Midterm Flashcards
Abdominal Gills
Naiad Respiratory System
Aedeagus
Male Reproductive System
Alimentary Canal
Foregut, Midgut, & Hindgut combined
Apteryota
No wings or metamorphosis
Cerci
Pincers on abdomen; Earwigs
Chorion
Outer Shell of egg
Cocoon
Protective covering around pupae
Cornicles
Tubes on aphids; Emit pheromones
Crochets
Small circle of gripping hooks; Caterpillars
Crop
Where food is stored in abdomen
Cuticle
Outermost hard exoskeleton
Dorsal Vessel
Circulatory system; goes through entire insect
Ritellus
Nutrition inside egg
Elytra
Hard forewing, not for flying
Exuvia
Shed Exoskeleton
Fercula-Ternaculum
Appendages on springtails to help jump
Haltere
On flies, helps with balance and orientation
Hamuli
Holds forewing & hindwing together; hooks; Wasps, Moths, Butterflies
Hemelytra
Half leather half membranous wings; makes triangle on hemiptera back
Hemolymph
Blood
Molting
Shedding
Ovipositor
Females deposit their eggs
Paurometabolous
Baby looks same as adult just smaller
Pheromones
Communication between the same species
Pleurum
Side Plates
Prolegs
False legs
Pteryota
With wings
Pupa
Greatly changing appearance
Sclerite
Hard sclerotin exoskeleton
Spiracles
Holes to breath
Sternum
Lower plate
Sutures
Flexible part of exoskeleton
Tagma
All plates combined
Tegmina
Leather wing
Tergum
Top plate
Trachea
Respiratory system
Tympanum
Ear
Ventriculous
Stomach