scholarly journals Relative Amplitude of Courtship Song Chirp and Trill Components Does Not Alter Female Teleogryllus oceanicus Mating Behavior

Ethology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L. Balenger ◽  
Laura M. Lara ◽  
Marlene Zuk
Keyword(s):  
Mating Behavior ◽  
Courtship Song ◽  
Relative Amplitude ◽  
Teleogryllus Oceanicus

Courtship song is more variable than calling song in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus

2008 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 1065-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlene Zuk ◽  
Darren Rebar ◽  
Sarah Primrose Scott
Keyword(s):  
Courtship Song ◽  
Calling Song ◽  
Field Cricket ◽  
Teleogryllus Oceanicus

The role of antennal sensory cues in female responses to courting males in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus

1997 ◽  
Vol 200 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Balakrishnan ◽  
G Pollack
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Signal ◽  
Zinc Sulphate ◽  
Chemical Cues ◽  
Courtship Song ◽  
Field Cricket ◽  
Sensory Organ ◽  
Sensory Cues ◽  
Teleogryllus Oceanicus ◽  
Female Responses

Courtship communication in the field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus is multimodal, involving a minimum of both acoustic and chemical cues. The acoustic signal, or courtship song, is necessary to elicit normal levels of female mounting of the male during courtship. Antennal input is also crucial since antennectomized females show highly reduced levels of mounting. Immobilization of the scape­pedicel and pedicel­flagellum joints of female antennae had no effect on mounting probability, suggesting that mechanosensory input from chordotonal organs at the base of the antenna is not necessary. The antennal flagellum is a multimodal sensory organ, which contains both mechanoreceptors and chemoreceptors. In order to dissect the roles of different flagellar modalities, we treated antennae with zinc sulphate. This suppressed a well-characterized contact-chemosensory behaviour, initiation of courtship by males, and eliminated responsiveness of most chemosensory hairs as assayed electrophysiologically. Zinc sulphate treatment had no effect on a tactile antennal reflex, indicating that it selectively silenced chemoreceptors. Treatment of antennae with zinc sulphate reduced mounting levels nearly as much as antennectomy, suggesting that the main antennal cue required for the mounting responses is chemosensory, rather than mechanosensory, in nature.

Recognition of courtship song in the field cricket,Teleogryllus oceanicus

1996 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROHINI BALAKRISHNAN ◽  
GERALD S. POLLACK
Keyword(s):  
Courtship Song ◽  
Field Cricket ◽  
Teleogryllus Oceanicus

Effects of delaying intromissions on the male rat's mating behavior.

1970 ◽  
Vol 70 (3, Pt.1) ◽  
pp. 413-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest HaRd ◽  
Knut Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Mating Behavior
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