Order/family

Question 1

Pseudophasmatidae

Answer 1

Striped walkingsticks

Mesothorax never more than 3x as long as the prothorax

Question 2

Heteronemiidae

Answer 2

Wings absent

First abdominal tergum much shorter than metanotim

Question 3

Order Dermaptera

Answer 3

Earwigs

Pincher-like cerci
Medium size (4-30 mm)

Question 4

Anisolabididae

Answer 4

Ring-legged earwig

Antennae with 14-34 segments
Tegmina present as rounded flaps

Question 5

Labiduridae

Answer 5

Antennae with 25-30 segments

Pronotum light brown with two dark longitudinal stripes

Question 6

Order Plecoptera

Answer 6

Stoneflies

Soft-bodied
Well developed anal wing lobe
Filiform antennae

Question 7

Order Embiidina

Answer 7

Web-spinners

Enlarged front tarsi
Tan, black, red pronotum

Question 8

Order Zoraptera

Answer 8

Zorapterans
White or brown in color
Look similar to termites

Hindwings are approximately half the size of fore wings
Antennae have 9 segments

Question 9

Order Isoptera

Answer 9

Termites

Forewings and hindwings same size
Antennae with 10 or more segments

Question 10

Order Mantodea

Answer 10

Praying mantis

Green, brown, gray

Raptorial front legs
Triangular head

Question 11

Mantidae

Answer 11

Family on Texas

Question 12

Order Blattodea

Answer 12

Cockroaches

Tegmina
Enlarged pronotum
Filiform antennae
Spines in leg

Question 13

Blattidae

Answer 13

American cockroaches

Female subgenital plate divided longitudinally
Males- styled slender, elongate

Question 14

Blattellidae

Answer 14

German cockroaches

Female: subgenital plate entire. Spines variable

Makes: style small, irregular, not noticebale

Question 15

Order Phasmatodea

Answer 15

Walking sticks and leaf insects

Elongated stick-like body
Wings greatly reduced
Lack tympani and stridulatory organs