RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868]. Musical contest between two or three males of a large Cicada. CUL-DAR81.147. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin refers to the 22 April 1868 letter from Fritz Müller. Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 351.
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F. Muller says he has often been struck by a sort of musical contest between two or three males of a large Cicada, with a particularly loud voice. They commonly sit at a considerable distance from each other & sing alternately; as soon as the first has finished his song, the second immediately begins; & after he has concluded, the first begins again & so on.
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Auditory organs in Achetidæ & Locustidæ in tibiae of fore legs - in Acrididae in base of abdomen.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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