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Prophalangopsis
Dorsal view of a Prophalangopsis obscura specimen collected in India. Identified by Francis Walker (entomologist) in 1869.
Prophalangopsis obscura, dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Prophalangopsidae
Genus: Prophalangopsis
Species: P. obscura
Binomial name
Prophalangopsis obscura
(Walker, F., 1869)
Synonyms
  • Tarraga obscura Walker, F., 1869

Prophalangopsis is a South Asian insect genus, in the family Prophalangopsidae, distantly related to crickets and other Ensifera, erected by Francis Walker in 1869. There is one species: Prophalangopsis obscura, which is a winged insect species found in North India and the Tibetan Plateau. It is one of only a few surviving species in the family Prophalangopsidae. F. Walker described it in 1869 from a single male specimen from India. Liu et al collected two possible female specimens in 2009.

Bioacoustic modeling

In 2022, researchers attempted to recreate the call that P. obscura would make with its legs by using 3D scanning, microscopy, and a Laser Doppler vibrometer.

Gallery

Reconstructed calling song of Prophalangopsis obscura This is an attempt to reconstruct the calling song of Prophalangopsis obscura by using 3D scanning, microscopy, and a Laser Doppler vibrometer.
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  • Charlie Woodrow, Prophalangopsis obscura (2022) Charlie Woodrow, Prophalangopsis obscura (2022)
  • The lateral habitus of a P. obscura specimen collected in India. The lateral habitus of a P. obscura specimen collected in India.
  • The tympanal organ of a P. obscura specimen collected in India. The tympanal organ of a P. obscura specimen collected in India.

Notes

  1. Walker identified the location as Hindustan, which is present-day India. Sir John Bennet Hearsey, a British army officer stationed in North India, collected the specimen.

References

  1. ^ Walker, Francis (1869). Catalogue of the specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and supplement of the Blattari in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. Part 1. London: The British Museum. pp. 100–101. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8149. OCLC 469668702.
  2. ^ Ashworth, James (2022-08-11). "Listen to the call: Scientists recreate the song of a 150-year-old insect that could help rediscover its species". Phys.org. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  3. Liu, Xianwei; Zhou, Min; Bi, Wenxuan; Tang, Liang (2009), "New data on taxonomy of recent Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Hagloidea)", Zootaxa, 2026: 53–62, doi:10.5281/ZENODO.186174, retrieved 2022-08-12
  4. Liu, Xianwei; Zhou, Min; Bi, Wenxuan; Tang, Liang (2009), Prophalangopsis obscura Walker 1869, doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6223350, retrieved 2022-08-12
  5. Tamisiea, Jack (2022-08-10). "Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  6. ^ Woodrow, Charlie; Baker, Ed; Jonsson, Thorin; Montealegre-Z, Fernando (2022-08-10). "Reviving the sound of a 150-year-old insect: The bioacoustics of Prophalangopsis obscura (Ensifera: Hagloidea)". PLOS ONE. 17 (8). Public Library of Science (PLoS): e0270498. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1770498W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0270498. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 9365155. PMID 35947546.

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Taxon identifiers
Prophalangopsis
Prophalangopsis obscura
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