umsindo wekhilikithi

Amakhilikithi ayizinambuzane ze-Orthopteran ezihlobene nezinyendle zasehlathini, futhi, kude kakhulu, nezintethe. Ikakhulukazi inemizimba emise okwesilinda, amakhanda ayindilinga, nezimpondo ezinde. Ngemuva kwekhanda kune-pronotum ebushelelezi, eqinile. Isisu siphelela ku-cerci ende; abesifazane bane-ovipositor ende, eyi-cylindrical. Izici zokuxilonga zihlanganisa imilenze ene-tarsi enezigaba ezi-3; njengama-Orthoptera amaningi, imilenze yangemuva iye yakhulisa i-femora, inikeza amandla okugxuma. Amaphiko angaphambili aguqulwa njenge-elytra eqinile, yesikhumba, kanti amanye amakhilikithi atshiyoza ngokuhlikihla izingxenye zazo ndawonye. Amaphiko angemuva ane-membranous futhi agoqekile lapho engasetshenziselwa ukundiza; izinhlobo eziningi, nokho, azikwazi ukundiza. Amalungu amakhulu omndeni amakhilikithi angama-bull, ama-Brachytrupes, afinyelela ku-5 cm (2 in) ubude.