Organ Mountains field cricket

Gryllus sotol Weissman & Gray 2019


map	holotype male	female

37 s of calling, from Doña Ana County, N. Mex., 24.1°C. Dominant frequency 3.6 kHz. Recording by D.B. Weissman (S17-4, R17-44); used by permission.

This spectrogram is a 10 s excerpt of the 37 s audio file accessible above. The excerpt begins at 14 s.

Spectrogram showing first 3 chirps of 10 s sample above.

Song:	Weissman and Gray (2019) described the song as a slow chirp with usually 3-5 pulses per chirp (range 3-6), 120-160 chirps per minute. Pulse rate 16.5-22.7 at 25°C.
Identification:	A key to the adult males of native US Gryllus is in Weissman and Gray (2019).
DNA:	See Gray, Weissman, et al. (2020).
Habitat:	Short oaks and other trees, various shrubs, sotol, and cactus were at the type locality.
Life cycle:	Apparently one generation per year though laboratory cultures indicated a possibility for two generations. No obligate egg diapause.
Season:	Overwinter as mid-late instars and the first adults appear in mid-May.
Name derivation:	Named for its association with the sotol shrub.
More information:	Subfamily Gryllinae, genus Gryllus.
References:	Weissman and Gray 2019, pp204-221, pp213-216; Gray, Weissman, et al. 2020.
Nomenclature:	OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online).