ORTHOPTERA (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids)
Orthoptera Number of Species Common names Distinguishing characteristics Other features Typical habitats Hexapod Orders 23,000 Grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, katydids Ortho - straight, ptera - wing - vegetation, worldwide -ovipositor -saltatorial hind legs -first group to use sound in communication
Orthopteran Phylogeny
Fossil Crickets & grasshoppers
Characteristics of Orthoptera 1. Chewing Mouthparts
Characteristics of Orthoptera 2. Saltatorial Hind Legs
Two Suborders of Orthoptera 1. Caelifera - Grasshoppers -diurnal, jumping - short antennae - terrestrial (not arboreal) - nocturnal, walking - long antennae - arboreal 2. Ensifera - katydids, crickets
Sound Production Ensifera
Sound production - stridulation
Sound production - habitat modification
Sound Reception Ensifera
Ensifera - hearing
Sound Production Caelifera
Sound Reception Caelifera
Sound Reception
Orthoptera - Camouflage Caelifera
Ensifera - Camouflage/Mimicry
Orthoptera - Camouflage Ensifera
Ensifera - Nutrients to Female
Inject male with radioactive protein Spermatophore takes up radioactive protein Spermatophore passed to female Eggs contain radioactive protein Does the female get the nutrients?
Ensifera - Nutrients to Female Amount of spermatophylax eaten Protein in dietFemale size Egg size % surviving Number of eggs Son: length of time as a juvenile Daughter: length of time as a juvenile Son’s size Spermatophylax size Number of eggs Daughter’s size
Some representative Orthoptera Ensifera Hagloidea - grigs, Cyphoderris Gryllidae - crickets, mole crickets
Some representative Orthoptera Ensifera Stenopalmatidae - Jerusalem cricket & wetas Tettigoniidae - katydids
Some representative Orthoptera Caelifera Acrididae - Grasshoppers & locusts
Economic Importance Schistocerca gregaria - migratory locust SolitaryDispersing
Economic Importance Schistocerca gregaria - migratory locust SolitaryDispersing
Economic Importance Schistocerca gregaria - migratory locust
Locust outbreaks - Australia
Economic Importance