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Orders Flashcards

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Protura

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proturans (ground dwelling, wingless, cone-shaped head w/o antennae, no eyes) ametabolous

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Collembola

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Springtails (ground dwelling, wingless) ametabolous

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Diplura

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Diplurans (ground dwelling, wingless, 2 tails on abdomen) ametabolous

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Archeognatha

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Bristletails (ground dwelling, wingless, small head + covered with scales, eyes touch) ametabolous

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5
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Zygentoma

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Silverfish (ground dwelling, wingless, 3 tails) ametabolous

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6
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Ephemeroptera

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Mayflies (aquatic nymphs with gills, 2 tails) hemimetabolous

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Odonata

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Dragonflies+damselflies (aquatic nymphs with gills) hemi

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Plecoptera

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Stoneflies (aquatic nymphs with gills, wings lay flat on back) hemi

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Isoptera

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Termites (equal wings) hemi

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Blattodea

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Cockroaches (tegmina) hemi

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Mantodea

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Mantids (hold up first pair of legs) hemi

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12
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Grylloblattodea

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Grylloblattids (high elevations) hemi

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13
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Mantophasmatodea

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Heelwalkers (carnivorous) hemi

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14
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Phasmatodea

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Stickbugs, hemi

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Embiidina

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Web spinners (f-wingless, m-look like stoneflies) hemi

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16
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Orthoptera

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Grasshoppers, Crickets… (tegmina) hemi

17
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Dermaptera

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Earwigs, hemi

18
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Zoraptera

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Zorapterans (solitary in rotting wood) hemi

19
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Psocoptera

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Booklice (wings roofed, large ‘nose’ and antennae) hemi

20
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Phthiraptera

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Lice (no wings, parasites) hemi

21
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Thysanoptera

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Thrips (fringed wings, rasping sucking mouthparts) hemi

22
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Hemiptera

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‘True Bugs’ (hemelytra, piercing sucking) hemi

23
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Neuroptera

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Lacewings, owlflies, antlions (predators) holo

24
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Megaloptera

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Dobsonflies, alderflies, fishflies (predators as larvae) holo

25
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Raphidioptera

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Snakeflies (long neck, predators) holo

26
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Coleoptera

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Beetles (elytra) holo

27
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Strepsiptera

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Strepsipterans (twisted wing parasite) holo

28
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Diptera

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Flies (halteres) holo

29
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Mecoptera

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Scorpionflies, hangingflies (long wings, extended face) holo

30
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Siphonaptera

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Fleas (no wings, parasites) holo

31
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Trichoptera

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Caddisflies (aquatic as larvae, like ‘hairy winged’ moths) holo

32
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Lepidoptera

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Butterflies, moths (scaly wings) holo

33
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Hymenoptera

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Bees, wasps, ants (membrane-winged) holo

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