Orders

Adult Orthoptera Features

Body Type

1. Pronotum extending backward to near tip of abdomen or beyond in adult, covering entire thorax in nymph .......... (pigmy locusts) TETRIGIDAE
Pronotum not extending behind thorax, at least metanotum exposed in nymph .....................................................2 2. Hind tarsi one -segmented or absent ........(pigmy mole crickets) TRIDACTYLIDAE
Hind tarsi three- or four -segmented .........................................3

4. Tarsi three-segmented ........................................5
Tarsi four-segmented ....................................................6

7. Mesonota and metanota similar to pronotum ...................(cave and camel crickets) GRYLLACRIDIDAE
Pronotum longer than both mesonota and metanota and shieldlike ..........................(sand crickets) STENOPELMATIDAE