The pronotum shape of scelimenine grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) likely represents an exaptation for heterogeneous niche colonization
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Insects are suitable model organisms for functional morphology research, especially in the context of exaptation, when the same morphological trait represents an advantage in disparate niches. Phylogenetically distant groups of pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: ... ...