Bioacoustics of Anaceratagallia (Anaceratagallia) camphorosmatis

Biology. The species has a very wide spectrum of ecological preferences. It inhabits wet and dry meadows, steppes, and semideserts; also, is quite common on alfalfa fields. For example, in the central part of Dzhungarsky Alatau Mtn. Range it was found in the steppes at the foothills, on dry mountain slopes and in wet meadow on the riverbank in a ravine. It was collected from Asteraceae ( Artemisia , Achillea ), Chenopodiaceae ( Camphorosma ) and Fabaceae (cultivated alfalfa and several wild species including Trifolium ). Calling signal. Signals of males from the following localities were investigated. 1. Russia , Lower Volga Region , Saratov Oblast , Dyakovka Village ca. 35 km SSW of Krasny Kut , from Artemisia subg. Seriphidium in the steppe, 10. VII. 2004 , signals of one male recorded at 26–27 oC . 2. Southern Kazakhstan , Chu-Ili Mts. West of Korday Pass (ca. 170 km West of Almaty ), steppe on mountain slope, from Achillea sp. ( Asteraceae ), 10. VI. 2017 , signals of three males recorded at 28 oC . FIGURES 134–162. Anaceratagallia ( Anaceratagallia ) camphorosmatis , male genitalia. 134, 136, 138, 140–143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 153–154, 156–157, 160, 162―penis, lateral view, 135, 137, 139, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 155, 158–159, 161―male anal collar appendage. 154–159―after Mityaev (1971) , 160–161―after Mityaev (1975) , 162―after Logvinenko (1984) . 3. Southern Kazakhstan , wet meadow in the floodplain of the Kaskelen River , NE Chemolgan (=Shamalgan), on herbaceous Fabaceae , 11. VI. 2017 , signals of three males recorded at 31 oC . 4. Southern Kazakhstan , Karaoy Village (ca. 30 km North of Almaty ), steppe vegetation on the bank of the Kaskelen River , 12. VI. 2017 , signals of two males recorded at 24 oC . 5. Southern Kazakhstan , 37 km North of Kapchagay, the road to Bakanas, the gorge on low mountain range in the desert, Artemisia (subg. Dracunculus ), 14. VI. 2017 , signals of three males recorded at 36 oC . 6. Southern Kazakhstan , Eastern part of Zailiysky Alatau Mtn. Range, environs of Tauturgen Village (ca. 60 km East of Almaty ), polydominant steppe vegetation on mountain slope, 29. VI. 2019 , signals of two males recorded at 31 oC . 7. Southern Kazakhstan , 25 km SW Saryozek by the road to Kapchagay , Arkharly Pass , steppe on the mountain slope, 16. VI. 2017 , signals of one male recorded at 30 oC . 8. Southeastern Kazakhstan , steppes at the foothills of Dzhungarsky Alatau Mtn. Range ca. 20 km West of Zhansagurov Village, Artemisia (subg. Seriphidium ) and Camphorosma sp., 14. VI. 2019 , signals of one male recorded at 28 oC . 9. Southeastern Kazakhstan , Dzhungarsky Alatau Mtn. Range East of Zhansagurov Village , 15. VI. 2019 , (a) Artemisia (subg. Seriphidium ) on dry mountain slope, signals of one male recorded at 28 oC ; (b) wet meadow in the gorge on the riverbank, signals of one male recorded at 25 oC . 10. Kyrgyzstan , Southern shore of Toktogul Reservoir , from Artemisia (subg. Seriphidium ) in the semidesert, 18. VII. 2016 , signals of one male recorded at 28 oC . 11. Kyrgyzstan , 20 km West of Osh , alfalfa field, 19. VII. 2016 , signals of one male recorded at 28 oC . 12. Kyrgyzstan , Alay Mtn. Range, ca. 25 km SE Kyzyl-Kiya , Abshirsay Gorge , pasture on the riverbank, 15. VII. 2014 , signals of three males recorded at 38 oC . 13. Kyrgyzstan , Alay Mtn. Range, Kurshab River Valley , ca. 10 km NW Gul’cha Town , pasture on the riverbank, 5. VII. 2014 , signals of two males recorded at 28 oC . General structure of the calling signal is the same as in A. ( A .) venosa , A. ( A .) chalchica , and A. ( A .) laevis ( Figs. 124–128 ), but the temporal pattern of the second part is different ( Figs. 129–133 ). Syllables in the second part consist of one lower- and one higher-amplitude pulse each; amplitude relation between pulses can vary considerably (cf. Figs. 130 and 132 ). Syllable repetition period averages 45–56/s at 25–31 oC . Signals of males from different localities do not have significant differences.