Parnisa sp.

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 : 1547-1548

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2482670

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A187D5-FFDD-D97F-7B58-4E28FF27F9F7

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Parnisa sp.
status

 

Parnisa sp.

Flying song

Not observed.

Calling song

It consists of two parts. The first part comprises brief echemmes with 32 ± 13.2 (15–51) syllables, lasting 0.17 ± 0.08 (0.067 –0.261) seconds. This part resembles some very ‘sharp’ clicks. The second part is formed by a long echemme that can last about 4.34 ± 0.91 (3.2– 5.3) seconds. This signal part has approximately 266 ± 49.4 (228–334) syllables, with a note emission rate of 152 ± 32.4 (116–195) per second.

Stress call

Comprised of a series of short echemmes lasting about 0.16 ± 0.01 (0.138 –0.166) seconds, emitting 14.3 ± 3.3 (12–21) syllables. It’s a high-pitched sound, and the frequency values are not as evident as in other cicadas. The frequency value is not presented in broad-range frequency as in the others; it ranges between 12 and 13 kHz, even though the values of 12.7 ± 0.25 (12.4–13.1) kHz are sampled.

Collection site

Parque Natural Municipal Saint-Hilaire. The cicada sings in open regions near the forest edge. It was collected on 27 October 2021, at 26°C, at 11 am. It was observed producing sounds in bushes, approximately 0.25 metres from the ground. Additionally, it was observed producing sounds in bushes, approximately 0.25 metres from the ground. Additionally, it produced signals near the Tympanoterpes sp. ( Figures 3A–B View Figure 3 and 5C View Figure 5 ).

Remarks

We are waiting for future taxonomic studies to confirm the identification at the species level.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadidae

Genus

Parnisa

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