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tessellated shieldback

Tessellana tessellata (Charpentier 1825)

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map female female female
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female male (France)    
Alien origin and spread of this SINA species.
18 s of calling song; male from El Dorado County, California; 23.0°C. Peak frequency 9 kHz. D.C. Rentz tape DCR21; used by permission.
This waveform is an 8 s excerpt of the 18 s audio file accessible above. Click on waveform to expand last four syllables.
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References: Strohecker 1955, Rentz 1963a, Lyons 2012.
Nomenclature: Formerly Platycleis tessallata; OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online).
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