Saga cappadocica Werner 1903
- Dataset
- Bioacoustics review of Anatolian species of the predatory bush-cricket genus Saga (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Saginae) with the description of a new species
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Orthoptera
- family
- Tettigoniidae
- genus
- Saga
- species
- Saga cappadocica
materials_examined
Distribution: This species is endemic to Anatolia (Ramme 1951; Kaltenbach 1964, 1967). It was recorded from inner Anatolia (Figure 1 A) of it (Uvarov 1934; Ramme 1951: Karabağ 1958; Kaltenbach 1964, 1967; Karabağ et al. 1971, Şirin et al. 2014; Heller 2016; Mol et al., 2016). Song recording: Male specimens are collected from Turkey, Niğde, Çamardı, Üçkapılar dağı, N 37 ° 50.39 ’, E 034 ° 58.19 ’, 1981 m, 24. VII. 2017, leg.: H. Sevgili, D. Sirin, A. Mol & M. S. Taylan and the calling songs are recorded from two males at 28 ˚ C in the room conditions (by D. Şirin and M. S. Taylan). Description of song: Totally 13 records from two males were examined. The calling song consists of phrases (Figure 1 B, C), which have quite variable durations. Phrases structure is different from all other species in the genus and comprises approximately triple syllables group series. Phrase duration varies between 1.59 and 17.12 s (4.35 ± 1.86) and each phrase contains 29 – 121 (62.44 ± 8.7) triple syllable groups. However, phrases generally begin with double syllable group and last with quadruple syllable group. In a triple syllable group, syllable durations are quite similar, but have different amplitudes (low-middle-high amplitudes; in first, second and third syllable, respectively). Oscillographic analyses show that triple syllables group periods durations vary between 43.92 and 82.88 ms (52.81 ± 1.16). The first, second and third syllables durations in group last for 12.76 – 17.87 ms (15.11 ± 1.16), 13.68 – 18.81 ms (15.66 ± 1.02) and 12.49 – 17.47 ms (15.67 ± 1.05), relatively. Each syllable shows almost a standard structure which is formulated as soft opening hemisyllable + loud closing hemisyllable (Figure 1 D). Each closing hemisyllable begins with low amplitude, reaches the maximum level at the midpoint, and at this point it ends by decreasing.
Name
- Homonyms
- Saga cappadocica Werner 1903