Lecture 1 Flashcards
The importance and diversity of insects and other arthropods
1
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Phylum Arthropoda
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-Means jointed foot
-Bilateral symmetry
-Segmented body
-Hard exoskeleton
-Jointed legs
-Many pair of limbs
2
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Entomology
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The science concerned with insects.
-Sometimes other terrestrial arthropod
3
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Its an insect if:
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-3 major tagmata: Head, Thorax and Abdomen
-3 pairs of walking legs
-Wings=Adult
4
Q
Head
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Sensory
5
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Thorax
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-Front wings
-Movement (Locomotion)
6
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Abdomen
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-Hing wings
-Digestion
-Reproduction
7
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Why collect insects?
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-Butterflies, Beetles and Dragonflies for aethestics
8
Q
Pests
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-Cockroaches
-Bedbugs
-Termites
Eat crops, Eat/Infect store products, Cause medical/Veterinary problems, Attack structures
9
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Beneficial Insects
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-Bees
-Spiders
-Butterflies
10
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Most dangerous vector Taxa
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-Mosquitoes
-Ticks
