Abstract

Abstract Here the first record of communication through substrate‐borne vibrations for the Lophopidae family is reported. The signals from Magia subocellata that the authors recorded were short calls with a decreasing frequency modulation. Acoustic vibrations have been observed for other families within the Hemiptera and a scenario concerning the historical use of vibrational communication within the Hemiptera is tested using a phylogenetic inference. The most parsimonious hypothesis suggests that substrate‐borne communication is ancestral for the hemipteran order and highlights the groups for which future acoustic research should be undertaken.

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