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Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.
The body and legs not covered with minute scales. Adults winged (with detectable fore- and/or hindwings, regardless of the capacity for flight).
The antennae not thickened towards the tip. The pronotum not extended backwards over the abdomen. Forewings well developed. Hindwings fully developed and functional for flight; not pale blue. Forelegs not modified for digging. Females with a functional ovipositor.
We advise against extracting comparative information from the descriptions. This is much more easily achieved using the DELTA data files or the interactive key, which allows access to the character list, illustrations, full and partial descriptions, diagnostic descriptions, differences and similarities between taxa, lists of taxa exhibiting or lacking specified attributes, and distributions of character states within any set of taxa. See also Guidelines for using data taken from Web publications.
Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. Insects of Britain and Ireland: the genera of Orthoptera. Version: 14th April 2022. delta-intkey.com’.