Highlights•Vibration receptor organs contain mechanosensilla detecting substrate
vibrations.•Vibrations are important signals by potential mates and rivals or predator …

Animal communication, including that among humans, is fascinating in its efficiency,
diversity and its complexity. The evolution of a communication signal requires that the …

Signalling via substrate vibration represents one of the most ubiquitous and ancient modes
of insect communication. In crickets (Grylloidea) and other taxa of tympanate Ensifera …

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 …

Insect ears evolved many times independently. As a consequence, a striking diversity exists
in the location, construction and behavioural implementation of ears. In this review, we first …

Effective communication is essential in animal life to allow fundamental behavioral
processes and survival. Communicating by surface-borne vibrations is likely the most …

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 …

Although vibrational signalling is among the most ancient and common forms of
communication, many fundamental aspects of this communication channel are still poorly …

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

Bush-crickets have their ears in the front tibia with the sensory organ located between two
eardrums. An acoustic trachea that amplifies higher frequencies guides sound towards the …