Among insects, tympanal ears evolved at least 18 times, resulting in a diversity of auditory
systems. Insects use their ears in different behavioural contexts, mainly intraspecific …

Biotremology is a field of study focused on an ancient way of communication by animals
endowed with specialized organs for emission and reception of substrate-borne vibrations …

Scolopidial sensilla in insects often form large sensory organs involved in proprioception or
exteroception. Here the knowledge on Nebenorgans and accessory organs, two organs …

Vibratory signals of biotic and abiotic origin occur commonly in the environment of all living
organisms. Many species deliberately produce such signals for communication purposes …

The relationships among and within the families that comprise the orthopteran superfamily
Stenopelmatoidea (suborder Ensifera) remain poorly understood. We developed a …

In Ensifera, the lack of well-supported phylogeny and the focus on acoustic communication
of the terminal taxa hinders understanding of the evolutionary history of their signalling …

In orthopteran insects, a complex tibial organ has evolved to detect substrate vibrations
and/or airborne sound. Species of New Zealand weta (Anostostomatidae) with tympanal …

The subgenual organ is a scolopidial sense organ located in the tibia of many insects. In this
study the neuroanatomy of the subgenual organ complex of stick insects is clarified for two …

The chapter examines characteristics and function of vibratory signals in Orthoptera, which
are emitted by different mechanisms. Detection and neural processing of the spectrally …

Comparative studies of the organization of nervous systems and sensory organs can reveal
their evolution and specific adaptations. In the forelegs of some Ensifera (including crickets …