Tishechkin D.Yu. 2011. Do different species of grass-dwelling small Auchenorrhyncha (Homoptera) have private vibrational communication channels? // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.20. No.2: 135–139 [in English].
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobyevy Gory, Moscow, 119991 Russia. E-mail: macropsis@yandex.ru
KEY WORDS: Homoptera, Auchenorrhyncha, vibrational signals, signal transmission, communication channels, acoustic isolation.
ABSTRACT. It has been found experimentally that under natural conditions in the communities of herbaceous plants transmission of substrate-borne vibrational signals of small Auchenorrhyncha from stem to stem is possible both via the stems or leaves and via the roots. As a result, individuals occurring on different plants can perceive the signals of each other. Consequently, in sympatric species of grass-dwelling Auchenorrhyncha differences in host specialization by no means always provide segregation of vibratory communication channels.