CLASS INSECTA- Cockroaches (Blattaria)

Question 1

Order Blattaria

Answer 1

Cockroaches

Question 2

Order Phthiraptera

Answer 2

Lice

Question 3

Order Hemiptera

Answer 3

True bugs: bedbugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs

Question 4

Order Coleoptera

Answer 4

Beetles

Question 5

Order Siphonaptera

Answer 5

Fleas

Question 6

Order Diptera

Answer 6

Flies: mosquitoes, black flies, horse flies, deer flies, sand flies, tsetse flies, house flies, stable flies, horn flies, bot flies, blow flies, flesh flies, louse flies, keds, etc.

Question 7

Order Lepidoptera

Answer 7

Moths and butterflies

Question 8

Order Hymenoptera

Answer 8

Wasps, hornets, velvet ants, ants, bees

Question 9

class insecta

Answer 9

✓ Order Blattaria
✓ Order Phthiraptera
✓ Order Hemiptera
✓ Order Coleoptera
✓ Order Siphonaptera
✓ Order Diptera
✓ Order Lepidoptera
✓ Order Hymenoptera

Question 10

class arachnida

Answer 10

✓ Order Scorpionida
✓ Order Solpugida
✓ Order Acari
✓ Order Araneae

Question 11

Order Solpugida

Answer 11

Solpugids, sun spiders, camel spiders, barrel spiders

Question 12

Order Acari

Answer 12

Mites, ticks

Question 13

Order Araneae

Answer 13

Spiders

Question 14

Class Insecta

Answer 14

piercing-sucking
siphoning
sponging

Question 15

• the oldest and most primitive of insects/paurometabolous
• omnivorous feeding behaviour
• unspecialized chewing mouthpart
• indication of poor sanitation or sub standard housekeeping
• serve as intermediate host of debilitated diseases in domestic animals (fungi/protozoa)

Answer 15

Cockroaches (Blattaria)

Question 16

5 cockroach species

Answer 16

✓ Blattidae
✓ Blatellidae
✓ Blaberidae
✓ Cryptocercidae
✓ Polyphagidae

Question 17

Blattidae

Answer 17

• Supella sp. (less than 25mm)
• Blatella sp.
• Periplaneta sp. (35-40mm)
• Parcoblatta sp.

Question 18

• Commonest cockroach in mosy countries
• Light brown
• Two longitudinal dark stripes (thorax and wings)

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“Croton bug” Blatella (Ectobia) germanica

Question 19

• almost black about 25mm
• wings
  Male (does not quite reach the tip of the abdomen)
  Female (vestigial)

Answer 19

Blatta orientalis

Question 20

most common indicator of cockroach infestation is their egg cases called?

Answer 20

oothecae (singular ootheca)

Question 21

Mouth parts of Cockroaches (Blattaria)

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-strong toothed mandibles for biting and chewing (nymphs/adults)
-maxillary/labial palps are well developed
✓ 5 maxillary
✓ 3 labial

Question 22

chewing lice

Answer 22

suborder mallopahga

Question 23

sucking lice

Answer 23

suborder anoplura

Question 24

only anterior pair of wings are wall developed

Answer 24

Dipterous insects

Question 25

Sub-orders of Veterinary Importance under order Diptera

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1. Nematocera 2. Brachycera 3. Cyclorrharpha

Question 26

present in young fly which is use for emerging from the puparium

Answer 26

ptilinal sac

Question 27

Families of cyclorrhpa

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Gasterophilidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Glossinadae, Hippoboscidae

Question 28

These are the mosquitoes (5.7 mm in size). They are slender insects and most abundant in the tropica.

Answer 28

Family Culicidae

Question 29

Mosquitoes and their feeding habits

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anopheles, calex, aedes

Question 30

nocturnal, active at night time or in the dark

Answer 30

culex

Question 31

diurnal, active at daytime

Answer 31

aedes

Question 32

crepuscular, active in the twilight time

Answer 32

anopheles

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Filarial Parasites

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✓ Wuchereria bancrofti ✓ Culex spp. ✓ Aedes spp. ✓ Anopheles spp. ✓ Dirofilaria immitis

Question 34

are use to help control mosquitoes

Answer 34

insecticides

Question 35

designed to be applied directly toward to control mosquito larvae

Answer 35

larvicides

Question 36

are used in fogging and spraying to control adult mosquitoes.

Answer 36

Adulticides

Question 37

not toxic to the mosquitoes themselves, but they make adulticides more effective

Answer 37

Piperonyl butoxide

Question 38

Larvicide

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metroprene, bacillus

Question 39

Adulticides

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Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids

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Synergist

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Piperonyl Butoxide

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Cockroaches (Blattaria) Morphology -Legs

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✓ 3 pair of legs are well developed ✓ with larger coxae and slender ✓ long segments ✓ femur ✓ Tibiae are heavily spined defense against predator ✓ Tarsus - 5 segments with pair of claws - arolium - pulvili are present on tarsomeres 1-4 - caudal cerci have small hairs, sensitive for vibrations caused by slow frequency sound and air movements, initiate "escape response"

Question 42

Morphology of mouthparts of Cockroach (blattaria)

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- characterized by strong toothed mandibles for biting and chewing - maxillary/labial palps are well developed (5 maxillary and 3 labial)

Question 43

Antennae Morphology of Cockroach (Blattaria)

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- Long and whiplike - located below the middle compund eyes, consist of numerous small segments - 3 ocelli near the antennal socket is variable

Question 44

3 ocelli near the antennal socket is variable

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✓ macropterous (well developed in winged species) ✓ brachypterous (lacking in species with reduced wings ✓ apterous (lacking wings altogether)

Question 45

Cockroaches (Blattaria) Morphology Wings

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*Adults (2 pairs of wings) ✓ Front wings (Tegmina) - Hardened and translucent - Well-defined veins ✓ Hind wings - Membranous and larger