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Response to sound in crickets without tympanal organs (Gryllus campestris L.)

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Acoustic signals (10–100 msec, 5kHz, 70 or 80 dB) have an inhibitory effect on chirping in the cricketGryllus campestris L. After a reaction time of approximately 50 msec there is a period of about 150 msec (at 27 °C) during which it is very unlikely that a chirp will begin. The effect is not abolished by removal of the tympanal organs, antennae and cerci. Electrophysiological recordings made from the neck connectives in freely moving insects show that tympanal ablation does not abolish sound reception.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Tierphysiologie, Zoologisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, Deutschland

    M. D. R. Jones & M. Dambach

  2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, BN1 9QG, Brighton, England

    M. D. R. Jones

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Jones, M.D.R., Dambach, M. Response to sound in crickets without tympanal organs (Gryllus campestris L.). J. Comp. Physiol. 87, 89–98 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00699298

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