Weissman's conehead
Bucrates n.sp. A
under construction

map	male	female	cone
male	male terminalia

5 s of calling song [1.58MB]; male from 6750 feet, Kitt Peak, Pima County, Arizona. 25°C. From D. B. Weissman recording no. 90-45, used by permission.

Waveform of 5 s of DBW rec. no. 90-45. 25°C. Peak frequency 15 kHz.
Click on first half of waveform to hear graphed song.
Click on second half of waveform to expand last 0.2 s.

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Song:  High-pitched, whiny, continuous buzz.

Song data:   189 wingstrokes per s at 25 C.

Similar Species:  No other species of Bucrates is so small or is known from anywhere near Arizona.

Remarks:  In email Weissman wrote, "It was warmer on the mountain up near the observatory (at 7,000 feet, on road 386), than lower down where 386 intersects with Highway 86. The 2 males were captured around 6,750 feet near mile post marker 9. The female was found on the road in the same area. I heard singing individuals all the way down to the intersection of 386 and 86, which I think is around 4,500' They were easily audible from the moving car. 2 males found singing in usual low roadside vegetation."

More information:  subfamily Copiphorinae.

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