“Unfortunately, the stridulatory behaviour of these insects has not been adequately studied and no recordings of their songs are available.”
“The pala is not a stridulatory organ, nor has it been shown conclusively that the peculiar strigil of these insects is concerned with sound production.”
“Male Balamara gydia, Australian crickets, have a complete stridulatory apparatus but communicate with females by tapping their abdomens on vegetation.”