Neuropteroid Orders

Question 1

Holometabola

Answer 1

Holometabola = Endopterygota

1. Larvae without compound eyes (in contrast to nymphs)
2. Larvae with temmatta (simple eyes, not ocelli)
3. Neuropteroid and Panorpoid orders, Hymenoptera

Question 2

Megaloptera

Answer 2

1. Larvae = aquatic and predacous
2. Pupae = terrestrial; no cocoon; burrows in rotten wood
3. Adults = nectar and soft bodied insects
4. DO NOT have strong mandibles for feeding

Question 3

Corydalidae

Cory-dal-i-dae

Answer 3

1. Dobsonflies - rivers and streams (fast moving water)
2. Fishflies - ponds and lakes
3. Developed mandibles, but not strong
4. Styrulus

Question 4

Corydalidae

Answer 4

1. Eggs
   
   1. under leaves; white group of eggs with white secretions with zig-zag tails
2. Larva = Hellgramite
3. Pupa
   
   1. visible external wings; extending from the body

Question 5

Sialidae

Si-al-i-dae

Answer 5

1. relatively small
2. larvae
   
   1. lakes and streams
   2. distinctive and easily identified
   3. gills extending off of the body

Question 6

Raphidioptera

Ra-phi-di-op-tera

Answer 6

“Snakeflies”

1. only found in Western North America
2. long pronotum with legs attached at the posterior end
3. female = long ovipositor
4. Larvae
   
   1. under bark under conifers
   2. pronotum similar to adult; legs attached to posterior end

Question 7

Silk production

Answer 7

Neuroptera

• Nomopteridae