Bioacoustics of Mecopoda minor

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diagnosis · Plazi

Diagnosis (species group “c”). The songs are constituted by numerous discontinuous chirps at the beginning followed by continuous syllables ( Figs 3 a–k). Notes. According to the song characteristics ( Liu et al ., 2019 ), M. hainanensis He, 2019 , should be put into the species group. Included species and subspecies. M. minor sp. n. ( East Asia ), M. m. yunnana sub sp. n. ( China ), M. hainanensis He, 2019 ( China ) .

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diagnosis · Plazi

Diagnosis. The subspecies is distinguished from the nominate subspecies by the much longer stridulatory file and large number of stridulatory teeth (see measurements in Tables 5–6). Table 5. Measurements (in mm) of male stridulatory apparatus of Mecopoda species. species N FL TN TD LRSA WRSA LM WM 5.21±0.29 110±4 0.047±0.002 13.05±1.17 6.18±0.6 6.12±0.50 2.71±0.18 M. niponensis 19 (4.79-5.6) (104-118) ( 0.044 -0.051 ) (10.28-15.2) (5.18-7.2) (4.82-6.77) (2.4-3) 5.19±0.28 110±7 0.047±0.003 12.73±0.4 5.75±0.2 6.43±0.23 2.46±0.13 M. fallax 15 (4.78-5.8) (101-120) ( 0.041 -0.053 ) (11.88-13.28) (5.42-6.14) (6.04-6.85) (2.22-2.75) 5.59±0.30 108±6 0.052±0.003 14.68±0.72 6.29±0.36 7.26±0.34 2.59±0.16 M. crescendo 25 (4.8-5.99) (101-122) ( 0.045 -0.056 ) (13.34-16.8) (5.36-7) (6.61-8.2) (2.32-2.84) M. himalaya 1 5.59 96 0.058 15.3 7.22 7.2 2.88 6.11±0.42 87±5 0.070±0.006 15.71±0.96 7.14±0.42 7.06±0.24 2.72±0.14 M. tibetensis 5 (5.47-6.57) (81-93) ( 0.065 -0.079 ) (14.71-17.01) (6.75-7.83) (6.76-7.41) (2.58-2.96) M. marmorata 1 5.18 64 0.81 14.68 6.59 7.03 2.69 4.81±0.27 86±5 0.056±0.003 13.87±1.06 5.38±0.23 6.26±0.44 1.55±0.14 M. confracta 14 (4.31-5.22) (78-94) ( 0.051 -0.062 ) (10.74-15.4) (4.84-5.60) (5.08-6.8) (1.37-1.82) 4.87±0.15 95±5 0.051±0.002 13.23±0.63 5.25±0.16 6.33±0.23 1.60±0.11 M. synconfracta 17 (4.62-5.12) (86-103) ( 0.048 -0.055 ) (12.06-14.94) (4.85-5.48) (5.97-6.86) (1.41-1.84) M. sp. ( Vietnam ) 1 4.75 92 0.052 12.76 5.24 6.16 1.84 4.19±0.29 84±3.6 (78- 0.0498±0.0025 10.88±0.61 4.71±0.30 5.08±0.23 1.78±0.098 M. m. minor 18 (3.73-4.69) 92) ( 0.044 -0.054 ) (9.92-12.18) (4.04-5.21) (4.61-5.42) (1.6-1.99) 5.24±0.17 116±4 0.045±0.0017 11.29±0.48 5.39±0.18 5.36±0.22 2.15±0.11 M. m. yunnanensis 13 (5.04-5.56) (107-122) ( 0.043 -0.048 ) (10.54-11.85) (5.07-5.67) (5.04-5.79) (2.01-2.33) 4.82±0.01 90.5±0.7 0.053±0.0006 13.25±0.64 5.29±0.095 6.35±0.21 1.55±0.07 M. elongata ( India ) 2 (4.81-4.83) (90-91) ( 0.0529 -0.0537 ) (12.8-13.7) (5.22-5.36) (6.2-6.5) (1.5-1.6) Chirper 9 3.94 93.3 0.0422 Double chirper 9 5.3 87.7 0.0604 Two Part Caller 5 4.51 90.2 0.0500 Train 10 4.62 84.9 0.0544 Helicopter 8 5.47 100.8 0.0543 Notes. FL: file length; TN: tooth number; TD: tooth density; LRSA: largest length of right stridulatory area; WRSA: largest width of right stridulatory area; LM: largest length of mirror; WM: largest width of mirror. Table 6. Measurements (in mm) of male body size of Mecopoda species. species N LP LFF LMF LHF TL TW RTLW 7.72±0.45 10.41±0.43 12.47±0.73 36.29±2.42 43.17±4.05 15.42±1.52 2.81±0.27 M. niponensis 19 (6.82-8.55) (9.59-11.34) (11.09-13.59) (30.96-40.23) (34.57-49.3) (11.69-18.97) (2.19-3.36) 8.44±0.36 11.75±0.93 14.27±0.52 42.19±1.18 56.29±2.16 15.87±1.06 3.56±0.25 M. fallax 15 (7.95-9.03) (9.35-13.11) (13.2-15.17) (40.28-44.56) (52.57-59.22) (13.78-17.43) (3.21-4.23) 9.55±0.6 12.92±0.89 16.02±0.8 47.86±3.05 65.66±3.08 18.34±0.91 3.58±0.15 M. crescendo 25 (8.48-10.84) (10.28-14.67) (14.27-18.03) (42-55.75) (57.23-72.45) (16.02-19.67) (3.26-3.93) M. himalaya 1 10.25 13.84 17.11 49.14 65.71 16.63 3.95 9.8±0.24 14.30±0.38 17.05±0.53 48.55±1.08 63.98±2.19 18.26±0.55 3.50±0.077 M. tibetensis 5 (9.38-10.01) (13.87-14.72) (16.59-17.87) (47.31-49.96) (62.01-67.09) (17.38-18.86) (3.41-3.57) M. marmorata 1 8.96 14.11 17.39 53.46 66.24 16.94 3.91 8.73±0.41 11.68±1.44 14.74±1.27 45.37±2.11 58.81±1.89 15.11±0.72 3.90±0.13 M. confracta 14 (8.05-9.4) (9.77-13.99) (12.42-16.46) (41.6-48.72) (55.36-61.33) (13.43-15.93) (3.70-4.12) 8.97±0.47 10.78±0.94 13.80±1.18 42.94±3.52 59.03±2.24 14.88±0.70 3.97±0.13 M. synconfracta 17 (8.02-9.65) (9.3-13.58) (12.24-16.79) (34.46-48.36) (54.87-62.6) (13.43-16.48) (3.71-4.14) M. sp. ( Vietnam ) 1 8.65 13.33 14.91 45.25 58.13 14.69 3.96 4.00±0.30 7.78±0.58 10.15±1.08 12.65±1.23 37.90±3.70 47.99±3.79 12.05±1.05 M. m. minor 18 (3.04- (6.83-8.86) (8.24-12.51) (10.5-15.7) (31.68-42.82) (40.24-52.79) (9.63-13.5) 4.39) 7.28±0.35 9.11±0.42 11.64±0.36 34.92±1.44 46.91±1.85 12.96±0.75 3.63±0.19 M. m. yunnanensis 13 (6.78-7.98) (8.37-9.73) (11.06-12.25) (32.53-37.39) (43.37-50.05) (11.69-14.04) (3.30-4.08) 8.45±0.49 9.75±1.06 13±1.41 43.5±1.41 52.3±0.99 12.85±1.06 4.07±0.26 M. elongata ( India ) 2 (8.1-8.8) (9-10.5) (12-14) (42.5-44.5) (51.5-52.9) (12.1-13.6) (3.89-4.26) Chirper 9 6.94 8.44 11.59 35.3 46.18 10.58 4.36 Double chirper 9 7.66 10.47 12.8 38.89 50.7 11.66 4.35 Two Part Caller 5 8.22 10.92 13.3 40.37 52.88 12.03 4.40 Train 10 7.62 10.38 12.88 40.29 50.48 12.09 4.18 Helicopter 8 8.37 11.81 14.01 41.7 53.08 13.71 3.87 Notes. LP: length of pronotum; LFF: length of fore femur; LMF: length of mid femur; LHF: length of hind femur; TL: tegminal length; TW: tegminal width; RTLW: ratio between tegminal length and width. Measurements about Chirper, Double chirper, Two Part Caller, Train, and Helicopter follow from Nityananda & Balakrishnan (2006) . Table 7. Measurements (in mm) of female body size of Mecopoda species. species N LP LFF LMF LHF TL TW RTLW OL 7.59±0.06 12.18±0.12 14.86±0.12 43.02±0.38 48.88±0.51 11.66±0.13 4.21±0.04 27.85±0.32 M. niponensis 67 (6.78-9.28) (10.29-15.54) (13.05-17.15) (32.97-51.78) (39.35-61.49) (9.27-13.74) (3.5-5.36) (19.27-32.98) 7.7±0.43 11.19±0.22 14.57±0.26 43.8±1.76 56.21±3.89 12.13±0.16 4.64±0.33 22.54±1.21 M. fallax (Yunnan) 3 (7.07-8.51) (10.76-11.43) (14.07-14.92) (41.29-47.18) (49.57-63.05) (11.80-12.31) (4.03-5.14) (20.78-24.85) 9.18±0.3 14.79±0.44 17.70±0.75 54.60±2.05 69.34±2.98 15.62±0.65 4.44±0.09 30.64±1.46 M. fallax (other places) 4 (8.36-9.77) (13.51-15.41) (15.92-19.60) (49.92-58.68) (63.23-74.79) (144-17.25) (4.29-4.66) (26.30-32.56) 9.43±0.22 14.73±0.18 18.41±0.2 55.59±0.97 70.00±1.75 15.76±0.40 4.44±0.06 30.61±1.05 M. crescendo 9 (8.76-10.57) (13.75-15.41) (17.5-19.08) (50.09-59.35) (58.16-76.69) (13.59-17.22) (4.20-4.64) (27.80-37.28) 8.7±0.54 14.26±2.7 17.58±3.12 52.32±5.59 67.11±7.18 13.83±2.73 4.94±0.46 28.2±6.25 M. tibetensis 2 (8.16-9.23) (11.56-16.95) (14.46-20.70) (46.73-57.91) (59.93-74.28) (11.1-16.56) (4.49-5.4) (21.95-34.45) 9.1±0.31 15.24±0.01 52.04±0.21 66.91±0.86 13.81±0.29 4.85±0.04 28.10±0.2 M. confracta 2 (8.79-9.41) (15.22-15.25) 18.04 (51.83-52.24) (66.05-67.77) (13.52-14.10) (4.81-4.89) (27.9-28.29) 8.6±0.39 11.54±0.45 15.24±0.36 47.47±2.39 61.63±2.36 12.49±0.77 5.02±0.19 29.88±2.28 M. synconfracta 9 (5.88-9.83) (9.43-13.99) (13.73-16.15) (31.12-53.95) (45.58-69.93) (10.39-15.13) (4.01-5.93) (25.46-32.68) 8.36±0.05 12.15±0.97 16.03±0.48 48.30±0.18 62.03±1.47 13.02±0.64 4.77±0.12 24.7±0.73 M. sp. ( Vietnam ) 2 (8.3-8.41) (11.18-13.12) (15.55-16.51) (48.12-48.47) (60.56-63.50) (12.38-13.66) (4.65-4.89) (23.97-25.43) 8.04±0.14 11.02±0.34 14.30±0.34 44.66±0.98 55.29±1.07 10.63±0.30 5.21±0.11 24.55±0.78 M. m. minor 27 (6.21-9.3) (8.37-13.41) (11.02-16.52) (34.45-52.65) (42.96-69.90) (8.55-13.39) (3.98-6.18) (17.1-31.78) 7.50±0.57 9.75±0.32 12.85±0.13 39.6±0.86 52.27±2.1 11.21±0.06 4.66±0.16 19.18±0.05 M. m. yunnanensis 2 (6.93-8.06) (9.43-10.07) (12.72-12.98) (38.74-40.46) (50.17-54.37) (11.15-11.27) (4.5-4.82) (19.13-19.23) Notes. LP: length of pronotum; LFF: length of fore femur; LMF: length of mid femur; LHF: length of hind femur; TL: tegminal length; TW: tegminal width; RTLW: ratio between tegminal length and width; OL: ovipositor length.

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XC1173836 Mecopoda minor - calling song
137 s
小菜鸟 2026-08-21 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1148209 Mecopoda minor - calling song
23 s
Dave Guo 2026-03-25 xeno-canto listen › record
XC980711 Mecopoda minor - calling song
270 s
Ray Tsu 诸仁 2023-09-06 xeno-canto listen › record
XC831926 Mecopoda minor - calling song
457 s
Ray Tsu 诸仁 2023-09-06 xeno-canto listen › record
iNat34728536 Mecopoda minor
Takaaki Hattori 2019-10-18 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat63953642 Mecopoda minor
portioid 2020-11-01 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat189833654 Mecopoda minor
K_Kawashima 2023-10-30 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat195652370 Mecopoda minor
Alexey Reshchikov 2023-11-22 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat251295580 Mecopoda minor
JIN Pin-Tsen 2024-11-11 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat251297469 Mecopoda minor
JIN Pin-Tsen 2024-11-11 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat303422557 Mecopoda minor
老山敬德 2025-08-03 iNaturalist listen › record
iNat313310950 Mecopoda minor
wwwa 2025-09-12 iNaturalist listen › record

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