Drumming Behavior of Four Species of North American Pteronarcyidae (Plecoptera): Dialects in Colorado and Alaska Pteronarcella badia

Author: STEWART KENNETH W.   SZCZYTKO STANLEY W.   STARK BILL P.  

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

ISSN: 1938-2901

Source: Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.75, Iss.5, 1982-09, pp. : 530-533

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Abstract

Previously undescribed Pteronarcys dorsata, Allonarcys biloba, and Allonarcys proteus drumming signals are species-specific, with male calls having five, seven, and four mode drumbeats, and beat intervals of 270 ± 26, 515 ± 46, and 308 ± 12 msec, respectively. Drumming of Tonsina River, Alaska, Pteronarcella badia populations appears to represent a dialect when compared with Dolores and Gunnison River, Colo., populations. Both males and females have fewer drumbeats and shorter beat intervals, despite recording at a 3°C cooler temperature. Mode signal beats of the five species are relatively few, ranging from 4 to 7, but beat intervals are of two types: fast signals (x¯ 65 to 75 msec) by Pteronarcella badia, and slow signals (x¯ 225 to 525 msec) by Allonarcys and Pteronarcys species.

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