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Order Orthoptera and Grylloptera

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(Grasshoppers, crickets)

Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax (SWCSMH)

Updated: October 09, 2013      Freshwater Benthic Ecology and Aquatic Entomology Homepage


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Linnean system of hierarchical classification (Williams & Feltmate, 1992):


Introduction

Orthopterans are not usually thought of as being aquatic, or even semi-aquatic, but a considerable number of species live in association with water (i.e. they are hydrophilous). Recent revision of the group has proposed that it should be split into two: the order Grylloptera, containing the crickets, long-horned grasshoppers, katydids; and the Orthoptera (s. str., or in the strict sense), containing the short-horned grasshoppers and their allies. Both orders contain hydrophilous species.


Feeding

The majority of orthopterans feed by chewing green plant material, but some gryllids collect particles of detritus and a few katydids are known to be predators.

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