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@@ -86,15 +86,59 @@ systems that process the same sensory modality. Any unified framework that
 captures the essential functional aspects of a given sensory system thus has
 the potential to deepen our current understanding and fasciliate systematic
 investigations. However, building such a framework is a challenging task. It
-requires a wealth of existing knowledge, a clearly defined scope, and careful
-reduction, abstraction, and formalization of the underlying anatomical
-structures and physiological mechanisms.
+requires a wealth of existing knowledge of the system and the signals it
+operates on, a clearly defined scope, and careful reduction, abstraction, and
+formalization of the underlying anatomical structures and physiological
+mechanisms.
 
-The auditory system of grasshoppers provides an excellent case study for
+One sensory system about which extensive information has been gathered over the
+years is the auditory system of grasshoppers~(\textit{Acrididae}). Grasshoppers
+rely on auditory processing primarily for intraspecific communication, which
+includes mate attraction and evaluation~(\bcite{helversen1972gesang}), sender
+localization~(\bcite{helversen1988interaural}), courtship display~(SOURCE),
+rival deterrence~(\bcite{greenfield1993acoustic}), and loss-of-signal predator
+alarm~(SOURCE). The different behavioral contexts are met with 
 
-One such sensory system that has been studied extensively over the course of
-decades is the auditory system of grasshoppers~(\textit{Acrididae}).
+Different acustic signals are used for different behavioral
+contexts and communication ranges
 
+Depending on the behavioral context and the communication range,
+
+
+Grasshoppers generate their most conspicious acoustic signals
+---~commonly referred to as "songs"~--- by stridulation.
+
+
+Different acoustic signals may be generated using different
+body parts ---~wings, hindlegs, or mandibles~--- 
+
+
+Different acoustic signals may be generated using different
+body parts ---~wings, hindlegs, or mandibles~--- but the most conspicious
+
+
+The required acoustic signals for different contexts and ranges
+may be generated using different body parts ---~wings, hindlegs, or
+mandibles~--- but the most common sound production mechanism is stridulation,
+during which the animal pulls the serrated stridulatory file on its hindlegs
+across a resonating vein on the forewings. The resulting "songs"
+
+
+The reliance on acoustic communication signals represents a strong evolutionary
+driving force, that resulted in a massive species diversification among
+grasshoppers~(\bcite{vedenina2011speciation},
+\bcite{sevastianov2023evolution}).
+
+
+
+Grasshoppers produce their most conspicious acoustic signals
+---~commonly referred to as "songs"~--- by stridulation, during which the
+animal rubs the serrated stridulatory file on its hindleg across a resonating
+vein on the forewing. 
+
+Among the several thousand recognized grasshopper
+species~(\bcite{cigliano2018orthoptera}), diverse species-specific sound
+repertoires and production mechanisms