Exercise 2: Insect Orders

Question 1

MAJOR INSECT ORDERS

Answer 1

1. odonata
2. orthoptera
3. blattodea
4. phasmatodea
5. mantodea
6. isoptera
7. dermaptera
8. hemiptera
9. thysanoptera
10. lepidoptera
11. coleoptera
12. hymenoptera
13. diptera
14. neuroptera

Question 2

ODONATA

Answer 2

1. hemi
2. setaceous
3. chewing
4. membranous with nodus and stigma
5. dragonflies; damselflies

Question 3

ORTHOPTERA

Answer 3

1. pauro
2. filiform
3. chewing
4. tegmen
5. grasshopper; cricket

Question 4

BLATTODEA

Answer 4

1. pauro
2. filiform
3. chewing
4. tegmen
5. cockroaches

Question 5

PHASMATODEA

Answer 5

1. pauro
2. filiform or monoliform
3. chewing
4. tegmen
5. walking sticks; leaf insects

Question 6

MANTODEA

Answer 6

1. pauro
2. filiform
3. chewing
4. tegmen
5. preying mantis

Question 7

ISOPTERA

Answer 7

1. pauro
2. moniliform
3. chewing
4. membranous
5. 2 pairs of identical wings
6. termites

Question 8

DERMAPTERA

Answer 8

1. pauro
2. filiform
3. chewing
4. tegmen
5. forcep-like cerci
6. earwigs

Question 9

HEMIPTERA

Answer 9

1. pauro
2. filiform or setaceous
3. piercing-sucking
4. hemelytron
5. true bugs; aphids; cicada

Question 10

THYSANOPTERA

Answer 10

1. pauro
2. filiform
3. rasping-sucking
4. fringed
5. thrips

Question 11

LEPIDOPTERA

Answer 11

1. holo
2. bipectinate or clavate
3. siphoning/chewing
4. tegmen
5. butterfly; moths

Question 12

COLEOPTERA

Answer 12

1. holo
2. lamellate
3. chewing
4. elytron
5. beetle; weevils

Question 13

HYMENOPTERA

Answer 13

1. holo
2. geniculate or filiform
3. chewing/chewing-lapping
4. membranous
5. hamuli in hindwing
6. bees; wasps; ants

Question 14

DIPTERA

Answer 14

1. holo
2. aristate
3. sponging; piercing-sucking
4. membranous
5. haltere in hindwing
6. housefly; mosquito

Question 15

NEUROPTERA

Answer 15

1. holo
2. filiform or monoliform
3. chewing
4. membranous
5. cross-veins in wings
6. antlions; lacewings