Long-Range Sound Distribution and the Calling Song of the Cicada Beameria venosa (Uhler) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

Allen F. Sanborn; James E. Heath; Maxine S. Heath

doi:10.1894/JC-23.1

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Allen F. Sanborn,¹ James E. Heath,² Maxine S. Heath²

¹aBarry University, School of Natural and Health Sciences, 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores, FL 3
²bUniversity of Illinois, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, 524 Burrill Hall, 407 South Goodwi

Abstract

The calling song of the cicada Beameria venosa is a continuous train of sound pulses produced at a rate of 385 ± 29.5 pulses/s, with peak energy at 16.96 ± 1.76 kHz. The long-range sound field of B. venosa is symmetrical, but modified by interaction with vegetation and wind in the environment. High frequency of the call of B. venosa has a selective advantage with respect to avoidance of predators, permitting this cicada to be unnoticed by predators, principally birds and lizards, which cannot hear the call. As a result, the predation pressure on this cicada is decreased.

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Allen F. Sanborn, James E. Heath, and Maxine S. Heath "Long-Range Sound Distribution and the Calling Song of the Cicada Beameria venosa (Uhler) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)," The Southwestern Naturalist 54(1), 24-30, (1 March 2009). https://doi.org/10.1894/JC-23.1

Received: 15 January 2008; Accepted: 1 July 2008; Published: 1 March 2009

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