*SHOW British Entomology: Orthoptera - 14th September 2008. 
 
*CHARACTER LIST 
 
#1. <synonyms:>/
 
#2. adults <nocturnal or diurnal>/
       1. nocturnal/
       2. diurnal/
 
#3. adults <length, vertex of the head to tip of the abdomen or of the
          folded wings, whichever is the longer (abdominal appendages
          excluded)>/
       mm long/
 
#4. <mature> adults <whether green> <<for keys only>>/
       1. predominantly green/
       2. only partly green/
       3. without green colouration <<implicit>>/
 
#5. <mature> adults <presence of orange colouration> <<for keys only>>/
       1. with orange colouration on the abdomen/
       2. with orange colouration on the hindlegs/
       3. without orange colouration <<implicit>>/
 
#6. <general colouring of mature adults:>/
 
#7. <detailed colouring>/
       1. pale green with only a narrow yellow or brown dorsal stripe,
          never totally brown <\i{}Meconema\i0{}>/
       2. green with brown wings and a brown dorsal stripe, or rarely
          all brown <\i{}Conocephalus\i0{}>/
 
#8. the body and legs <of adults, whether scaly>/
       1. covered with minute scales/
       2. not covered with minute scales <<implicit>>/
 
#9. adults <winged or apterous>/
       1. fully apterous/
       2. winged (with detectable fore- and/or hindwings, regardless of
          the capacity for flight) <<implicit>>/
 
#10. the antennae <of adults, relative length and number of segments>/
       1. long, with well over 30 segments/
       2. relatively short, with fewer than 30 segments/
 
#11. the antennae <whether apically thickened>/
       1. thickened towards the tip/
       2. not thickened towards the tip <<implicit>>/
 
#12. the antennal tips <whether white>/
       1. white/
       2. not white/
 
#13. the pronotum <whether extended back over the abdomen>/
       1. conspicuously extended backwards over the abdomen/
       2. not extended backwards over the abdomen <<implicit>>/
 
#14. the pronotum <whether keeled>/
       1. with a median dorsal keel/
       2. not dorsally keeled/
 
#15. forewings <or elytra of adults, whether fully developed>/
       1. well developed/
       2. much reduced in size <including vestigial>/
       3. absent/
 
#16. forewings <when folded, length relative to that of the abdomen
          (excluding terminal appendages)>/
       1. greatly exceeding the abdomen when folded (excluding terminal
          abdominal appendages)/
       2. about equalling the abdomen (neither much longer nor much
          shorter)/
       3. much shorter than the abdomen/
 
#17. the costal margin of the forewing <whether exhibiting a bulge>/
       1. dilated near the base, the wing abruptly narrowing beyond it/
       2. straight, the wing narrowing gradually with no basal dilation/
 
#18. hindwings <of adults, degree of development>/
       1. fully developed and functional for flight/
       2. reduced or vestigial <the insects flightless>/
       3. absent (the insects flightless)/
 
#19. hindwings <whether blue>/
       1. pale blue with a black band/
       2. not pale blue <implicit>/
 
#20. forelegs <of adults, whether fossorial>/
       1. conspicuously modified for digging <fossorial>/
       2. not modified for digging/
 
#21. foreleg tarsi <number of segments>/
       segmented/
 
#22. mid-leg tarsi <number of segments>/
       segmented/
 
#23. hindleg tarsi <number of segments>/
       segmented/
 
#24. the hind femora <whether keeled>/
       1. keeled/
       2. smooth <keel-less>/
 
#25. hind tibiae <whether banded black and yellow>/
       1. banded black and yellow <\i{}Stethophymus\i0{}>/
       2. not banded black and yellow <\i{}Stenobothrus\i0{}>/
 
#26. females <presence of ovipositor>/
       1. with a functional ovipositor <implicit>/
       2. without a functional ovipositor <this vestigial>/
 
#27. the ovipositor <females only: structure>/
       1. relatively long, with the valves articulated along their
          length and forming a single <ensiform or stilettiform>
          structure/
       2. relatively short, and consisting of <usually 4> separate,
          prong-like valves articulated at the base <only>/
 
#28. the ovipositor <length>/
       mm long/
 
#29. the ovipositor valves <whether toothed>/
       1. armed on the outer side with a strong tooth 
          orientated in the same direction as their points/
       2. not toothed/
 
#30. the males <whether stridulous or drumming>/
       1. stridulous <or drumming>/
       2. mute/
 
#31. the sound production of the males <method; see Notes>/
       1. alary, involving scraping the forewings together, the latter
          being structurally modified to this end/
       2. femoro-alary, involving rubbing the rough insides of the hind
          femora against prominent veins in the forewings/
       3. involving drumming a hindleg against the supporting surface/
       4. involving flicking a hindleg against the wing-tips/
 
#32. auditory organs <of males and females, presence in the abdomen or
          fore-tibiae>/
       1. located in the first abdominal segment (sometimes concealed by
          the folded wings or the hind-legs, and the tympanal cavity
          sometimes partially covered by a flap)/
       2. located in the fore-tibiae (sometimes partly covered by a
          ventral flap)/
       3. absent/
 
#33. the male cerci <whether toothed>/
       1. with an inner tooth near the middle/
       2. without an inner tooth/
 
#34. <number of species in Britain>/
       species/
 
#35. <British species, with common names:>/
 
#36. <status in Britain:>/
       1. native/
       2. established alien/
       3. occasional migrant/
       4. occasional casual introduction/
 
#37. <general distribution in Britain:>/
       1. northern Scotland/
       2. southern Scotland/
       3. northern England/
       4. English Midlands/
       5. East Anglia/
       6. Wales/
       7. southeast England/
       8. central southern England/
       9. southwest England/
       10. Isle of Wight/
       11. Ireland/
       12. Channel Islands/
 
#38. <distribution - Britain/Ireland:> <<keys only>>/
       1. Britain <England, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel
          Islands>/
       2. Ireland <including Northern Ireland>/
 
#39. \i{}Britain\i0{}: <distribution in the vice counties of Britain
          (See 'Notes':> <<keys only>>/
       1. West Cornwall/
       2. East Cornwall/
       3. South Devon/
       4. North Devon/
       5. South Somerset/
       6. North Somerset/
       7. North Wiltshire/
       8. South Wiltshire/
       9. Dorset/
       10. Isle of Wight/
       11. South Hampshire/
       12. North Hampshire/
       13. West Sussex/
       14. East Sussex/
       15. East Kent/
       16. West Kent/
       17. Surrey/
       18. South Essex/
       19. North Essex/
       20. Hertfordshire/
       21. Middlesex/
       22. Berkshire/
       23. Oxfordshire/
       24. Buckinghamshire/
       25. East Suffolk/
       26. West Suffolk/
       27. East Norfolk/
       28. West Norfolk/
       29. Cambridgeshire/
       30. Bedfordshire/
       31. Huntingdonshire/
       32. Northamptonshire/
       33. East Gloucestershire/
       34. West Gloucestershire/
       35. Monmouthshire/
       36. Herefordshire/
       37. Worcestershire/
       38. Warwickshire/
       39. Staffordshire/
       40. Shropshire/
       41. Glamorgan/
       42. Breconshire/
       43. Radnorshire/
       44. Carmarthenshire <Caerfyrddyn>/
       45. Pembrokeshire/
       46. Cardiganshire <Ceredigion>/
       47. Montgomeryshire/
       48. Merionethshire <Meirionydd>/
       49. Caernarvonshire <Caernarfon>/
       50. Denbighshire/
       51. Flintshire/
       52. Anglesey/
       53. South Lincolnshire/
       54. North Lincolnshire/
       55. Leicestershire <with Rutland>/
       56. Nottinghamshire/
       57. Derbyshire/
       58. Cheshire/
       59. South Lancashire/
       60. West Lancashire/
       61. South-east Yorkshire/
       62. North-east Yorkshire/
       63. South-west Yorkshire/
       64. Mid-west Yorkshire/
       65. North-west Yorkshire/
       66. Durham/
       67. South Northumberland/
       68. North Northumberland <Cheviot>/
       69. Westmorland <with North Lancashire>/
       70. Cumberland/
       71. Isle of Man/
       72. Dumfriesshire/
       73. Kirkcudbrightshire/
       74. Wigtownshire/
       75. Ayrshire/
       76. Renfrewshire/
       77. Lanarkshire/
       78. Peeblesshire/
       79. Selkirkshire/
       80. Roxburghshire/
       81. Berwickshire/
       82. East Lothian <Haddington>/
       83. Midlothian <Edinburgh>/
       84. West Lothian <Linlithgow>/
       85. Fifeshire <with Kinross>/
       86. Stirlingshire/
       87. West Perthshire <with Clackmannan>/
       88. Mid Perthshire/
       89. East Perthshire/
       90. Angus <Forfar>/
       91. Kincardineshire/
       92. South Aberdeenshire/
       93. North Aberdeenshire/
       94. Banffshire/
       95. Moray <Elgin>/
       96. East Inverness-shire <with Nairn>/
       97. West Inverness-shire/
       98. Argyll Main/
       99. Dunbartonshire/
       100. Clyde Isles/
       101. Kintyre/
       102. South Ebudes/
       103. Mid Ebudes/
       104. North Ebudes/
       105. West Ross/
       106. East Ross/
       107. East Sutherland/
       108. West Sutherland/
       109. Caithness/
       110. Outer Hebrides/
       111. Orkney islands/
       112. Shetland <Zetland>/
       113. Channel Islands/
 
#40. \i{}Ireland\i0{}: <distribution in the vice counties of Ireland
          (see 'Notes':> <<keys only>>/
       1. South Kerry/
       2. North Kerry/
       3. West Cork/
       4. Mid Cork/
       5. East Cork/
       6. Waterford/
       7. South Tipperary/
       8. Limerick/
       9. Clare/
       10. North Tipperary/
       11. Kilkenny/
       12. Wexford/
       13. Carlow/
       14. Leix <Queen's County>/
       15. South-east Galway/
       16. West Galway/
       17. North-east Galway/
       18. Offaly <King's County>/
       19. Kildare/
       20. Wicklow/
       21. Dublin/
       22. Meath/
       23. West Meath/
       24. Longford/
       25. Roscommon/
       26. East Mayo/
       27. West Mayo/
       28. Sligo/
       29. Leitrim/
       30. Cavan/
       31. Louth/
       32. Monaghan/
       33. Fermanagh/
       34. East Donegal/
       35. West Donegal/
       36. Tyrone/
       37. Armagh/
       38. Down/
       39. Antrim/
       40. Londonderry/
 
#41. <diet>/
       1. vegetarian/
       2. omnivorous but principally vegetarian/
       3. omnivorous/
       4. omnivorous but principally carnivorous/
       5. carnivorous/
       6. feeding mainly on decaying vegetation and associated fungi/
 
#42. <habitats in Britain>/
       1. found outdoors in natural habitats/
       2. encountered in and around docks and warehouses/
       3. in human habitations/
       4. in hothouses/
 
#43. Suborder/
       1. Ensifera <crickets and long-horned grasshoppers>/
       2. Caelifera <short-horned grasshoppers and locusts>/
 
#44. Superfamily <of Ensifera>/
       1. Gryllacridoidea <cave crickets, king crickets>/
       2. Tettigonioidea <long-horned grasshoppers>/
       3. Grylloidea <true crickets, tree crickets, mole crickets>/
 
#45. Superfamily <of Caelifera>/
       1. Tetrigoidea <short-horned grasshoppers, grouse-locusts>/
       2. Acridoidea <short-horned grasshoppers, locusts>/
 
#46. <Family of Gryllacridoidea>/
       1. Raphidophoridae <~Stenopelmatidae>/
 
#47. <Family of Tettigonioidea:>/
       1. Meconemetidae <~ Tettigoniidae-Tettigoniinae>/
       2. Tettigoniidae/
       3. Conocephalidae/
       4. Phaneropteridae/
 
#48. <Family of Grylloidea:>/
       1. Gryllidae <including Mogoplistidae>/
       2. Gryllotalpidae/
 
#49. <Family of Tetrigoidea:>/
       1. Tetrigidae/
 
#50. <Family of Acridoidea:>/
       1. Acrididae/
 
#51. <comments:>/
 
#52. <abbreviated taxon name:>/
 
#53. <illustrations:>/
