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Lab practical 1 Flashcards

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Collembola (non-insect hexapod)

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Springtails

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biplura (non-insect hexapod)

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two-pronged bristletails

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Protura (non-insect hexapod)

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conetails

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Order Microcoryphia (formerly archaeognatha)

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Bristletails
1 north American family: Machilidae, 24 spp.
can take 2 years to mature
humback appearance
some can jump
have two cerci and median caudal filament
large compound eyes that often touch

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order zygentoma

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silverfish and firebrats
one major family in N. America: lepismatidae; 14 spp.
two long cerci flanking median caudal filament
both are dorsoventrally flattened
compound eyes reduced or gone

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Order Ephemeroptera

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spend most of their life as aquatic juveniles
there are many families but are very difficult to tell apart.
nymph has gills alongside their abdomen and three long filaments emerging from the rear of the abdomen

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Order Odonata

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Dragonflies and damselflies
a long abdomen and large compound eyes
two pairs of wings
two suborders:
- zygoptera: damselflies
- anisoptera: dragonflies

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Suborder zygoptera

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damselflies
hindwing and forewing are similar in size and shape
compound eyes large, nearly spherical
wings, held over the abdomen when at rest
3 main families:
- caloptyrigidae
- coenagrionidae
- lestidae

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family caloptyrigidae

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ebony jewelwing damselflies or broadwing damselflies
wings narrow gradually at base
wings darkened
10 or more antenidal crossveins at costal regions

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Family coenagrionidae

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narrow wing damselflies
wing clear, except for perostigma
2 antinodal crossveins on costal margin

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family lestidae

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spread-wing damselfly
wing often held outward and away from body when at rest
2 antenodal crossvein at costal margin

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Suborder anisophora

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dragonflies
hindwings wider at the base than the forewings
compound eyes hemispherical
wings held horizontally at rest, perpendicular to the body

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family aeschidae

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“darter” dragonflies
compound eyes that rest on top
triangle in the wing venation

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family libellulidae

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common skimmer dragonflies
compound eyes that meet at the top of the head
the anal loop of the hindwing is boot-shaped

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family gomphidae

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clubtail dragonflies
eyes do not meet
final segment of abdomen often enlarged

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Order dermaptera

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Earwigs
often scavengers or herbivores
some viviparous
female earwigs demonstrate subsocial behavior
cerci enlarge to form forceps, some can be IDed or sexed by their forceps
some are apterous, others have shortened tegmina
major family: forficulidae

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family forficulidae

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largest earwing family
>460 spp. worldwide and 66 genera

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order plectoptera

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stoneflies
another aquatic juvenile order. some species require years to develop into adults
adults live for a few weeks
filiform antennae
adults retain cerci
difficult to key out species

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ORder Orthoptera

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grasshoppers, katydids, crickets
forwings adapted as tegmina
saltatorial legs
tarsal segments unique to species
2 suborders:
- caelifera: chisel bearers
- ensifera: sword bearers

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family tettigoniidae

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long-horned grasshopper
antennae of body length or longer
tarsi 4 4 4
ovipositor pronounced, scimitar-shaped
wings projected
often leaf mimics

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family raphidiophoridae

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cave and camel crickets
antennae body length or more
wingless
dorsum prominently arched
tarsi 4 4 4

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family acrididae

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short-horned grasshopper
short antennae
pronotum does not extend over abdomen
tarsi sequence 3 3 3
ovipositor short

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family tetrigidae

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pygmy grasshoppers
antennae short
quite small
pronotum extends over the entire abdomen, almost to the wing tips

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Family Gryllidae

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crickets, field crickets
antennae of body length or longer
ocelli absent
small spinules on the hind tibia and long spines

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order plasmotodea

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stick insects and walking sticks
only one major family in N America: Diapheromeridae
highly cryptic
antennae long
prothorax shorter than mesothorax and metathorax

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family Diapheromeridae

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Diapheromeridae is a family of stick insects (order Phasmatodea). They belong to the superfamily Anareolatae of suborder Verophasmatodea.[1]

The family contains some huge species

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mantodea

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mantids
1 family: mantidae
raptorial forelegs
all are predatory
lay eggs in ootheca
triangular head
3 of the 5 common species in the US are not native

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family mantidae

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Mantidae is one of the largest families in the order of praying mantises, however, most genera are tropical or subtropical.

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Blattodea

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cockroaches and termites
3 major families:
- blattidae: cockroaches (oriental and American)
- ectobiidae: wood cockroaches and german cockroaches
- rhinotermatidae: termites
termites are thought to have evolved from social good cockroaches
tarsi 5 segments

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family blattidae

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Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea containing several of the most common household cockroaches

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family ectobiidae

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Ectobiidae is a family of the order Blattodea. This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches

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family rhinotermidae

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Rhinotermitidae is a family of wood-soil interface feeding termites commonly known as the Subterranean termites. Many members of this family are known pests that can cause extensive damage to buildings or other wooden structures.

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Order Thysanoptera

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thrips
tiny plant pests
most are fungivores
fringed wings, asymmetrical mouthparts
common plant virus vector

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Order psocodea

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lice, book lice, bark lice
Small detritivores
every species of mammal has louse species specialized for them

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Order Hemiptera

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a large order
forewing often adapted for defense
often hemelytra
piercing, sucking mouthparts
suborders:
- sternorrhyncha
- auchenorrhyncha
- heteroptera

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Suborder sternorrhyncha

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aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects
very small
scale insects sessile as adults
all are plant feeders
life history
- eusocial
- flightless forms
- sexual dimorphism
- parthenogenesis

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suborder auchenorrhyncha (or homoptera)

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includes spittlebugs and cicadas
frequently can produce audible sound via stridulation
forewings tend to be uniform in composition

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family aphididae

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aphids
soft bodies
2 cornicles on posterior of abdomen
some are wingless, some not
parthenogenesis

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superfamily coccoidea

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scale insects
females are wingless, often with waxy fur protection.
males with 1 pair of wings, no beak, tarsi 1 1 1 with a single claw

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family acanaloniidae

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planthoppers
small insects with wings nearly vertical.
laterally flattened

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family cercopidae

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froghopper and spittlebugs
antennae positioned
1 or 2 spines on tibia

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family cicadellidae

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leaf hoppers
hind tibia have 1 or more rows of spines

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family cicadidae

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cicadas
membranous forewings
cluster of 3 ocelli between compound eyes

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family flatidae

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flatid planthoppers
laterally flattened

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family fulgoridae

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lanternflies
poorly represented in N. America
often elongated snout
hindwing anal region often crossveins

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family membranacidae

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tree hoppers
pronotum highly modified
often thorn mimic

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suborder heteroptera

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true bugs
previously an order unto itself
many families

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family alydidae

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broad-headed bug
usually dark
forewing highly veined
four segmented

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family belostomatidae

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giant water bug
raptorial forelegs
short tegmina

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family cimicidea

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bedbugs
flat, oval-shaped
vestigial wings if present
antennae 4 segments

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family coreidae

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leaf footed bugs
forewings membrane highly veined, four segmented antennae
head narrower than pronotum
usually dark-colored and >10mm
occasionally hind tibia dilated and leaf shaped

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family corixidae

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water boatman
dorsal surface flattened

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family gerridae

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water strider
long legs

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family lygaeidae

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seed bugs
small
membrane of forewings

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family miridae

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plant bugs or leaf bugs
ocelli absent
tarsi 3 3 3

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family nepidae

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water scorpion
raptorial legs
2 long breathing tubes

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family notonectidae

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backswimmers
dorsum strongly convex with no dark crossline
swim upside down

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family pentatomidae

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stink bugs
broadly oval
scutellum large and triangular
antennae 5 segments

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family reduviidae

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assassin bug
ocelli absent
tree segment beak

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family rhopalidae

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scentless plant bugs
ocelli present and very large

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family tingidae

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lace bug
small
body and wing reticulated
pronotum has triangular extension covering the scutellum

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Diptera

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“two wings”
currently the second most speciose order
lots of ongoing research as to the phylogeny
taxonomy currently under review

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suborder nematocera

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mosquitos, crane flies, gnats, midges
thread horn
referring to antennae (>6 segments)
larvae often aquatic

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suborder brachycera

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short horn
- referring to antennae
a suborder of Diptera including the more highly specialized flies which have palpi with one or two joints and usually short antennae with one or never more than six joints

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Cyclorrhapha

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circular seam flies
- referrign to the puparium
sometimes referred to muscamorpha

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family chironomidae

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non-biting midges, bloodworms
delicate, often with head overhung by humped thorax

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family culicidae

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mosquitos
very small
slender body; stilt legs
antennae 13 segments; ornate plumage in males
wings have scales along veins

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family simuliidae

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black flies, buffalo gnats
small flies
sub-costal appearance
robust antennae
antennae 11 segments, simple, rarely longer than head

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family tipulidae

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crane flies
mesonotum with V-shaped suture
much larger than culicidae
stilt legs
poor fliers

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family mycetophilidae

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common around decaying vegetation and fungi
fungus gnats
small hunched insects

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brachycera

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robber flies, bee flies, horse flies, long-legged flies
reduced antennae
often predators or scavengers
frontal suture absent

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family asilidae

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robber flies
medium-sized flies
slender body
bristle legs
face below the antennae strongly produced
hollow between eyes

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family bombyliidae

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fluffy and cute
no hollow in head
veins in wing tips are often wavy

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family dolichopodidae

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small
metallic, bluish, greenish, bronze flies
antennae 3 segments

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family family tabanidae

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horseflies an deerflies
wings with large calypters
veins R4 and R5 divergent and enclosed wing tips and shape a Y-shape
large with wide eyes

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suborder cyclorrhapha

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house flies, blow flies, flesh flies
antennae 6 segments with terminal arista
frontal suture common
cyclorrhapha = muscomorpha
within the suborder there are 4 main groups
- aschizophora
- schizophora
- calypterate
- acalypterate
the scizophora have a structure called the ptilinum with aids in eclosion
the aschizophora lack this, and therefore lack a fronal suture
calypterate flies have calypters on their forewings
acalypterate flies lack this
notable anatomical features include calypters, halteres, spurs, arista, and third antennal segment

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family syrphidae

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hoverflies
often brightly colored, agile powerful fliers
wings with a spurious vein
Hymenoptera mimics

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family Calliphoridae

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blow flies
body metallic blue, green, black
arista plumose for tentire body
two notopleural bristles

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family muscidae

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house flies
arista usually plumose for the entire length
hypopleuron usually without bristles; generally more than one sternopleural bristles
vein 2A short and not reaching wing margin

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family sarcophagidae

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flesh flies
medium size black and gray fly
longitudinally striped on the thorax and checkering on the abdomen
4 notopleural bristles

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family tachinidae

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tachinid flies
arista usually bare

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family drosphilidae

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vinegar and wine flies
very small
antennae aristate
often light red
lower calypter much reduced or absent

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family tephritidae

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Fruit flies
wing often patterned; many mimics flower slider

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Order lepidoptera

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Butterflies and moth
scale wings
two pairs of wings
juvenile mouthparts mandibulate, adult mouthparts reduced to a proboscis
butterflies have club antennae
moths have plumose and filiform antennae
most moths have a structure called a frenulum which connects the two wings

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Family attevidae

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tropical ermine moths
1” wingspan
extraordinary orange and white spotted pattern
only one species in North America

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family sesiidae

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clearwing moths
wingspan ~1”
wings without scales except for the veins
pollinator
hymenoptera mimic
forewings narrower than hindwing

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family Limacodidae

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cup moth
common green on wings
reduced frenulum
stout, short-winged, hairy bodies
wingspan 0.5”-1.5”

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Family tortricidae

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tortrix moths
wingspan 0.5-1”
forewing squarish with a costal margin that rises close to the body
cape-like at rest

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family pterophoridae

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plume moth
wingspan 0.5-1.5”
very long narrow plume-like wings
held in a t fashion

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family sphingidae

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hawk moths
2-4”
large
forewings considerably larger than the hindwings

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family saturniidae

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saturniid moths
2-7”
no frenulum
large-bodied, very fuzzy
vestigial moutparts

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family Lasiocampidae

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lappet moth
1-2”
similar to saturniids but smaller and hairier wings
hindwings fiscal cell open to margin

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family geometridae

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geometer moths
0.5-1”
forewings and hindwings similar shapes notably as wide as tall with patterns that continue from forewings to hindwings

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family pyralidae

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grass moths, grains oths, snout moths
“microleps” <0.5-1.5”
forewing narrower than hindwings
may have long palps and tibia spurs

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family notocontidae

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prominent moths
1-2” stout bodies, often very hairy
forewing inner margin may feature a protruding tooth pattern may continue onto costal margin

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family noctuidae

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owlet moths
0.5-2”
forewings gray, brown, and heavily patterned with lines, dashes, orbicular, and reniform spots

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family Erebidae

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little moths, tiger moths, tussock moths, underwing moths
1-5”
bright colors on forewing and hindwing
non-colorful parts are cryptic in coloration

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Family hesperiidae

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Skipper butterfly
curved hooked antennae
dark brown or orange
hold wings at different angles at rest
5 branches of R vein are not branches

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Family papilionidae

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swallowtail butterflies
largest US butterflies
bright colors
Tail like projections on hind wing often

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family pieridae

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whites, sulfur, and orangetips
small or medium-sized
color variation
white, yellow, orange, with black wing margin

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family lycaenidae

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blue, copper and hairstreaks
small and slender bodies, often iridescent
males often have reduced forelegs
eyes emarginate and lined with white
antennae often ringed with white

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family riodinidae

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metalmark butterflies
small
metallic dots on lines of wings

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family nymphalidae

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fritillaries, viceropys, monarchs, buckeyes, helioconionus
bush-footed
forelegs vestigial; lack claws

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Order megaloptera

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Large wings
head and thorax are hard sclerotized
tarsi 5 5 5
larvae are all aquatic predators
pupae are terrestrial with exaggerated mandibles
aquatic larvae with two alan prolegs called hellgrammites
found in swift-moving rivers and streams
adult males with large mandibles
nocturnal

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Family sialidae

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Alderflies
aquatic larvae in lakes and ponds
adults hold wings tent-like over body
larvae look similar but don’t have prolegs
generally smaller

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order neuroptera

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lace wings, antlions, mantidflies
wings with lots of venation
adults have mandibulate moutparts
both wings similar

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family chrysopidae

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green lacewings
mostly green
4 hyaline lace-like wings
eggs on stalk

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family hemerobiidae

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brown lacewings
smaller than green
tend to have hairy wings
larvae of ten found in woodlands
eggs not stalked

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family myrmeleontidae

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antlions
long wings, almost dragonfly-like
short hooked antennae

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family ascalaphidae

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owlfly
something between a butterfly and a dragonfly
bulging eyes and long-knobbed antennae
eggs laid on branches and larvae crawl into leaf litter
very few species in North America

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family mantispidae

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mantis flies
looks like a mantis with the body of a lacewing
raptorial forelegs
moniliform antennae

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Order raphidioptera

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snakeflies
elongated prothorax
females have long needle oviposition
adults and larvae are predators
require cold for complete development (obligate diapause)
larvae persist for a very long time
only in the western US

113
Q

Order Trichoptera

A

Caddisfly
case makers
hairy wings
caddis comes from the greek cadyss meaning silk
1500 spp.
look like moths
long filiform antennae
larvae and pupae aquatic

114
Q

Order mecoptera

A

scorpionflies, hangflies, and fleas
some scorpionflies and all fleas have lost flight
long horse like faces
until recently fleas were their own order

115
Q

order hymenoptera

A

wasps, bees, ants, sawflies
4 membraneous wings
reduced venation
hindwings have hamuli, tiny hooks that attach forewing to hindwing
larvae are either euriciform (caterpillar-like) or apodous (grub-like)
modifications of the arrangements of body segments of the trie thorax and abdomen

116
Q

family tenthredinidae

A

largest family of sawflies
antennae threadlike
very common often brightly colored
no petiole and gastor

117
Q

family siricidae

A

horntail
fairly large
female with 2 large structures at end of abdomen
pronotum is wide
cornus - horn on top of abdomen
symbiotic relationship with white rot fungi

118
Q

family ichneumonidae

A

ichneumon wasps
very long ovipositor
very diverse family
biocontrol
horse head cell in forewings
diversity: host diversity and biology

119
Q

Family braconidae

A

braconid wasps
smaller than ichneumonidae
smaller and shorter abdomen
very diverse family

120
Q

family chalcididae

A

chalcid wasp
very small 1/10-1/4”
enlarged hind femur

121
Q

family pelecinidae

A

shiny and black
females with very large abdomen, males have shorter
1 species in N america

122
Q

family chrysididae

A

cuckoo wasp
green or blue heavily pitted cuticle
4 segment abdomen is vertically concave

123
Q

family tiphidae

A

tiphiid wasp
brown or black
~1”
generally hairy
females tend to be wingless
males have upturned hook on abdomen

124
Q

family mutillidae

A

not ants
velvet ants
both seces covered in pubescense
females are flightless
covered red and fuzzy

125
Q

family pompilidae

A

spider wasps
mainly 0.5-1” but some western species are larger
most are dark-colored with smokey wings
parasites of spiders
slender, long legs

126
Q

family scoliidae

A

scoliid wasps
large, hairy, generally black with yellow on abdomen
sexual dimorphism - males more slender

127
Q

family vespidae

A

paper wasps
eusocial wasps

128
Q

family foricidae

A

ants
pedicels of the abdomen which is one of two segments and bears an upright lobe
antennae usually elbowed

129
Q

family crabronidae

A

square-headed wasp
small-medium size
stocky

130
Q

family colletidae

A

plaster bees
1/10-1/2”
short-tongued bee
quite hairy

131
Q

family holictidae

A

sweet bees
second largest family of bees
1/10-1/2”
often metallic color
short tongue bee

132
Q

family andrenidae

A

mining bees
1/5-3/5”
brown, reddish brown, yellow and unmarked
short tongue bee

133
Q

family melittidea

A

1/4-1/2”
rare
dark color
pair of sutures on face
short tongue bee

134
Q

family apidae

A

hugely diverse, largest family of bees
long-tongued bees
3 main subfamilies
- Xylocopinae
-Nomadinae
-Apinae

135
Q

family megachilidae

A

1/3-2/3”
long-tongued bee
robust
2 submarginal cells
female carries pollen on hair (scopa) on the underside of abdomen

136
Q

Order Coleoptera

A

beetles
3 larval forms
- campodeiform: predatory
- scarabaeiform: grub
- elateriform: armored

137
Q

suborder archostemata

A

reticulated beetles

138
Q

suborder myxophaga

A

bog beetles

139
Q

suborder adephaga

A

ground, water, and whirligigs
40,000 spp in 10 families
mostly predatory
first abdominal belly appears divided by coxa and hind leg
small head
simple antennae

140
Q

suborder polyphaga

A

most speciose
350,000 species
144 families; 16 superfamilies

141
Q

family haliplidae

A

crawling water beetles
large coxal plates
elytra strongly convex
round and small
serrate antennae
young have long filamentous gills covering whole body

142
Q

family dytiscidae

A

predatory diving beetle
oval, streamline
pronotum pronouced
elytra smooth
simple antennae

143
Q

family gyrinidae

A

whirligig beetles
oval, flattened body
paddle-like legs
elytra smooth and don’t go all the way down
their eyes are split in two to see above and below the water
semi-social

144
Q

family Carabidae

A

ground beetles
sharp margined pronotum, narrower than elytra
basic antennae
elytra fully covered
hind trochanter enlarged
cursorial legs
3-20mm

145
Q

family rhipiceridae

A

cicada parasites
oval, elongated
elytra covers wings
11-25mm
males have ornate flabellate antennae

146
Q

family buprestidae

A

jewel beetles
elytra and integuments often metallic and shiny
pronotum is mostly wider than long
elytra elongated and tapered at apex; bullet-shaped
5-20mm

147
Q

family cantharidae

A

soldier beetles
long slender legs
flattened, leathery elytra
head not usually concealed by pronotum
elytra often shortened
glandular pores along abdomen
generally bright
4th tarsomere lobed

148
Q

family elateridae

A

click beetles
distinct shape-parallel
usually brown or black
posterior corner of the pronotum prolonged backward into a sharp point
jump without legs
long and flattened
often covered in hair

149
Q

family lycidae

A

net-winged beetle
serrate antennae
soft body, soft elytra
front wing reticulate with longitudinal ridges
head concealed from above
color usually red, black, yellow

150
Q

family lampyridae

A

fireflies
soft body and flattened
head covered by pronotum
large eyes
elytra go all the way down
luminous abdominal segments

151
Q

family histeridae

A

clown beetles
geniculate antennae
patches of sensory hairs
short elytra
coxa widely separated
boxy with tiny legs
small-medium size

152
Q

family hydrophilidae

A

water scavenger beetles
pronotum wider than the head
antennae short
maxillary palps elongated, usually longer than the antennae

153
Q

family staphylinidae

A

rove beetles
majority are long and slender with flexible abdomen
filiform or clavate antennae
mostly small
very sort elytra

154
Q

family silphidae

A

carrion beetles
clavate or clubbed antennae
pronotum broader than head
hardened elytra
generally, black and yellow, black orange, black red

155
Q

family lucanidae

A

stag beetles
mandibles
of males and females pronounced
- usually more pronounced in males
lamellate antennae, often elbowed
pronotum narrower

156
Q

family scarabaeidae

A

scarab beetles
lamellate antennae
legs adapted for burrowing with toothed foretibia
prominent scutellum

157
Q

family dermestidae

A

carpet beetles
oblong/oval
pronotum broader than long
short antennae with abrupt 3 segment club
generally black or brown
appear to be somewhat fuzzy

158
Q

family bostrichidae

A

branch and twig borers
narrow cylindrical body
rectangular
convex hood on pronotum
pronotum studded with teeth

159
Q

family coccinellidae

A

lady beetles
head often concealed by pronotum
extremely convex and smooth
antennae short

160
Q

family cerambycidae

A

longhorn beetles
antennae very long
pronotum narrower than elytra
eyes notched where antennas emerge

161
Q

family chrysomeridae

A

leaf beetles
distinct bilobed third tarsal segments
- heart-shaped feet
short antennae
extremely variable
pronotum will be wider than the head

162
Q

curculionidae

A

true weevils
flexible elytra
flattened pronotum
elbowed, clubbed antennae
can be small
distinct snout
hard body
has subfamilies

163
Q

family erotylidae

A

pleasing fungus beetles
elongated oval shape
often reddish/yellow
wider head

164
Q

family nitidulidae

A

sap beetles
elytra shortened
clubbed antennae
small
black or brown with orange color

165
Q

family cuclidae

A

flat bark beetle
flattened, elongated
triangular head
filiform antennae

166
Q

family cleridae

A

checkered beetles
colorful
body elongated and narrow
pronotum and head narrow
pronotum longer than wide
predators of bark beetles

167
Q

family rhipiphoridae

A

wedge-shaped beetle
look like flies
elytra very reduced
males have exaggerated flabellate antennae that look like eyelashes
visible clear wings

168
Q

family mordellidae

A

tumbling flower beetle
humpback
abdomen strongly pointed
elytra don’t come all the way down

169
Q

family meloidae

A

blister beetles
head broader than pronotum
pronotum small
leathery elytra
triungulin larvae

170
Q

family tenebrionidae

A

mealworms or darkling beetles
eyes notched by frontal ridges usually dark
diverse form
moniliform antennae

Forest entomology (4 decks)

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