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High-speed video recording of Supersonus aequoreus during sound production. Supersonus piercei female in Colombia Supersonus sp. male in Ecuador. Supersonus is a genus of katydids in the order Orthoptera first described in 2014. The genus contains three species which are endemic to the rainforests of South America.
Insects in the family Tettigoniidae are commonly called katydids (especially in North America) [1] or bush crickets. [2] They have previously been known as "long-horned grasshoppers ". [ 3 ] More than 8,000 species are known. [ 1 ]
Unlike most katydids, which are herbivores, the rhinoceros katydid is an omnivore, feeding on fruit, seeds, flowers, invertebrates, frog eggs and small lizards. [2] [3] The species can be quite noisy during the night and produces one of the dominant sounds in Central American lowland forests. [3] Its lifespan is one to two years. [2]
Copiphora are typically fairly large nocturnal katydids with a conspicuous horn-like structure on the top of their head (indistinct in a few species). Copiphora are omnivorous , but with strong predatory tendencies with large individuals even able to catch small frogs and lizards.
The katydid usually stays near vegetation such as shrubs and plants so that it is able to properly camouflage itself as well as maintain a source of close food/nutrients. [5] Since they are nocturnal katydids usually only move about their vegetation habitats in the night time as this allows for the highest chance of safety and food collection. [2]
Adults can be found from mid June through October. The eggs overwinter in the soil, according to literature, at least twice. They mainly feed on other insects, but also on vegetable foods. They are active from noon until night and males are detectable by their characteristic and pleasant singing (hence the Latin name cantans). The females lay ...
Katydids produce acoustical signals by rubbing their tegmina together, a mechanism referred to as tegminal stridulation (first described by Dumortier in 1963). [9] Male Pseudophyllinae katydids (and females of some species, such as Pterophylla camellifolia ) have stridulatory apparati on their tegmina for generating such signals. [ 10 ]
Melanonotus powellorum is a species of katydid in the subfamily Pseudophyllinae. [1] ... flightless, and nocturnal, emerging to feed at night among the leaves of the ...