Acoustic communication is enabled by the evolution of specialised hearing and sound
producing organs. In this study, we performed a large-scale macroevolutionary study to …

Insects must wonder why mammals have ears only in their head and why they evolved only
one common principle of ear design—the cochlea. Ears independently evolved at least 19 …

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 …

Orthoptera have been used for decades for numerous evolutionary questions but several of
its constituent groups, notably crickets, still suffer from a lack of a robust phylogenetic …

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 …

In this contribution to the study of gryllacridines or raspy crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae),
a new proposal for classification of this family is provided, dividing it into two subfamilies and …

The current classification system of the family Gryllacrididae primarily relies on
morphological characteristics, with limited molecular studies conducted. In this study, we …

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 …

Individuals of the insect order Mantophasmatodea use species-specific substrate vibration
signals for mate recognition and location. In insects, substrate vibration is detected by …

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 …