Orders

Question 1

Collembula

Answer 1

Furcula ; tenaculum, collophore, wingless, mostly detrivores

Question 2

Protura

Answer 2

Blind, soil dwelling detrivores, enlarged forelegs

Question 3

Diplura

Answer 3

Wingless, 1 pair of terminal cerci, entognathous

Question 4

Microcoryphia

Answer 4

Nocturnal herbivores, large compound eyes, wingless, antennae long

Question 5

Thysanura

Answer 5

Dorsoventrally flattened, body with silvery scales; 2 cerci & mcf of equal length

Question 6

Ephemeroptera

Answer 6

Adult mouthparts vestigial, fore wings triangular, hindwings more rounded, maids with lateral plumped gills

Question 7

Odonata

Answer 7

Rectangular stigma, large compound eyes, maids with abdominal gills, short antennae

Question 8

Orthoptera

Answer 8

Jumping hind legs, forewings toughened (tegmina), long antennae, short cerci, chewing mouthparts

Question 9

Phasmatodea

Answer 9

Stick or leaf like, small lateral compound eyes, short forewings &a toughened, small terminals cerci

Question 10

Grylloblattodea

Answer 10

Slender body, elongated & wingless, long antennae & filiform, small compound eyes, pair multi-segmented cerci

Question 11

Mantophasmatodea

Answer 11

Combo of stick & mantid, head is hypognathous with chewing mouthparts, prominent compound eyes, long filiforme antennae

Question 12

Dermaptera

Answer 12

Large, forceps-like cerci; short wing covers(forewings)

Question 13

Plecoptera

Answer 13

Square shaped pro-thorax, bulging eyes, long multi-segmented antennae, 2 cerci, semi aquatic

Question 14

Embiidina

Answer 14

Web spinners, chewing mouthparts, no ocelli, filiforme antennae, females wingless

Question 15

Zoraptera

Answer 15

Live in termine nests, chewing mouthparts, blind, pale, wingless, 2 wing pairs

Question 16

Isoptera

Answer 16

Eusocial & polymorphic, fore- and hindwings, equal in size, chewing mouthparts

Question 17

Mantodea

Answer 17

Raptorial front legs, triangular mobile head, narrow neck, long prothorax

Question 18

Blattodea

Answer 18

Dorsoventrally flattened, oval body, brown or black, long antennae, short cerci

Question 19

Hemiptera

Answer 19

Piercing-sucking mouthparts, hemelytra fold to X on back, prominent scutellum

Question 20

Thysanoptera

Answer 20

Fringed wings, rasping sucking mouthparts, small tapered body, short antennae

Question 21

Psocoptera

Answer 21

Microfioral feeders, squat and soft bodies, chewing mouthparts with swollen clypeus

Question 22

Phthiraptera

Answer 22

Small wingless &a dorsoventrally flattened, cooties, mandibles for chewing or stylets for sucking

Question 23

Coleoptera

Answer 23

Chewing mouthparts, rigid elytra meet at centerline, complete metamorphis

Question 24

Neuroptera

Answer 24

Elongated bodies, wing venation net like, long antennae, chewing mouthparts

Question 25

Hymenoptera

Answer 25

Chewing and sucking mouthparts, hindwings smaller filiform antennae, waist like construction, female ovispositor modified into stinger

Question 26

Trichoptera

Answer 26

Hairy wings held tent like over body, self constructed protective cases, semi aquatic

Question 27

Lepidoptera

Answer 27

Overlapping scaly wings, coiled proboseis, larvae with silk glands

Question 28

Siphoneptera

Answer 28

Laterally flattened, genial and pronotal combs, wingless, piercing mouthparts, short antennae

Question 29

Mecoptera

Answer 29

Long snout, scorpiontail in males, antennae filiform

Question 30

Strepsiptera

Answer 30

Twisted wing parasites, dimorphism, hemocoellic insemination, complete metamorphis

Question 31

Diptera

Answer 31

Fire wings and halteres, piercing sucking mouthparts and sponging and lapping mouthparts