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Midterm Flashcards

1
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Coleoptera

A

Beetles, Holo; wings with elytra

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Diptera

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Two wings, mosquitos and flies, Holo; wings w/ halteres

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Hemiptera

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True bugs, Hemi, have sucking parts

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Hymenoptera

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Wasps, bees, ants, Holo, skinny “waist”

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Lepidoptera

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Butterflies and Moths, Holo; proboscis for sucking; wings w/ scales

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Mantodea

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Mantis, Hemi; leathery forewings; chewing mouthparts; raptorial
forelegs

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Orthoptera

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Jumpers, grasshoppers, Hemi, chewing mouthparts

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Phasmotodea

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Walking sticks, Hemi; wings in males; reduced in females; chewing mouthparts

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Siphopoptera

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Fleas, no wings

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10
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How do we see the success of insects?

A

Small size
Genetic plasticity
Coevolution changes
Isolation of small population
Flight
Short generation time
Metamorphosis

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Why are insects important?

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Nutrient Recycling
Plant propagation
Maintenance of Plant Community
Source of food
Maintenance of animal structure
Keystone species

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12
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What type of metamorphosis is Amet?

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Egg to adult

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What type of metamorphosis is Hemi?

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Egg to Nymph to Adult

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14
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What type of metamorphosis is Holo?

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Egg to Larva to Pupa to Adult

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What are the key characteristics of arthopods?

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Jointed Appendages
Segmented Bodies
Striated Muscles
Exoskeleton - Chitin

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16
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What is an entognath?

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Covered mouthparts

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17
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What mouthparts to insects have?

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Exposed

18
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Apterygote

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primitively wingless

19
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Pterygote

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winged or 2ndarily wingless

20
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Palaeoptera

A

Wings cannot be folded

21
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Neoptera

A

wings folded

22
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Polyneoptera

A

expanded anal area

23
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Paraneoptera

A

mouthparts have a sucking pump

24
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Endopterygota

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Holometaboulous development

25
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What is an Apod?

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without legs

26
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What is an Oligopod?

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have limbs on the thorax

27
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What is a Polypod?

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have limbs on thorax and abdomen

28
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What is Instar?

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form between periods of molting

29
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What is Stadium?

A

time between periods of molting

30
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What is diapause?

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suspended development due to unfavored conditions

31
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What is quiescence?

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dormancy, but can respond to stimuli

32
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What is voltinism?

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the number of broods or generations of an organism within a year

33
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What are ecdysteroids?

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controls molting and metamorphic transitions

34
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What is juvenile hormone?

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play a key role in regulating development, metamorphosis, and reproduction

35
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What are neurohormones?

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control molting, diapause, reproduction, osmoregulation, metabolism, and muscle contraction

36
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What is a crop and proventriculus?

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storage for food before being digested

36
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What is a frass?

A

insect feces

36
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What is a spermatophore?

A

a protein capsule containing a mass of spermatozoa

36
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What are dipterian larvae?

A

larvae without segmented thoracic legs, instead have pairs of fleshy, locomotory prolegs on the thorax and/or abdomen

36
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What is a spermatheca?

A

a receptacle in which sperm is stored after mating

36
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Tagmata

A

Head 6
Thorax 3
Abdomen 11

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