character displacement and speciation in periodical cicadas, with description of a new species, 13-year Magicicada neotredecim. Evolution, 54: 1313-1325.
27. May, M.L. 1985. Thermoregulation. In Comprehensive insect physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology. Vol. 4. Edited by G.A. Kerkut and L.I. Gilbert. Pergamon Press, New York, pp. 507-552.
28. May, M.L., and Casey, T.M. 1983. Thermoregulation and heat exchange in euglossine bees. Physiol. Zool. 56: 541-551.
29. Myers, J.G. 1929. Insect singers: a natural history of the cicadas. George Routledge and Sons, London, U.K.
30. Nagamine, M., and Ito, Y. 1980. 'Predator-foolhardiness' in an epidemic cicada population. Res. Popul. Ecol. (Kyoto), 22: 89-92.
31. Popov, A.V. 1975. The structure of the tymbals and the characteristics of the sound signals in singing cicadas (Homoptera, Cicadidae) in the southern regions of the USSR. Entomol. Rev. Wash. 54: 7-35.
32. Popov, A.V., Beganovic, A., and Gogala, M. 1997. Bioacoustics of singing cicadas of the western Palaearctic: Tettigetta brullei (Fieber 1876) (Cicadoidea: Tibicinidae). Acta Entomol. Slov. 5: 89-101.
33. Pringle, J.W.S. 1954. A physiological analysis of cicada song. J. Exp. Biol. 31: 525-560.
34. Quartau, J.A., Seabra, S., and Sanborn, A. 2000. Effect of ambient air temperature on some temporal parameters of the calling song of Cicada orni Linnaeus, 1758 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in Portugal. Acta Zool. Cracov. 43: 193-198.
35. Richards, D.G., and Wiley, R.H. 1980. Reverberations and amplitude fluctuations in the propagation of sound in a forest: implications for animal communication. Am. Nat. 115: 381-399.
36. Sanborn, A.F. 1997. Body temperature and the acoustic behavior of the cicada Tibicen winnemanna (Homoptera: Cicadidae). J. Insect Behav. 10: 257-264.
37. Sanborn, A.F. 1998. Thermal biology of cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadoidea). Trends Entomol. 1: 89-104.
38. Sanborn, A.F. 2000. Comparative thermoregulation of sympatric endothermic and ectothermic cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Tibicen winnemanna and Tibicen chloromerus). J. Comp. Physiol. A Sens. Neural Behav. Physiol. 186: 551-556.
39. Sanborn, A.F. 2001. Timbal muscle physiology in the endothermic cicada Tibicen winnemanna (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A, 130: 9-19.
40. Sanborn, A.F. 2002. Cicada thermoregulation (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea). Denisia, 4: 455-470.
41. Sanborn, A.F., and Maté, S. 2000. Thermoregulation and the effect of body temperature on call temporal parameters in the cicada Diceroprocta olympusa (Homoptera: Cicadidae). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A, 125: 141-148.
42. Sanborn, A.F., and Phillips, P.K. 1995. No acoustic benefit to subterranean calling in the cicada Okanagana pallidula Davis (Homoptera: Tibicinidae). Great Basin Nat. 55: 374-376.
43. Sanborn, A.F., Heath, M.S., Heath, J.E., and Noriega, F.G. 1995a. Diurnal activity, temperature responses and endothermy in three South American cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Dorisiana bonaerensis, Quesada gigas, and Fidicina mannifera). J. Therm. Biol. 20: 451-460.
44. Sanborn, A.F., Heath, J.E., Heath, M.S., and Noriega, F.G. 1995b. Thermoregulation by endogenous heat production in two South American grass dwelling cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Proarna). Fla. Entomol. 78: 319-328.
45. Sueur, J., and Aubin, T. 2002. Acoustic communication in the Palaeactic red cicada, Tibicina haematodes: chorus organisation, calling-song structure, and signal recognition. Can. J. Zool. 80: 126-136.
46. van Noort, S. 1995. An association of Italochrysa neurodes (Rambur) (Neuroptera: Chyrsopidae) with Platypleura capensis (Linnaeus) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Afr. Entomol. 3: 92-94.
47. Villet, M.H. 1987. Sound pressure levels of some African cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadoidea). J. Entomol. Soc. South. Afr. 50: 269-274.
48. Villet, M.H. 1988. Calling songs of some South African cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae). S. Afr. J. Zool. 23: 71-77.
49. Villet, M.H. 1992. Responses of free-living cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) to broadcasts of cicada songs. J. Entomol. Soc. South. Afr. 55: 93-97.
50. Villet, M.H. 1995. Intraspecific variability in SMRS signals: some causes and implications in acoustic signalling systems. In Species and the recognition concept: theory and application. Edited by D.M. Lambert and H.G. Spencer. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md. pp. 422-439.
51. Wakabayashi, T., and Hagiwara, S. 1953. Mechanical and electrical events in the main sound muscle of cicada. Japan. J. Physiol. 3: 249-253.
52. Wakabayashi, T., and Ikeda, K. 1961. Interrelation between action potential and miniture electrical oscillation in the tymbal muscle of the cicada. Japan. J. Physiol. 11: 585-595.
53. Wiley, R.H., and Richards, D.G. 1978. Physical constraints on acoustic communication in the atmosphere: implications for the evolution of animal vocalization. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 3: 69-94.
54. Wiley, R.H., and Richards, D.G. 1982. Adaptations for acoustic communication in birds: sound transmission and signal detection. In Acoustic communication in birds: production, perception, and design features of sound. Vol. 1. Edited by D.E. Kroodsma and E.H. Miller. Academic Press, New York, pp. 131-181.
55. Williams, K.S., and Smith, K.G. 1991. Dynamics of periodical cicada chorus centers (Homoptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada). J. Insect Behav. 4: 275-291.
56. Young, A.M. 1981. Temporal selection for communicatory optimization: the dawn-dusk chorus as an adaptation in tropical cicadas. Am. Nat. 117: 826-829.
57. Young, D., and Josephson, R.K. 1983. Pure-tone songs in cicadas with special reference to the genus Magicicada. J. Comp. Physiol. A Sens. Neural Behav. Physiol. 152: 197-207.
58. Zuk, M., and Kolluru, G.R. 1998. Exploitation of sexual signals by predators and parasitoids. Q. Rev. Biol. 73: 415-438.