Conocephalus sp. 3

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 : 1562-1563

Conocephalus sp. 3

Calling song

A chirp emitted without a defined rhythm, consisting of an echemme with 114.8 ± 4.76 (110–121) syllables, lasting about 2.31 ± 0.15 (2.15–2.47) seconds. Presents a peak frequency of 19.4 ± 0.12 (19.2–19.5) kHz, with a bandwidth of 11.92 ± 0.36 (11.43–12.37) kHz.

Collection site

Municipality of Porto Alegre, Partenon district. The male was collected and recorded on 2 February 2022, at 9 pm, with a temperature of 24°C. The males singing from bushes, about 2 metres above the ground ( Figure 8E ).

Remarks

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

Figures

Figure 8. Songs of Conocephalinae katydids. (A). Calling song of Conocephalus longipes (Redtenbacher, 1891). (B) Calling song of Conocephalus saltator (Saussure, 1859). (C) Calling song of Conocephalus sp. 1. (D) Calling song of Conocephalus sp. 2. (E) Calling song of Conocephalus sp. 3.