Research on insect biotremology has resulted in a burgeoning body of literature over the
past few decades. Despite this, several biases and knowledge gaps have been proposed …

Recently diverged or diverging populations can offer unobstructed insights into early
barriers to gene flow during the initial stages of speciation. The current study utilised a novel …

Over the past few decades, scientists have discovered that insects live in complex vibratory
environments that they both create and exploit for their survival. Yet, this growing body of …

The female internal reproductive anatomy of two mantophasmatodean species,
Karoophasma biedouwense and Viridiphasma clanwilliamense, is described in detail using …

This book series provides a wide coverage of animal communication research including
signal production and perception, development, behavioural mechanisms, signal function …

To expand the scope of soundscape ecology to encompass substrate-borne vibrations (ie
vibroscapes), we analyzed the vibroscape of a deciduous forest floor using contact …

The spectacular discovery of the new insect order Mantophasmatodea in 2002 was
immediately followed by detailed studies on morphology and scattered information on …

We document the sensitivity to sinusoidal vibrations for chordotonal organs in the stick insect
tibia (Sipyloidea sipylus). In the tibia, the scolopidial subgenual organ (~ 40 scolopidial …

An amazing variety of animals communicate by vibrational signals. The behavior is common,
diverse and occurs in multiple taxa ranging from spiders and insects to rodents and …

The Grylloblattodea (ice crawlers or rock crawlers) and Mantophasmatodea (heelwalkers or
gladiators, also called “(African) rock crawlers” by Engel and Grimaldi 2004) are the two …