title: Temporal and spectral properties of the songs of the southern green stink bug Nezara viridula (L.) from Slovenia.
abstract: Substrate born songs of the southern green stinkbug Nezara viridula (L.) from Slovenia were recorded and analysed. The male calling song is composed of narrow-band regularly repeated single pulses and of broad-band frequency modulated pulses grouped into pulse trains. The female calling song is characterised by broad-band pulsed and narrow-band non-pulsed pulse trains. A frequency modulated pre-pulse precedes the narrow-band pulse train. A frequency-modulated post-pulse usually follows the pulse train of the male courtship song. The male calling song triggers broad-band pulse trains of the female courtship song. The female also produces a repelling low-frequency vibration that inhibits male calling and courtship. The male rival song is characterised by prolonged pulses with a typical frequency modulation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Neurobiology, National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cokl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Virant-Doberlet
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stritih
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005260:Female; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D017524:Slovenia; D013997:Time Factors; D014732:Vibration