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Orthoptera

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Also known as orthopteran, orthopterans

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.

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Orthoptera is an order within the class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon, named by Burmeister in 1839, is accepted and commonly referred to as crickets and grasshoppers. This group has existed for about 359 million years.

Records indicate that Orthoptera species inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. The order is documented in various collections, including those at FMNH, UCMP, NHMUK, YPM, and LACM, with records from the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany.

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Species

crickets and grasshoppers

Orthoptera

ORDER

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderOrthoptera
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded8,168,515

直翅目（學名：Orthoptera）包括蝗蟲、螽斯、蟋蟀、蚱蜢、螻蛄等昆蟲，共有約2萬種。前翅是革质，后翅是膜质，静止时成扇状折叠，口器咀嚼式。屬於不完全變態的昆蟲（卵、若蟲、成蟲）。通常有著發達的後腿，善於跳躍。一些直翅目的雄蟲會用翅膀和腿摩擦發出聲音，來吸引雌蟲。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
12,850
With media
5,832
Collections
FMNH, UCMP, NHMUK, YPM, LACM, VMNH
Recorded in
United States, United Kingdom, Germany
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Research

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
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taxon name
Orthoptera
Commons category
Orthoptera
taxon rank
order
topic's main category
Category:Orthoptera
taxon common name
ravnokrilci
start time
359000000-
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Characteristics
  • Life cycle
  • Evolution
  • Phylogeny
  • Taxonomy
  • Relationships with humans
  • As pests
  • As food
  • As creators of biofuel
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orthoptera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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