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Sclerites
thickened or hardened plates of body wall
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Conjunctiva
flexible membrane between sclerites
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apodeme
invagination where muscles attach, other side of suture
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ocelli
small simple eyes (grasshoppers have 3)
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Segments of the antenna (3)
- scape- basal segment
- pedicel- next segment
- flagellum- remaining segments
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segments increasing gradually in size
Clavate Antennae
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Thread-like, segments nearly uniform in size
Filiform
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Terminal segments expanded to form finger-like lobes
Lamellate
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feathery
Plumose
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Terminal segments are suddenly enlarged
Capitate
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elbowed with first segment long and the following segments mall and point of at an angle to to first.
Geniculate
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last segment enlarged and bearing a conspicuous bristle, the arista
Aristate
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segments gradually becoming slender distally, short and hair-like
Setaceous
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