Back Orthoptera Afrikaans Orthoptera AN مستقيمات الأجنحة Arabic مستقيمات الاجنحه ARZ Orthoptera AST Düzqanadlılar Azerbaijani Heuschreck BAR Прамакрылыя Byelorussian Правокрили Bulgarian Orthoptera BS
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| Order: | Orthoptera
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Orthoptera are an order of insects.[1] The order contains grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets. "Ortho" means "straight", so "Orthoptera" means "straight wings". This means the front wings, called tegmina, are stiff, straight, and not used for flying. The back wings are membranous and are folded like a fan under the front wings when the insect is not flying. Many species use their wings to make sounds, which we usually call "chirping" noises.
- ↑ Hoell H.V; Doyen J.T. & Purcell A.H. 1998. Introduction to insect biology and diversity. 2nd ed, Oxford University Press, pp. 392–394. ISBN 0-19-510033-6