Insect2 Flashcards
3 shared traits of Orthopteroid orders
Chewing mouthparts at all stages, hemimetabolous metamorphosis, wings held orthogonally during flight
5 characteristics of dermaptera
Enlarged cerci, 3 tarsal segments, omnivores, nocturnal, 1800 species
4 characteristics of Orthoptera
Enlarged femurs (good jumpers), 3-4 segmented tarsi, mostly herbivorous, 20,000 species
Producing loud calls by rubbing wings together
Stridulation
What suborder of insects produce stridulations?
Ensifera
6 characteristics of phasmatodea
stick-like and wingless, 3 or 5-segmented tarsi, no enlarged femura, herbivorous, lack tympana and stridulation, 1200 species
6 characteristics of blattodea
5 segmented tarsi, long antennae, flattened body, pronotum extends over head, repugnatorial glands, 4500 species
What is a blattodea’s egg sac called?
Oothea
6 characteristics of order Isoptera
Equal-length membranous wings, social cockroaches, obligately depend on gut symbionts to digest cellulose, proctooleal trophelaxis, role in global decomposition, 2000 species
6 characteristics of order Mantodea
predatory cockroaches, raptorial forelegs, 5-segmented tarsi, long pronutum with freely moving head, large eyes/short antennae, 2000 species
4 shared traits of order Hemiptera
Piercing or sucking mouthparts, piercing stylets enclosed in a sheath, hemimetabolous, 80,000 species
3 suborders of Hemiptera
Heteroptera, Auchenorrncha, Sternorrhyncha
4 characteristics of suborder Heteroptera
Beak arises from front of head, front half of wing “hardened”, wings held flat against body, hemimetabolous
4 characteristics of suborder Auchenorryncha
Beak arises from back of head, wings are uniform texture, wings held roof-like, hemimetabolous
4 characteristics of suborder sternorrhyncha
beak arises between front coxae, wings are uniform texture, wings held roof-like, hemimetabolous
How often do periodical cicades emerge en masse
13 or 17 years
What type of insect can reproduce by vivaparous parthenogenesis?
Aphids
6 characteristics of order Coleoptera
40% of all insects are beetles, 25% of all named species, valuable ecosystem services, hardened outer wings (elytra), mandibulate mouth parts at all phases, complete metamorphosis
What are hardened outer wings called?
Elytra
2 suborders of coleoptera
Adephaga, polyphaga
4 characteristics of adephaga
predatory, ground dwelling, hind coxae fused to 1st abdominal sternite, 40,000 species
3 characteristics of polyphaga
plant feeders, coxae are mobile and do not divide, 300,000 species
Shared traits of Diptera, Mecoptera, and Neuroptera
Homometabolous, soft-bodied, winged
4 shared traits of diptera
2 wings, halteres, adults never have chewing mouthparts, 25,000 species
What are reduced second set of wings used for balance called?
halteres
3 characteristics of Nematocera
Many segmented antennae, mosquito-like, paraphyletic
3 characteristics of Brachycera
3-segmented antennae, housefly-like, monophyletic
5 characteristics of Neuroptera
4 veiny wings, wings held roof- or tent-like over body, long antennae, lack cerci, 5500 species
What type of insect produces conical pitfall traps then use their long, sickle-like jaws to consume insects that fall in?
Neuroptera (antlions)
4 characteristics of Mecoptera
4 wings, long, narrow head, not monophyletic, 600 species
What type of insect has males that present females with dead insects as a nuptial gift to encourage copulation?
Mecoptera
4 characteristics of hymenoptera
Hamuli, mandibulate mouthparts, 4 wings, 130,000 species
What is a small hook projection that links the fore- and hind-wings of a bee or wasp?
Hamuli
4 characteristics of lepidoptera
wings covered with colorful scales, larvae have unsegmented “prolegs” and chewing mouthparts, pupae are always immobile, adults have siphoning mouthparts
2 characteristics of butterflies
Diurnal, clubbed antennae
3 characteristics of skippers
Diurnal, hooked antennae, hold fore-wings at 45 degrees
3 characteristics of moths
Diurnal, plumose antennae, frenulum
Bristle present at the root of the hindwing of most moths which engages with a small hook on the forewing to attach the wings together
Frenulum
3 ways simple metamorphosis is different from complete
Wings develop externally, no inactive stages before adult, immatures look like small adults (nymphs)
3 ways complete metamorphosis is different from simple
Wings develop internally, inactive stage before adult (pupa), immatures differ dramatically from adults (larvae)
Part of larvae that will become a portion of the outside of the adult insect during pupal transformation
Imaginal disc