In 1869, a study at the London Museum made the first scientific description of the Prophalangopsis obscura, which belongs to the katydids and is a distant relative of the grasshoppers. The only case of this insect known today was caught in India, but unknown.
Science knows next to nothing about P. obscura, so British research decided on a non-searching. With the help of modern equipment, 3D-sanitized necessary insect roofs and a fraction of x digitally were tested. Grasshoppers make sounds by rubbing their paws on their wings, so with the help of models it was possible to synthesize the sounds of P. Obscura, which he makes to attract partners.
It turned out that the song of P. dark sounds at frequencies of 4.7 k, it sounds like n n n n n n n n n n n n looking for a partner to weld. However, this means that P. obscura has been around since the Jurassic. How did he survive?
The swarming hypothesis is that P. dark adapted to life in the highlands, which is cold for bats. At the same time, it is spacious here, which is convenient for his travels. Scientists believe the likely habitat is Tibet and northern India, where they are going to place acoustic baits that reproduce the sounds of these insects in order to find probable surviving individuals.
Source: Tech Cult
