ARTHROPODA

Question 1

The largest and most diverse crustacean group is known as

Answer 1

Malacostraca e.g crab, lobster, crayfish, etc

Question 2

The largest phylum consists of about 30 million extant species is

Answer 2

Arthropoda

Question 3

The sub- phyla of arthropoda include

Answer 3

Mandibulata, Tardigrada, Onycophora, Trilobitomorpha, Chelicerata

Question 4

Chelicerata is divided into classes, name them

Answer 4

Crustacean, Arachnida, Merostoma/Xiphosurans , Pcynogonida.

Question 5

A good example of organism under the class merostomata is

Answer 5

Limulus Polyphemus or carcinoscorpious rotunda

Question 6

The orders of the class Arachnida include

Answer 6

Acarina, pseudoscorpions, piliones(harvestmen and daddy long legs ), aranea

Question 7

The orders of crustacean include

Answer 7

Cirripedia( barnacles), copepoda (copepoda),malacostraca, anostraca,

Question 8

The sub-phyla mandibulata include

Answer 8

Myriapoda and insecta

Question 9

Orders of the class myriapoda include

Answer 9

Symphylum, diplopoda, Chilopoda and ….

Question 10

The orders of the class insecta include

Answer 10

Hymenoptera( bee, wasp), diptera( housefly), orthoptera(cockroach), isoptera, odonata( dragon fly and damsel fly), thysanura (book worm), diphura,stc

Question 11

The term apterogytes refers to

Answer 11

Wingless insects

Question 12

Ptetogytes refers to

Answer 12

Insects with wings or whose wings have been secondarily lost

Question 13

Grasshopper and cricket belong to the order

Answer 13

Orthoptera

Question 14

Examples of insects in the class lepidoptera are

Answer 14

Butterflies and moths

Question 15

The order lepidoptera have

Answer 15

Four large wings with scales

Question 16

Coleoptera have four pairs of wings with 2 hardened to protect the membranous ones. True or false

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Orthoptera (grasshopper and crickets) possess

Answer 17

Four wings with jumping hind legs

Question 18

Cockroach belongs to the order

Answer 18

Blattodea

Question 19

The order….. consist s of organisms with two pairs of similar wings that may not be folded or may be folded vertically on the body

Answer 19

Odonata( dragon flies, the first type; damsel flies, the second type)

Question 20

Insects with a single pair of wings with conscupicuous veins belong to the order

Answer 20

Diptera

Question 21

Insects in the class homoptera have

Answer 21

2 pairs of membranous wings held in a tent-like position above the body

Question 22

Examples of homopterans are

Answer 22

Aphids, cicadas

Question 23

Hemiptera means

Answer 23

Half-wings

Question 23

Hemiptera means

Answer 23

Half-wings