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Rodionova E. Y., Sazhnev A. S., Kustov S. Y., Miroliubov A. A. Stress signals of water scavenger beetles Berosus frontifoveatus Kuwert, 1888 and Berosus spinosus Steven, 1808 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Izvestiya of Saratov University. Chemistry. Biology. Ecology, 2021, vol. 21, iss. 3, pp. 309-316. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1816-9775-2021-21-3-309-316

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Biology
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Russian

Stress signals of water scavenger beetles Berosus frontifoveatus Kuwert, 1888 and Berosus spinosus Steven, 1808 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

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Rodionova Elena Yurievna, All-Russian Research Institute of Biological Plant Protection, 1, VNIIBZR St., Krasnodar 350039, Krasnodar region, Russia, rigaey@gmail.com
Sazhnev Alexey Sergeevich , I.D. Papanin Institute for biology of inland waters Russian Academy of Sciences, 152742, Yaroslavl region, Nekouz district, Borok, IBVV RAS, sazh@list.ru
Kustov Semen Yurievich , Kuban State University, 149 Stavropolskaya St., Krasnodar 350040, Russia, kustov-semen@mail.ru
Miroliubov Alexey Alexandrovich, Zoological Institute, 1 Universitetskaya Embankment, St. Petersburg 199034, Alexei.Miroljubov@zin.ru
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Abstract

The study of acoustic signals from various representatives of insects, and in particular coleopterans, has a long history. In the Russian-language literature, systematic, faunistic and ecological studies on aquatic beetles, including those on the family Hydrophilidae, are widely known; however, studies on the bioacoustics of the coleopteran group are quite rare. The aim of our study was to study stress signals of two species of Hydrophilidae – Berosus frontifoveatus Kuwert, 1888 and Berosus spinosus Steven, 1808. The sounds of adults were recorded using a Behringer ECM8000 measuring condenser microphone. The sounds of B. spinosus males have a maximum frequency of occurrence in the range of 3729.31–4013.75 Hz, sounds of B. frontifoveatus is 4895.42–5842.76 Hz. The sounds of B. spinosus females have a maximum frequency of occurrence between 2585.98 and 2807.82 Hz. The sounds of B. frontifoveatus females have a maximum performance of the dominant frequency in the range of 2745.21–3476.23 Hz

Key words: 
aquatic beetles, stridulation, bioacoustic, Russia
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https://doi.org/10.18500/1816-9775-2021-21-3-309-316
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