Utah lava field cricket

Gryllus leei Weissman & Gray 2019


map	holotype male	female

18 s of calling, from Millard County, Utah, 24.5°C. Dominant frequency 4.9 kHz. Recording by D.B. Weissman (S17-6, R17-7); used by permission.

This spectrogram is a 10 s excerpt of the 18 s audio file accessible above. The excerpt begins at 6 s.

Spectrogram showing first 6 chirps of 10 s sample above.

Song:	Weissman and Gray (2019) described the song as a chirp with usually 4 pulses per chirp (range 3-5), 105-200 chirps per minute. Pulse rate 17.5-22.
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:	Singing from cracks in sandstone cliffs and occasionally in valley floors.
Life cycle:	No egg diapause; in the laboratory, many generations per year can be reared but it is uncertain how many generations per year there are in the field.
Season:	Adults from mid-May to early September; nymphs collected from June to August.
Name derivation:	Named for Vincent F. Lee of the CAS for helping Weissman and Gray (2019) collect G. leei and for "...never complaining...when asked to help collect 'one more cricket'."
More information:	Subfamily Gryllinae, genus Gryllus.
References:	Weissman and Gray 2019, pp233-258, pp246-250; Gray, Weissman, et al. 2020.
Nomenclature:	OSF (Orthoptera Species File Online).