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IN the course of experiments directed to another end, we have had occasion to determine the sensitivity at different stimulus frequencies of certain structures in the cricket (Gryllus domesticus) and the locust (Locusta migratoria migratorioides). These structures are (a) the long hair-sensilla on the cercus of the cricket, recently shown to subserve a partially acoustic function1, (b) the tympanal organ of the locust and (c) receptor organs which we believe to be identical with the short hair-sensilla generally distributed over the body of the locust.
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PUMPHREY, R., RAWDON-SMITH, A. Sensitivity of Insects to Sound. Nature 137, 990 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137990a0
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