Tibicina sp. (Tibicina garricola?)

(Insecta: Hemiptera: Tibicinidae)


[Iberian Peninsula: Catalonia: Tarragona Province: Priorat area: Cornudella de Montsant: Camí d'Albarca al Pla del Grau Gran, 888 m.] [GoogleMaps]

The habitat of the recording was an open mediterranenan scrub, with some scattered Pinus halepensis trees.

 

Recorded the 16th july 2012, at unknown temperature, but hot (>20ºC), and windy, at 02: 55 pm. There is an Omocestus minutissimus male song in the background.

The song is composed of short sequences from 2 to 4 seconds.The pulse rate is about 450 to 625 phonatomes/s, but they seemed grouped in motifs of 7-8 phonatomes, with a rate of 65-80 motifs/s. The peak of energy is between 7.50 and 9 kHz.

You can hear and download the audio file here:
http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/16950271/Tibicina_garricola_20120716 



Another recording at the same place, half an hour later (03:25 pm), it has a more continuous structure. It lasts 38 s, and also has a low amplitude prelude. The pulse rate is about the same, but increases from 470 at the beginning to 600 at the end. The peak of energy was similar, between 6.5 and 9.5 kHz:

You can hear and download the audio file here:
http://yourlisten.com/channel/content/16950273/Tibicina_garricola

[It was used a FOSTEX FR 2LE field memory recorder, mode stereo BWF48/24 bits, connected to a an unidireccional microphone RODE NTG3 and a cardioid microphone SHURE SM58]