Grammadera clara Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Acosta, Riuler C., Timm, Vítor F., Zefa, Edison, da Costa, Maria K. M., Ruschel, Tatiana P., Lopes, Dimitrius A. R. & Kaminski, Lucas A., 2025, Pampa singers: an acoustic and visual guide to singing insects (Orthoptera and Hemiptera), Journal of Natural History 59 (21 - 24), pp. 1541-1589 : 1570

Grammadera clara Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

Calling song

Composed of short echemmes, each consisting of two syllables. Each echemme lasts approximately 0.15 ± 0.01 (0.135 –0.175) seconds. The peak frequency is 21.26 ± 0.19 (21– 21.49) kHz, with a bandwidth of 2.62 ± 0.72 (1.12–3.37) kHz.

Collection site

Santa Vitória do Palmar, at EstaÇão Ecológica do Taim and in the Donatos district. The males were recorded and collected between March and April 2021, at 10 pm, with temperatures ranging between 17 and 22°C. The males were observed producing signals throughout much of the night on the adaxial surface of peach tree leaves, Prunus persica ( Rosales : Rosaceae ), at heights ranging from 1 to 2 metres ( Figures 11F and 12F ).

Remarks

Calling song previously described by Fianco et al. (2022).

Figures

Figure 11. Songs of Meconematinae and Phaneropterinae katydids. (A) Calling song of Cephalophlugis gaucho Tavares, Acosta and Timm, 2022. (B) Calling song of Dasyscelus normalis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895. (C) Calling song of Scaphura elegans (Serville, 1838). (D) Calling song of Anaulacomera sp. 1. (E) Calling song of Anaulacomera sp. 2. (F) Calling song of Grammadera clara Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878. (G) Calling song of Vellea cruenta (Burmeister, 1838).

Figure 12. Visual guide of Meconematinae and Phaneropterinae Pampa katydids with songs recorded. (A) Cephalophlugis gaucho Tavares, Acosta and Timm, 2022. (B) Dasyscelus normalis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895. (C) Scaphura elegans (Serville, 1838). (D) Anaulacomera sp. 1. (E) Anaulacomera sp. 2. (F) Grammadera clara Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878. Bar: 1cm. Photos by Gustavo Costa Tavares (A), and Riuler Corrêa Acosta (B-F).