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Many acridid species have evolved a means of auditory communication, the chief function of which is to bring sexual partners together, and thereby to ensure the genetic isolation of the species. Both males and females produce the acoustic signals, by rubbing a file with many small teeth on the inside of the hindlegs against prominent veins on the elytra. The songs generated in this way in many cases have a highly developed, complex pattern, as described by Faber (1929, 1953), Jacobs (1953) and Elsner (1974).
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Helversen, D.v., Helversen, O.v. (1983). Species Recognition and Acoustic Localization in Acridid Grasshoppers: A Behavioral Approach. In: Huber, F., Markl, H. (eds) Neuroethology and Behavioral Physiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69271-0_8
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