{"id":305,"date":"2022-04-13T19:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T23:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/?post_type=chapter&p=305"},"modified":"2022-05-03T21:13:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T01:13:12","slug":"other-orthopteroid-orders","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/unbcbiol322\/chapter\/other-orthopteroid-orders\/","title":{"raw":"Other Orthopteroid Orders","rendered":"Other Orthopteroid Orders"},"content":{"raw":"
We have no specimens of the last four orders. You should be aware of their existence, but will not be required to identify them in the lab.<\/div>\r\nEmbioptera<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Embioptera (\u201cembio\u201d = \u201clively\u201d, referring to the speed of movement of the wings), or webspinners, are found in tropical and subtropical regions. They can fly both forwards and backwards. Adults have enlarged front tarsi, from which they can produce silk.\r\n\r\nZoraptera<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Zoraptera (\u201czora\u201d = \u201cpure\u201d, \u201captera\u201d = \u201cwingless\u201d) do not have a common name. When first discovered, this was thought to be an order with only wingless insects. Winged, or alate, forms were found later. The order contains a single tropical and subtropical family, with one genus and 34 species. All are fairly small, ~3mm, and gregarious. Their relationships, phylogeny, and ecology are not well-understood.\r\n\r\nGrylloblattodea<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Grylloblattodea, or rock crawlers, are found only at high elevations and in cave habitats. They are active only in the cold. As the weather warms seasonally, they will burrow down to the permafrost layer.\r\n\r\nMantophasmatodea<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe Mantophasmatodea, are commonly known as the gladiators or heelwalkers. The order is restricted to South Africa, and was first described in 2002. They are sometimes grouped with the Grylloblattodea as suborders of Notoptera: they are evidently closely related.\r\n\r\n ","rendered":"
We have no specimens of the last four orders. You should be aware of their existence, but will not be required to identify them in the lab.<\/div>\n

Embioptera<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Embioptera (\u201cembio\u201d = \u201clively\u201d, referring to the speed of movement of the wings), or webspinners, are found in tropical and subtropical regions. They can fly both forwards and backwards. Adults have enlarged front tarsi, from which they can produce silk.<\/p>\n

Zoraptera<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Zoraptera (\u201czora\u201d = \u201cpure\u201d, \u201captera\u201d = \u201cwingless\u201d) do not have a common name. When first discovered, this was thought to be an order with only wingless insects. Winged, or alate, forms were found later. The order contains a single tropical and subtropical family, with one genus and 34 species. All are fairly small, ~3mm, and gregarious. Their relationships, phylogeny, and ecology are not well-understood.<\/p>\n

Grylloblattodea<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Grylloblattodea, or rock crawlers, are found only at high elevations and in cave habitats. They are active only in the cold. As the weather warms seasonally, they will burrow down to the permafrost layer.<\/p>\n

Mantophasmatodea<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mantophasmatodea, are commonly known as the gladiators or heelwalkers. The order is restricted to South Africa, and was first described in 2002. They are sometimes grouped with the Grylloblattodea as suborders of Notoptera: they are evidently closely related.<\/p>\n

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