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Intro To Entomology Flashcards

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Earwig

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Dermaptera - pincer-like cerci, females guard eggs and nymphs

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Termites

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Isoptera - social insects with division of labour, feed on cellulose

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Leaf/stick insect

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Phasmida: Mimic leaves and sticks, herbivorous

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Angel insects

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Zoraptera: resemble termites, non-social

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grasshopper

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Orthoptera: jumping legs, short antenna

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Cricket

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Orthoptera: long ovipositor, produce sound

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Katydid

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Orthoptera: leaf-like tagmina, long antenna

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Gladiator bugs

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Mantophasmodea: predatory, uses fore and mid legs to catch prey, wingless

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Rock/ice crawler

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Grylloblattodea - lives in high elevations with low temperatures, combination traits of earwig, stonefly, cockroach, long cerci

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Cockroach

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Dictyoptera: legs modified for running, enlarged pronotum

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Mantis

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Dictyoptera: elongated pro thorax with raptorial forelegs, predator

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Dictyoptera:

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Eggs laid in ootheca, chewing mouthparts

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Orthoptera

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Crickets, katydids, short horned grasshoppers. Legs modified from jumping, presence of tagmina, sound production, chewing mouthparts

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Phasmida

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Leaf and stick insects. Mimic things

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Mantophasmodea

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Gladiator bugs. Predatory, resemble phasmid+mantis

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Grylloblattodea

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Rock crawler. Requires low temperatures, long cerci, weird combination of traits

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Dermaptera

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Earwig: chewing mouthparts, omnivorous

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Webspinner

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Embioptera: live in groups, swollen front tarsi with silk glands

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Embioptera

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Webspinner: live in silk galleries

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Zoraptera

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Angel insects: termite-like, live on rotting wood

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Protura

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Proturans - No antenna, piercing/sucking mouthparts

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Collembola

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Springtails: Chewing mouthparts, feed on decaying matter

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Springtail

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Collembola

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Ephemeroptera

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Mayflies

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Mayflies

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Ephemoptera: aquatic larva, large fore wings, nonfunctional mouthparts in adults

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Odonata

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Dragonflies and damselflies

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Dragonfly

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Odonata: predatory, larva has anal gills; jet propulsion

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Damselflies

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Odonata: predatory, large eyes, 3 external gills on end of abdomen

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Plecoptera

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Stonefly

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Stonefly

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Plecoptera: long multi-segmented antenna, feed on algae, lichen, or not at all

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Thrip

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Thysanoptera: Fringes on wings, rasping mouthparts

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Book lice

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Psocoptera: chewing mouthparts, omnivorous

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Bark lice

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Psocoptera: membranous wings, feed on pollen, fungi, lichens

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Chewing lice

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Mallophaga: bird ectoparasites, head wider than pronotum

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Sucking lice

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Anoplura: blood feeder, c-shaped tarsus, head smaller than pronotum

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Leafhopper

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Hemiptera

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Bed bug

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Hemiptera

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Aphid

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Hemiptera

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Water boatman

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Hemiptera

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Back swimmer

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Hemiptera

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Giant water bug

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Hemiptera

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Cicada

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Hemiptera

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Whitefly

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Hemiptera

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Scale insect

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Hemiptera

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Scorpionfly

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Mecoptera: scorpion-like genital segment on males, face projects downwards. BEAK AND TAIL.

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Caddis fly

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Trichoptera: Larvae build cases or use silk nets, wings have hairs

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Butterfly:

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Lepidoptera: maxilla form tube for feeding, form ‘naked chrysalis”

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Moth

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Lepidoptera: forms silky cocoon, feathery antenna

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Fly

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Diptera: only fore wings; halteres, sucking mouthparts

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Mosquito

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Diptera: blood feeder, long antenna

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Crane fly

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Diptera

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Horse fly

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Diptera: half-sclerotizrd head larva

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House fly

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Diptera: Larvae lack head capsule

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Flea

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Siphonaptera: jumping legs, bristles on head and thorax

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Dobsonfly

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Neuroptera

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Alder fly

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Neuroptera

57
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Green lacewing

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Neuroptera

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Twisted wing parasite

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Strepsiptera

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Beetle

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Coleoptera

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Ladybird beetle

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Coleoptera

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Bee

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Hymenoptera

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Wasp

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Hymenoptera

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Ant

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Hymenoptera

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Neuroptera

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Net-winged insects: four membranous wings of equal size and chewing mouthparts

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Coleoptera

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Beetles: chewing mouthparts and elytra

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Hymenoptera

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Bees, wasps, and ants: four membranous wings, social insect

67
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List the four sides of the head

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Vertex, top; frons, face; occipit, rear; gena, cheeks

68
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List the mouthparts

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Clypeus, nose; labrum, upper lip; mandibles, labium, labial and maxillary palpa

69
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Name the two wing-coupling mechanisms and their insects

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Hamulii (bees): Series of hooks on hind wing.

Frenulum (butterfly): forewing hooks with hindering bristles

70
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Name the six leg segments in order

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Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, protarsus, tarsus

71
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Differentiate dragonfly and damselflies

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Damselflies are thinner than dragonflies and their naiads have 3 external gills

72
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Hemiptera

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Piercing/sucking mouthparts, two pairs of wings, forewing may be hemelytra or membranous

73
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Velvet worm

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Onchyophora

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Onchyophora

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Velvet worm: fleshy legs, no segmentation

75
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Trilobite

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Trilobita: dunno

76
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Horseshoe crab

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Chelicerata: cephalothorax, 5 pairs of legs

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Scorpion

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Chelicerata

78
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Sun spider

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Chelicerata

79
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Whip scorpion, tail-less whip scorpion

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Chelicerata

80
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Pill bugs, sand fleas,

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Crustacea

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Centipedes, millipedes

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Myriapoda

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