Parapholidoptera intermixta Karabag , 1961

Sirin, Deniz, Taylan, Mehmet Sait & Mol, Abbas, 2014, First song descriptions of some Anatolian species of Tettigoniidae Krauss, 1902 (Orthoptera, Ensifera), ZooKeys 369, pp. 1-24 : 7

Parapholidoptera intermixta Karabag, 1961

Distribution.

Endemic for Turkey, Binboğa-Mountains (Figure 6a) ( Karabağ 1961, Çıplak 2000).

Song recording.

Male specimens collected from Turkey, Adana, Saimbeyli, Obruk Saksağan boğazı, 1410 m, 03.VII.2010 (by D. Şirin) and calling song recorded from five males at 28 °C in the field (by D. Şirin).

Description of song.

Ten records from five males were examined. The calling song consists of a series of regular phrases (Figure 6b) with an interval of 681-895 ms (810 ± 0.07). Phrase durations vary between 239-254 ms (246 ± 0.05) and phrases consist of 6-7 (6.12 ± 0.35) syllables. Syllables consisting of denser and hardly distinguishable impulses (Figure 6d). The first and second syllables at the beginning of the phrase are quieter and shorter (having low amplitudes) than the following syllables (Figure 6c, d). Syllable duration varies between 29 and 60 ms (38.59 ± 5.78) without any silent interval [except between the first and second syllables (6-12 ms)].