Exercise 1: Distinguishable Characteristics of Insects Flashcards

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TYPES OF ANTENNA

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  1. aristate
  2. bipectinate
  3. capitate
  4. clavate
  5. filiform
  6. flabellate
  7. geniculate
  8. lamellate
  9. moniliform
  10. pectinate
  11. plumose
  12. serrate
  13. setaceous
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ARISTATE

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  1. pouch-like with lateral bristles
  2. fruitfly
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BIPECTINATE

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  1. two-sided comb
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CAPITATE

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  1. abruptly clubbed at the end
  2. butterfly
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CLAVATE

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  1. gradually clubbed at the end
  2. beetle
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FILIFORM

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  1. thread-like
  2. grasshopper; cockcroach
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FLABELLATE

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  1. fan-shaped
  2. beetle
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GENICULATE

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  1. hinged/bent like elbow
  2. ants; bees
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LAMELLATE

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  1. plate-like structure at tip
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MONILIFORM

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  1. bead-like
  2. termites
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PECTINATE

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  1. comb-like
  2. moths
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PLUMOSE

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  1. feather-like
  2. male mosquito
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SERRATE

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  1. saw-toothed shape
  2. beetle
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SETACEOUS

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  1. needle-like
  2. butterfly
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TYPES OF MOUTHPARTS

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  1. chewing
  2. piercing-sucking
  3. siphoning
  4. sponging
  5. rasping-sucking
  6. chewing-lapping
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CHEWING

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  1. grasshopper
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PIERCING-SUCKING

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  1. ambush bug
  2. mosquito
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SIPHONING

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  1. butterfly
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SPONGING

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  1. housefly
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RASPING-SUCKING

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  1. thrips
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CHEWING-LAPPING

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  1. honeybee
  2. wasps
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TYPES OF WINGS

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  1. membranous
  2. tegmen
  3. hemyletron
  4. elytron
  5. haltere
  6. fringed
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MEMBRANOUS WINGS

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  1. thin and transparent
  2. dragonfly; honeybee; termite
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TEGMEN

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  1. leathery or parchment-like
  2. forewing: grasshoper; cockroach
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HEMELYTRON

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  1. half leathery and half membranous
  2. red cotton bug
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ELYTRON

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  1. opaque and tough
  2. forewing: beetles; weevil
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HALTERE

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  1. small knob-like
  2. hindwing: housefly
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FRINGED

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  1. feather-like
  2. thrips
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TYPES OF LEGS

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  1. fossorial
  2. raptorial
  3. saltatorial
  4. cursorial
  5. natatorial
  6. corbiculate
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FOSSORIAL

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  1. digging
  2. mole cricket; june beetle
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RAPTORIAL

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  1. grasping
  2. praying mantis
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SALTATORIAL

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  1. jumping
  2. grasshopper
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CURSORIAL

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  1. walking/running/crawling
  2. cockroaches
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NATATORIAL

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  1. swimming
  2. aquatic insects
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CORBICULATE

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  1. pollen-gathering
  2. honeybee