…In insects that make noise, such as orthopteran katydids, crickets, grasshoppers, and cicadas, hearing is used to communicate among individuals of the same species, but moths and mayflies can distinguish the sounds made by bats to escape them. These insects have a well-developed hearing organ, the tympanic organ. In katydids and crickets, the tympanic organ is located in the forelimb tibia, in grasshoppers and cicadas in the abdomen, in nocturnal moths in the thorax, and in mayflies in the wings. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "tympanic organ" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…昆虫のうち,直翅(ちよくし)類のキリギリス,コオロギ,バッタやセミ類のように発音する昆虫では,同種個体間の交信に聴覚が用いられるが,ヤガやカゲロウなどでは,コウモリから逃れるためにコウモリの出す音を聞き分けている。これらの昆虫にはよく発達した聴覚器官である鼓膜器官tympanic organがある。鼓膜器官はキリギリスやコオロギでは前肢脛節(けいせつ)に,バッタやセミでは腹部に,ヤガでは胸部に,そしてカゲロウでは羽にそれぞれ存在する。… ※「tympanic organ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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