Entom Lecture 2

Question 1

Collection data should include

Answer 1

• Geographic Locality
• Date
• Elevation (where found)
• Food plant
• host (for parasitic)
• Collector

Question 2

Tools for Preservation

Answer 2

• Pinning boxes
• Cardboard points
• transparent glue or nail polish

Question 3

Pins always on ____ as the strongest body division)

Answer 3

Thorax

Question 4

Materials for preservation

Answer 4

• insect forceps
• pinning forceps
• mounting pins

Question 5

Preservatives used:

Answer 5

Ethyl Alcohol, 70 or 80% for:
- Mounted slides
- Immature stages
- Mature stages

Question 6

• needs the insect cages
• proper type of food and substrate
• proper degree of humidity

Answer 6

Rearing (to take care)

Question 7

• Forceps
  -petri dishes
  -dissecting microscope
• light microscope
• PPE: gloves, masks, googles, forceps

Answer 7

Examination lab materials and equipment

Question 8

Reporting and report format is similar to the

Answer 8

Diagnostic Report form

Question 9

Important points in Studying each and every group of medically important arthropod:

Answer 9

T
E
L
M
C
A

Taxonomic classification
External morphology
Life cycle
Medical importance
Control
Against adult insects

Question 10

_______ marking locations of cases where the diseases are abundant suggesting endemicity of the species.

Answer 10

Taxonomic classification

Question 11

body divisions, type and number of legs, if present -type and number of antennae (presence or absence of antennae is also an identifier), type of mouthparts (mandibulate or proboscis),

Answer 11

External morphology

Question 12

type of metamorphosis, oviposition and biology (structure and function) of the eggs, larva, pupa and adult forms, Habitats and behaviors

Answer 12

Life cycle

Question 13

role in the occurrence of disease cases: as vectors, physical afflictions, allergies

Answer 13

Medical importance

Question 14

Physical (filing in , source reduction, draining, larval habitats and other possible breeding sites), Chemical (oils, insecticides, IGRs, or any combination of both, Genetics, environmental manipulation, IPM

Answer 14

Control

Question 15

insect repellent lotions, insect screens and treated nets, spray guns, Aerosols, mists/fogging, indoor residual spray.

Answer 15

Against adult insects

Question 16

Exoskeleton made of a nitrogenous compound, ____

Answer 16

chitin

Question 17

Molting or _____

Answer 17

Ecdysis

Question 18

Enumerate body divisions:

Answer 18

• Head
• thorax
• abdomen
• characteristics structures attached

Question 19

Types of Legs:

Answer 19

F
R
N
C
C
S

• Saltatorial — jumping
• Raptorial — seizing
• Fossorial — digging
• Natatorial — swimming
• Cursorial — walking, running
• Corbicula – combing

Question 20

Saltatorial for

Answer 20

jumping

Question 21

Raptorial for

Answer 21

seizing

Question 22

Fossorial for

Answer 22

digging

Question 23

Natatorial for

Answer 23

swimming

Question 24

Cursorial for

Answer 24

walking, running

Question 25

Fossorial leg

Answer 25

(Mole cricket, Grylltalpa orientalis)

Question 26

Cursorial leg

Answer 26

(Beetle, Cincindela sylvatica)

Question 27

Raptorial leg

Answer 27

(Praying mantis, Hierodula petellifera)

Question 28

Saltatorial leg

Answer 28

(Grasshopper, Aularches miliaris)

Question 29

Natatorial leg

Answer 29

(Great Diving beetle, Dytiscus marginalis)

Question 30

Corbicula leg- combing

Answer 30

(Honey bee, Apis cerana)

Question 31

Type of Antennae:

Answer 31

F M S S L P P P C - Filiform = thread-like. - Moniliform = beaded. - Serrate = sawtoothed. - Setaceous = bristle-like. - Lamellate = nested plates. - Pectinate = comb-like. - Plumose = long hairs. - Clavate = gradually clubbed. - Pilose – short filiforms, female MOSQUITOES

Question 32

thread-like antennae

Answer 32

Filiform

Question 33

beaded

Answer 33

Moniliform

Question 34

sawtoothed

Answer 34

Serrate

Question 35

bristle-like

Answer 35

Setaceous

Question 36

nested plates

Answer 36

Lamellate

Question 37

comb-like

Answer 37

Pectinate

Question 38

long hairs

Answer 38

Plumose

Question 39

gradually clubbed

Answer 39

Clavate

Question 40

short filiforms, female MOSQUITOES

Answer 40

Pilose

Question 41

Mouth parts

Answer 41

Labrum Mandibles Maxillae Labium

Question 42

a cover which may be loosely referred to as the upper lip.

Answer 42

Labrum

Question 43

hard, powerful cutting jaws

Answer 43

Mandibles

Question 44

'pincers' which are less powerful than the mandibles.

Answer 44

Maxillae

Question 45

the lower cover, often referred to as the lower lip.

Answer 45

Labium

Question 46

is an elongated feeding tube attached to the head of an animal.

Answer 46

Proboscis

Question 47

The most well known example of a proboscis in insects is the feeding tube used by adult _____

Answer 47

butterflies and moths