Insect Orders Flashcards
Master the names
Insecta
-Johnstons Organ
-Loss of distal antennal muscles
Entognatha (en-tog-na-tha)
-Enclosed mouthparts
-No compound eyes
Archaeognatha (ar-chae-og-na-tha)
-styli
-monocondylic
Zygentoma (zy-gen-toma)
-Dicondylic
-Cant jump
-Small/absent eyes
-Flat body
Ephemeroptera (ephe-mer-optera)
-Pterygota
-upright wings
-mayflies
Odonata (o-do-nata)
-Pterygota
-dragonflies/damsel flies
-upright wings
-predaceous nymph stage
Plecoptera (ple-coptera)
-stone flies
-Neoptera
-can tuck wings
-incomplete metamorphosis
Dermaptera (dermap-tera)
-Earwig
-Neoptera
-can tuck wings
-Cercus (Pincers)
Grylloblattodea (Gryllo-blatto-dea)
-Rock crawlers
-No wings
-Lives in ice
-Predation on immobilized bugs
Orthoptera (or-thop-tera)
-Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids
-Short and long antennae
-Long jumping legs
-Agricultural pests
Phasmatodea (phasma-to-dea)
-Stick insects, Leaf insects, Walking sticks
-Disguised as plants or tree part
-Some wings, Some wingless
-Herbivores
-Regrow limbs
Blattodea (blat-to-dea)
-Cockroaches and Termites
-Chewing mouth parts
-Oval viewed from above
-Flat
Termites
-Eusocial
-Considered Cockroaches