tessellated shieldback
Platycleis tessellata (Charpentier 1825)

map	female	female
male (France)

18 s of calling song [1.55MB]; male from El Dorado Co., Calif.; 23.0°C. (D.C. Rentz tape DCR21; used by permission).

Waveform of 8 s of calling at 23.0°C (from DCR21). Peak frequency 9 kHz.
Click on first half of waveform to hear graphed song.
Click on second half of waveform to expand last four syllables.

References: Rentz 1963a, Strohecker 1955.

Nomenclature: OSFO2 (Orthoptera Species File Online)