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Vibrationssignale bei der Paarung vonPanorpa (Mecoptera/Insecta)

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Male and female ofPanorpa find each other for copulation by vibration signals, which they produce through up and downward movements with the end of the abdomen. The frequency is about 100 Hz/sec, the duration 1 to 10 sec.

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  1. Zoologisches Institut der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Saarstrasse 21, 6500, Mainz, Bundesrepublik Deutschland

    R. Rupprecht

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Rupprecht, R. Vibrationssignale bei der Paarung vonPanorpa (Mecoptera/Insecta). Experientia 30, 340–341 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01921651

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