Arthropods II and Echinoderms Flashcards
What phylum, sub-phylum, class, and order contains the greatest number of DESCRIBED species?
Phylum - Arthropoda
Sub-Phylum - Hexapoda
Class - Insecta
Order - Coleoptera (beetles)
What kinds of interactions do Subphylum Hexapoda have with humans?
Positive Interactions
-pollination of crops
Negative Interactions
-eat crops and disease vectors
What are the defining characteristics of Subphylum Hexapoda?
3 tagmata
-Head, thorax, abdomen
6 walking appendages
Mandibles present
Uniramous appendages
Respiration with tracheids
Excretion with Malpighian tubules
Subphylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta are found in terrestrial habitats and shallow water aquatic habitats. Why are they not found in deep water?
Because of how they breathe
What is the biggest evolutionary advance of Sub-phylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta?
Insect flight!
- Wings an outgrowth of thoracic exoskeleton body wall
- Not an appendage
Why do insecta have such great feeding adaptability?
Due to modification of mandibles for different types of feeding (chewing, sucking, etc)
What is the external body plan of Sub-phylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta?
Tagmatization
-Head, Thorax, Abdomen
How do Sub-phylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta accomplish respiration?
Tracheids and spiracles for breathing air
- suck in air through spiracles (like lungs that cover exoskeleton)
- oxygen goes through tracheids to muscle
Why won’t Sub-phylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta get very big?
Due to the way the respire, they won’t be able to enough oxygen to the core of body
How do Sub-phylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta accomplish excretion?
Suck uric acid thorugh gut lumen using malpighian tubules
-poop out the uric acid (the metabolic waste)
How do Sub-phylum Hexapoda, Class Insecta accomplish flight?
Wings stable in two conformations. Muscles only have to provide small amount of force and exoskeleton will flip wing to other conformation.
- Dorsal ventral muscles contract and pull wings up
- Longitudinal thoracic muscles contract and pull wings down
- Very fast and efficient (up to 86%)
What sex are worker insects and drones?
worker insect - always female
drone - always male
How do queens control what sex will be born?
The diploid (2n) queen can choose:
1) to lay unfertilized egg which will be male drone (1n)
2) to be impregnated by male drone to produce fertilized egg which will be female worker (2n)
What is Eusocial behavior in insects dependent upon?
Haplodiploid sex determination
In haplodiploid insects, what is the percentages of relatedness of sisters produced by female ant workers? Brothers?
Sisters - 75%
Brothers - 25%