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Grasshopper Scientific Illustration Sheet

Gafanhoto (grasshopper)

Reino (kingdom): Animalia
Divisão (division): Neoptera
Filo (phylum): Arthropoda
Classe (class): Insecta
Subclasse (subclass): Pterygota
Ordem (order): Orthoptera
Subordem (suborder): Caelifera

Carateristicas das Asas: As asas posteriores são membranosas e em forma de leque. Comparadas com as tégminas (asas anteriores), o par posterior contribui três vezes mais para a sustentação do voo. Ambos pares fornecem caracteres diagnósticos que auxiliam na identificação das espécies.

Wing Characteristics: The hind wings are membranous and fan-shaped. Compared with the tegmina, the hind pair contribute three times as much to flight lift. Both pairs afford diagnostic characters that aid in the identification of species. 

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