Insecta Flashcards

1
Q

Insecta eyes

A

simple or complex

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2
Q

Special feature in the head of insecta

A

antennae

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3
Q

insecta segmentation

A

head
thorax (3)
abdomen (11)

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4
Q

insecta nr of legs

A

adults 3 pairs

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5
Q

chewing lice

A

mallophaga

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6
Q

sucking ice

A

anoplura

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7
Q

fleas

A

siphonaptera

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8
Q

true bugs

A

hemiptera

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9
Q

flies

A

diptera

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10
Q

anoplura appendices

A

no wings

tibial pad and tarsal claw in legs

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11
Q

anoplura respiration

A

respiratory stoma in abdominal pleural plates

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12
Q

anoplura head

A

narrower than thorax

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13
Q

feeding system of anoplura

A

solenophagus (drink directly from the vessell)

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14
Q

telmophagus

A

break vessel and drink from pool

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15
Q

anoplura mouth parts

A

highly specialised, biting-suckling mouthparts

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16
Q

female anolura organs

A
gonopods (appendix for egg laying)
cementant glands (allow egg laying for up 5 weeks after mating)
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17
Q

anoplura eggs are called?

A

nits

18
Q

how are anopura eggs layed

A

they are layed to hair and cemented

19
Q

biological cycle of anoplura

A

egg
nymph 1-3
adult
21 days

20
Q

pthirus

A

Anoplura of primates and humans, crab louse in pubic hair

21
Q

pediculus

A

human Anoplura

22
Q

haematopinus

A

swine, cattle, and equine Anoplura

23
Q

solenoptes

A

ruminant Anoplura

24
Q

linognathus

A

dog and cattle Anoplura

25
Q

which lice are more specific?

A

anoplura, although mallophaga as specific as well

26
Q

Mallophaga

A

wool eating lice, that feed on hair and feathers, sebaceous glands and even blood if present

27
Q

how can mallophaga and anoplura be differentiated?

A

mallophaga have wider head than thorax and anoplura have wider thorax than head

28
Q

how are bird and mammal mallophaga differentiated?

A

mammal mallophaga:
- 1 claw at the end of the leg
bird mallophaga:
-2 claws at the end of the leg

29
Q

bird mallophaga genus

A

goniocotes and columbicola

30
Q

mammal mallophaga genus

A

trichodectes
felicola
bovicola

31
Q

Trichodectes

A

mallophaga of dogs that accts as IH and vector for Dipylidium caninum

32
Q

Siphonaptera morphology

A

laterally flattened body
3rd pair of legs well developed for jumping
combs
2 simple eyes

33
Q

Siphonaptera hosts

A

mammals and birds but very low host specificity

34
Q

Siphonaptera feeding habits

A

solenophagus

35
Q

Xenophylla cheopis

A

siphonaptera that acts as a vector for bubonic plague

36
Q

siphonaptera problems

A

flea allergy by the saliva

37
Q

siphonaptera egg laying

A

adults copulate once

females store sperm in spermatheca

38
Q

siphonaptera life cycle

A

egg
l1-l4
pupae
adult

39
Q

anoplura are the vectors of

A

Exanthematic typhus

40
Q

Mallophaga are the vectors of

A

Dipylidium caninum

41
Q

Siphonaptera are the vectors of

A

bubonic plague
filariae
dipylidium

42
Q

hemiptera are the vectors of

A

trypanosoma