Orthoptera
Sign in to saveOrthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts, and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives.
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Orthoptera is an order of insects that includes grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, katydids, and wētā, divided into two main suborders based on their characteristics. These insects are significant members of ecosystems around the world and are familiar to many people through their sounds and presence in gardens and fields.
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- Etymology
- Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Evolution
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomy
- Relationships with humans
- As pests
- As food
- As creators of biofuel
- See also
- References
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Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts, and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives.
More than 20,000 species are distributed worldwide. The insects in the order have incomplete metamorphosis, and produce sound (known as a "stridulation") by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps. The tympanum, or ear, is located in the front tibia in crickets, mole crickets, and bush crickets or katydids, and on the first abdominal segment in the grasshoppers and locusts. These organisms use vibrations to locate other individuals.