Sound generation in Mantis religiosa (Mantodea: Mantidae): stridulatory structures and acoustic signal.

Journal of Orthoptera Research | January 1, 2007| | Copyright

Abstract

Several species of mantids perform defensive displays during close-range encounters with predators. In adult Mantis religiosa, this display entails both visual and acoustic components, the latterbeing abdomino-alarystridulation. Stridulatory modifications of the abdomen and hindwings and acoustic properties of the defensive sounds of M. religiosa are characterized here for the first time. Defensive sounds are generated via an abdomino-alary mechanism involving contact between teeth found on the longitudinal veins of the metathoracic wings and pegs located ...

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