{"data":[{"source":"bio.acousti.ca","id":"52759","type":"article","title":"The evolutionary convergence of hearing in a parasitoid fly and its cricket host","author":"Robert, Daniel; Amoroso, J; Hoy, Ronald R.","editor":null,"year":"1992","month":null,"journal":"Science","booktitle":null,"series":null,"howpublished":null,"volume":"258","number":"5085","pages":"1135 - 1137","chapter":null,"edition":null,"publisher":null,"organization":null,"institution":null,"school":null,"address":null,"type_of_work":null,"note":null,"isbn":null,"issn":"0036-8075","doi":"10.1126\/science.1439820","url":"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/cgi\/doi\/10.1126\/science.1439820https:\/\/syndication.highwire.org\/content\/doi\/10.1126\/science.1439820","attachments":"https:\/\/bio.acousti.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/1135.full_.pdf","keywords":null,"abstract":"Parasitism is a widespread and diverse life strategy that connects species throughout the animal kingdom. Female parasitoid flies of the genus Ormia must find a specific cricket host on which to deposit their parasitic maggots. To reproduce, female flies must perform the same task as female crickets: find a singing male cricket. These flies have evolved a unique hearing organ that allows them to detect and locate singing male crickets. Through evolutionary convergence, these flies possess a hearing organ that much more resembles a cricket's ear than a typical fly's ear, allowing these parasitoids to take advantage of the sensory ecological niche of their host.","type_name":"Journal Article","journal_abbreviation":"Science","pmid":null,"info_url":"https:\/\/bio.acousti.ca\/node\/52759"}]}