Lab Practical 2

Question 1

Spider mites - 1 body region, no wings or antennae, 8 legs, sucking mouth parts

Answer 1

Acari

Question 2

Spiders - 2 body regions, no wings or antennae, 8 legs, chewing mouthparts

Answer 2

Araneae

Question 3

Thrips - fringe wings, sucking/rasping mouthparts, has antennae, very small

Answer 3

Thysanoptera

Question 4

True bugs - has distinct scutelum, leathery and membranous wings, incomplete metamorphosis, slender antennae with 4-5 segments

Answer 4

Hemiptera: Heteroptera

Question 5

Hoppers - incomplete metamorphosis, all membranous wings, short bristle-like antennae, some fossorial and saltitorial legs

Answer 5

Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha

Question 6

Aphids and Scale - incomplete metamorphosis, long filiform antennae (threadlike), 2 pairs of membranous wings, mouthpart comes out of its chest

Answer 6

Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha

Question 7

Moths and Butterflies - 2 scale wing pairs, some moths have no mouthparts, butterflies have long mouthparts, long and special antennae

Answer 7

Lepidoptera

Question 8

Beetles - 2 pairs of wings, one is hardened elytra, antennae can distinguish between families, chewing mouthparts

Answer 8

Coleoptera

Question 9

Sawflies - 2 membranous wing pairs, chewing mouthparts, long antennae, broad waist, saw appendage to inject eggs (ovipositor)

Answer 9

Hymenoptera: Symphyta

Question 10

Bees, Wasps, and Ants - 2 membranous wings, chewing mouthparts, long antennae, narrow waist connecting to the throax, stinger

Answer 10

Hymenoptera: Apocrita

Question 11

Fungal Gnats and Primitive Flies - 1 wing pair with haltere, >6 segments on antennae, chewing mouthparts

Answer 11

Diptera: Nematocera

Question 12

Leaf Miners and Advanced Flies - 1 wings pair with haltere, 3 segments on short antennae, chewing mouthparts

Answer 12

Diptera: Brachycera

Question 13

Lacewings - 2 pairs of membranous wings with extensive venation, long and slender antennae, chewing mouthparts

Answer 13

Neuroptera