Ruspolia nitidula

Species

1,284 recordings
13 trait measurements
2 references
12 specimens

Account

What the sources say about this taxon, as written.

behaviour · bio.acousti.ca

The male song is a prolonged, continuous buzz tthat can last for 10 minutes or more. In this respect the song reembles that of M. roeselii, but it is an almost pure tone of about 13 to 20 kHz (Hathway et al. report a somehwat higher lead frequency), and is delivered almost exclusively at night (Ragge & Reynolds, 1998).

this account at bio.acousti.ca

behaviour · bio.acousti.ca

The calling son, produced almost entirely at night, is a long, continuous buzz, often lasting for 10 minutes or more without pause. Oscillographic analysis shows that it consists of a uniform sequence of syllables repeated at the rate of about 70-100/s. The sound is often produced entirely by the closing strokes of the fore wings, but there are sometimes quieter opening hemisyllables; the closing hemisyllables usually last about 5-7 ms. The song is resonant, the audible sound produced being an almost pure tone of about 13-20 kHz (see Figs 186, 187). The frequency usually becomes lover during the course of each hemisyllable, beginning at about 15-20 kHz and ending at about 13-16 kHz. Bellmann (1985a) describes (p. 90) and illustartes (p. 67) squeaking ('quietschende') sounds occurring at intervals during the song, and these can be heard in his cassette recording (Bellmann, 1985b). Such sounds do not, however, occur in any of our recordings. The song of this species is superficially similar to those of Metrioptera roeselii and Gampsocleis glabra, which also produce prolonged buzzes, However, the songs of these two species are non-resonant, comprising a broad band of frequencies, and confusion is in any case unlikely in the field as they sing mainly during the daytime. Males occassionally produce short echemes lasting only a second or two, but this is almost always in reaction to other males or some other disturbance and cannot be regarded as a normal part of the calling song.

this account at bio.acousti.ca

behaviour · bio.acousti.ca

The song is a very high-pitched loud buzzing, into which quite sharp, almost ultrasonic, 'squeaking' sounds are inserted at regular intervals.

this account at bio.acousti.ca

Acoustic traits

13 measurements across 8 traits. Each name links to its term in the audioBlast vocabulary.

Frequency (kHz)

13-20, 14-18, 15-20->13-16

4 measurements · Calling Call

Time Of Day Of Call

Night

2 measurements · Calling Call

Call Duration

<600

Calling Call

Syllable Repetition Rate (Continuous Song) (Hz)

70-100

Calling Call

Syllable Duration (song is syllable sequence)

0.005-0.007

Calling Call

Measurements

Every value behind the summaries above. Each links to its own record in the API, which carries the reference it was taken from.

TraitValueCallPartSexTemp.Source
Frequency (kHz)13-20Calling CallMalebio.acousti.ca
14-18bio.acousti.ca
13-20Calling CallMalebio.acousti.ca
15-20->13-16Calling CallMalebio.acousti.ca
Crepitation (Presence)AbsentMale; Femalebio.acousti.ca
AbsentMale; Femalebio.acousti.ca
Time Of Day Of CallNightCalling CallMalebio.acousti.ca
NightCalling CallMalebio.acousti.ca
Song StructureSyllable SequenceCalling CallMalebio.acousti.ca
Call Duration<600Calling CallMalebio.acousti.ca
Time Of Day Of Highest Acoustic ActivitySunrise-sunsetbio.acousti.ca
Syllable Repetition Rate (Continuous Song) (Hz)70-100Calling CallMalebio.acousti.ca
Syllable Duration (song is syllable sequence)0.005-0.007Calling CallMalebio.acousti.ca

Recordings

1,284 in audioBlast.

565_5_Ruspolia nitidula
20 s
bio.acousti.ca listen › record
field recording, at 0.30 h, 18°C (Uher 4200IC, tape no.: U13r)
8 s
bio.acousti.ca listen › record
400:10 Ruspolia nitidula (422)
241 s
W. J. Reynolds 1981-09-24 bio.acousti.ca listen › record
400:11 Ruspolia nitidula (422b)
77 s
W. J. Reynolds 1981-09-24 bio.acousti.ca listen › record
400:12 Ruspolia nitidula (422c)
171 s
W. J. Reynolds 1981-09-24 bio.acousti.ca listen › record
XC1175773 Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula) - calling song
28 s
Milan van Hirtum 2026-08-15 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1175772 Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula) - calling song
23 s
Milan van Hirtum 2026-08-14 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1175161 Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula) - courtship song
6 s
Bart Noort 2026-08-26 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1172309 Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula) - calling song
101 s
Cedric Mroczko 2026-08-12 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1162405 Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula) - calling song
67 s
Olivier SWIFT, Hélène CARTAUD 2026-07-24 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1162082 Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula)
22 s
Esperanza Poveda 2026-07-10 xeno-canto listen › record
XC1155520 Large Conehead (Ruspolia nitidula) - calling song, courtship song
17 s
Matthew 2026-07-11 xeno-canto listen › record

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Specimens

Occurrences the recordings are of, in Darwin Core terms.

CatalogueInstitutionBasisSexLife stage
010211224NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211230NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211235NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211241NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211243NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211247NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211249NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211253NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211257NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211255NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211261NHMUKPreservedSpecimen
010211267NHMUKPreservedSpecimen

References

Publications audioBlast links to this taxon.

Sources

The rows audioBlast holds for this taxon, each matched to the same Catalogue of Life node. Where a source classifies it differently, its own classification is kept.

SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
bio.acousti.caHomorocoryphus nitidulus nitidulusSubspeciesTettigoniidaebio.acousti.ca/2556
bio.acousti.caRuspolia nitidulaSpeciesTettigoniidaebio.acousti.ca/542
iNaturalistRuspolia nitidulaSpeciesTettigoniidaeiNaturalist/362292

Machine-readable

Bioschemas is in the head of this page. The Darwin Core RDF lives at the API address below, which negotiates JSON-LD and Turtle.

Bioschemas Taxon, as embedded
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