Biology:Hapithus agitator
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Short description: Species of cricket
| Hapithus agitator | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Gryllidae |
| Subfamily: | Hapithinae |
| Tribe: | Hapithini |
| Genus: | Hapithus |
| Species: | H. agitator
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| Binomial name | |
| Hapithus agitator Uhler, 1864
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Hapithus agitator is a species of cricket in the genus Hapithus ("flightless bush crickets"), in the subfamily Hapithinae ("bush crickets"). A common name for it is "restless bush cricket". It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
Breeding
Males of this species make calls not to attract females, like other similar organisms do; they themselves choose with whom to mate thanks to chemical interactions which occur when both individuals connect their antennas together. When courting, the male silently vibrates its wings. The female may gnaw at the tegmina of the male during mating. This is theorized to be a strategy to keep the female in place longer during mating for better reproductive success. [5]
References
- ↑ Otte, Daniel; Cigliano, Maria Marta; Braun, Holger; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Hapithus agitator Uhler, 1864". http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1124180.
- ↑ "Hapithus agitator Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=102350.
- ↑ "Hapithus agitator". https://www.gbif.org/species/1717340.
- ↑ "Hapithus agitator species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/6965.
- ↑ Alexander, Richard D.; Otte, Daniel (1967). "Cannibalism during Copulation in the Brown Bush Cricket, Hapithus agitator (Gryllidae)". The Florida Entomologist 50 (2): 79–87. doi:10.2307/3493615. ISSN 0015-4040. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3493615.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10517583 entry
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