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On the Morphogenesis of the Sound Producing Organs and the Skeleto‐Muscular Mechanism of Sound Production in the Indian Field Cricket Gryllus bimaculatus Deg. (Gryllidae, Orthoptera)
Author(s) -
Thakare V. K.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta zoologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1463-6395
pISSN - 0001-7272
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1969.tb00544.x
Subject(s) - gryllus bimaculatus , biology , orthoptera , field cricket , sound (geography) , sound production , cricket , moulting , instar , anatomy , zoology , ecology , acoustics , larva , physics
The morphogeneesis of sound producing organs in Gryllus bimaculatus has been studied in detail. Though the auxiliary structure of the sound producing organs are fully formed in the last nymphal instars the essential structure of the sound production, namely the file, appears only at the imaginal moult. The teeth of the file show variation in number between 135–165. All the teeth have similar structures. The muscle 107a plays an important role in the sound production and is present only in the male.