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tettigoniid - grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male

grasshopper, hopper - terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

family Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniidae - long-horned grasshoppers; katydids

katydid - large green long-horned grasshopper of North America; males produce shrill sounds by rubbing together special organs on the forewings

Jerusalem cricket, sand cricket, Stenopelmatus fuscus - large wingless nocturnal grasshopper that burrows in loose soil along the Pacific coast of the United States

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Bailey WJ, McCrae AWR (1978) The general biology and phenology of swarming in the East African tettigoniid Ruspolia differens (Serville) (Orthoptera).

Paraplangia sinespeculo, a new genus and species of bush-cricket, with notes on its biology and a key to the genera of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Madagascar

[10.] Bailey WJ and AWR McCrae The general biology and phenology of swarming in the East African tettigoniid Ruspolia differens (Serville) (Orthoptera).

Commercialization of Ruspolia nitidula (Nsenene grasshoppers) in central Uganda

79), facilitating classification of tettigoniid songs in the field.

Acoustic profiling of Orthoptera: present state and future needs

Polyandry in the wild: temporal changes in female mating frequency and sperm competition intensity in natural populations of the tettigoniid Requena verticalis.

Evidence for multiple paternity in broods of the green lynx spider Peucetia viridans (Araneae: Oxyopidae)

Rhythmic genitalic movements have been demonstrated to induce the female to discard sperm from previous males in the tettigoniid M.

Evidence for widespread courtship during copulation in 131 species of insects and spiders, and implications for cryptic female choice

The CFR's katydid assemblage did not differ significantly from that of the overall South African katydid assemblage in terms of its species traits, threat statuses, or distribution among tettigoniid subfamilies.

Adapting the Dragonfly Biotic Index to a katydid (Tettigoniidae) rapid assessment technique: case study of a biodiversity hotspot, the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa

Behavioral coupling in Tettigoniid hybrids (Orthoptera).

Genetic variation for female mate discrimination in Drosophila melanogaster

Another tettigoniid offers an example where a midline subgenital plate appendage serves in sperm removal.

Erechthis katydids (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in the Caribbean: new species from The Bahamas and Hispaniola

In order to get a clear overview of the stridulation pattern over time, noise and sounds of crickets and another tettigoniid singing in the background were suppressed using an Audio Unit bandpass filter: 20 Hz to 6 kHz -20 db, 6.3 kHz +20 db, 8 to 10 kHz -20 db, 12 to 16 kHz +20 db, 20 kHz -20 db.

The pink katydids of Sabah (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Eulophophyllum) with description of two new species

Also, the term grasshopper may mean acridid and/or tettigoniid (see Pener 2014).

Allergy to crickets: a review

Perhaps this is a good place to commemorate the late Theodore "Ted" Cohn, to whom I am deeply grateful for encouragement during my first steps into tettigoniid taxonomy.

Two mysterious tiny katydids from the Ecuadorian Andes (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hexacentrinae)

Contraction dynamics off light and stridulatory muscles of tettigoniid insects.

Effects of increasing temperature on acoustic advertisement in the Tettigoniidae