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... appear well developed, including both orthopterous and neuropterous forms, in the New Brunswick rocks. Mr Scudder believed he had obtained a specimen of Orthoptera in which a stridulating organ was present. A species of Ephemera, allied to the modern may-fly, had a spread of wing extending to 5 in. In the Scottish Old Red Sandstone myriapods, Kampecaris and Archidesmus, ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 - "Destructors" to "Diameter" • Various

... the orthoptera—an order including species whose transformations are less complete than in other groups, and whose larval and pupal forms are very active, and closely resemble the imago. Two pairs of large wings characterize the adult state, the first pair of which are somewhat ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 • Various

... to make setting boards capable of holding from twenty to thirty individuals at once, it will be seen that, with a little practice, the method is scarcely any more complicated than the one daily employed for coleoptera and orthoptera, which latter, too, must pass through alcohol, and be pinned, spread out, and dried. There are but two additional elements, carbolated glycerine and absorbent paper. I do not estimate the time necessary for desiccation ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 717, September 28, 1889 • Various

Words linked to "Orthoptera" : orthopterous insect, family Locustidae, Acrididae, Tettigoniidae, class Hexapoda, order Orthoptera, orthopteron, Locustidae, family Gryllidae, family Acrididae, orthopteran, Stenopelmatidae, family Tettigoniidae, animal order, Gryllidae, family Stenopelmatidae, class Insecta, Insecta, Hexapoda