Anaulacomera sp. 2

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

Anaulacomera sp. 2

Calling song

Composed of a brief echemmes. Each echemme lasted about 0.05 ± 0.001 (0.052 –0.053) seconds, with 9.5 ± 0.7 (9–10) syllables. The peak frequency is 11.75 ± 0.07 (11.7–11.8) kHz, with a bandwidth of 4.3 ± 0.28 (4.1–4.5) kHz.

Collection site

Parque Natural Municipal Saint–Hilaire. The males were recorded and collected on March 31, 2022, at 11 pm, with a temperature of 19°C. The males sing in canopy regions, above 3 metres in height. The signal is produced between 10 pm and 3 am ( Figures 11E and 12E ).

Remarks

We are expecting future studies to confirm the identification at species level.

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).