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Diagnostic notes · 
Plazi
Diagnostic notes. The size, appearance and loud song make Pachysmopoda abbreviata an unmistakable bush-cricket (Fig. 208 ). It is the largest bush-cricket on Socotra , characterised by a reddish-brown or green colour, a sturdy and robust body, broadly rounded and heavily-veined tegmina dotted with little cream spots and larger black ones, the latter as an extension of a black line starting at the anterior edge of the pronotum below the lateral carinae. Hind knees are also black.
biology|habitat · Plazi
Habitat and biology. P. abbreviata occurs in various vegetated habitats from 10–1470 m a. s. l. It is primarily nocturnal, hiding under stones during the day ( Krauss 1907 ). In Feb 2009 , we found it singing at night at Wadi Ayhaft from various herbs, shrubs and trees, like Senna socotrana , Buxus hildebrandtii and Jatropha unicostata (Fig. 212 ). Field observations indicated that a recording of the song played can sometimes trigger song responses from nearby males. Records of both adults and nymphs (Fig. 209 ) are from all months. Most records of nymphs are from the last quarter of the year. The only adults on the 2010 trip were present in October at Adho Dimello. That year, we found no adults at other sites like Wadi Ayhaft, where they were numerous in February 2009 . In 2009, an elytron was found under a stone at Dixam, next to the skin of Monocentropus balfouri Pocock, 1897, suggesting Pachysmopoda is preyed upon by this spider.
Bioacoustics · Plazi
Bioacoustics. The loud, far-carrying calling song of Pachysmopoda abbreviata is an echeme, repeated irregularly, lasting 600–1200 ms (Fig. 211 A ). Echemes consist of 15–27 syllables of equal duration, repeated at about 23 per second. The first few syllables are quieter than the following ones (Fig. 211 B ). The main frequencies of the song are between 9.5 and 21 kHz (Fig. 211 C ) ( XC 877963, accessible at https://www.xeno-canto.org/877963 ).
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