Fig. 7

Informative characters of a comparative morphological study of the thoracic muscular system of representatives of Ensifera. The characters are mapped on the three competing hypotheses of the relationship between crickets (Gryllidae), bush-crickets (Tettigoniidae) and cave crickets (Rhaphidophoridae). Based on homologization in Table 1 (compiled in Additional file 2). R! indicates a reduced character in the respective taxa