PAGIPHORA ASCHEIKARTAL (HEMIPTERA: CICADIDAE) FROM CRETE (GREECE) - DISTRIBUTION AND DESCRIPTION OF ITS SONG

Using recording equipment for sonic range we recorded the calling song of Pagiphora aschei Kartal 1978 that can be found in the Greek island of Crete and in the Antalya Province of Turkey. In Crete, P. aschei is widely distributed and common from the seacoast up to 600 m a.s.l. Nevertheless, the song of this species had not been described until now. The calling song structure is characteristic and easily distinguishable from the songs of related cicadas. Typical for the calling song are two song patterns, monotonous repetition of short echemes and continuous song. The calling song is made of three phrases (A, B, C). Phrase A consists of short echemes, phrase B has an introductory part of continuous song, which switches without any interruption to sequence of short echemes, and phrase C consists of continuous song with characteristic amplitude envelope. This species-specific calling song pattern is compared with known songs of other Pagiphora species.Original Abstract: S pomocjo snemalne opreme za slusno obmocje smo posneli pozivni napev skrzada vrste Pagiphora aschei Kartal 1978, ki je razsirjena na grskem otoku Kreta in v Antaliji v Turciji. Na Kreti je vrsta splosno razsirjena in pogosta od morske obale do nadmorske visine 600 metrov. Kljub temu oglasanje te vrste se ni bilo opisano. Struktura napeva je vrstno znacilna in jo po pozivnem napevu zlahka locimo od napevov sorodnih pojocih skrzadov. Znacilna za pozivni napev sta dva zvocna vzorca, enakomerno ponavljanje kratkih ehemov in neprekinjeni napev, ki tvorita tri fraze (A, B, C). Za frazo A je znacilno enakomerno ponavljanje kratkih ehemov, medtem ko frazo B sestavljata uvodni neprekinjeni napev in sosledje kratkih ehemov, ki se brez prekinitve nadaljujejo iz njega. Frazo C sestavlja neprekinjen napev z znacilno amplitudo ovojnice. Vrstno znacilni pozivni napev sva primerjala tudi z drugimi pojocimi skrzadi istega rodu.