Orders Flashcards
Protura
proturans (ground dwelling, wingless, cone-shaped head w/o antennae, no eyes) ametabolous
Collembola
Springtails (ground dwelling, wingless) ametabolous
Diplura
Diplurans (ground dwelling, wingless, 2 tails on abdomen) ametabolous
Archeognatha
Bristletails (ground dwelling, wingless, small head + covered with scales, eyes touch) ametabolous
Zygentoma
Silverfish (ground dwelling, wingless, 3 tails) ametabolous
Ephemeroptera
Mayflies (aquatic nymphs with gills, 2 tails) hemimetabolous
Odonata
Dragonflies+damselflies (aquatic nymphs with gills) hemi
Plecoptera
Stoneflies (aquatic nymphs with gills, wings lay flat on back) hemi
Isoptera
Termites (equal wings) hemi
Blattodea
Cockroaches (tegmina) hemi
Mantodea
Mantids (hold up first pair of legs) hemi
Grylloblattodea
Grylloblattids (high elevations) hemi
Mantophasmatodea
Heelwalkers (carnivorous) hemi
Phasmatodea
Stickbugs, hemi
Embiidina
Web spinners (f-wingless, m-look like stoneflies) hemi
Orthoptera
Grasshoppers, Crickets… (tegmina) hemi
Dermaptera
Earwigs, hemi
Zoraptera
Zorapterans (solitary in rotting wood) hemi
Psocoptera
Booklice (wings roofed, large ‘nose’ and antennae) hemi
Phthiraptera
Lice (no wings, parasites) hemi
Thysanoptera
Thrips (fringed wings, rasping sucking mouthparts) hemi
Hemiptera
‘True Bugs’ (hemelytra, piercing sucking) hemi
Neuroptera
Lacewings, owlflies, antlions (predators) holo
Megaloptera
Dobsonflies, alderflies, fishflies (predators as larvae) holo
Raphidioptera
Snakeflies (long neck, predators) holo
Coleoptera
Beetles (elytra) holo
Strepsiptera
Strepsipterans (twisted wing parasite) holo
Diptera
Flies (halteres) holo
Mecoptera
Scorpionflies, hangingflies (long wings, extended face) holo
Siphonaptera
Fleas (no wings, parasites) holo
Trichoptera
Caddisflies (aquatic as larvae, like ‘hairy winged’ moths) holo
Lepidoptera
Butterflies, moths (scaly wings) holo
Hymenoptera
Bees, wasps, ants (membrane-winged) holo
