Paraneoptera Flashcards
Lice, thrips, & bugs
What kind of group is paraneoptera
Monophyletic group
What order to thrips belong to
Thysanoptera
hemimetablous
wings with no metamorphosis
holomtablous
metamorphosis
Are thrips holo or hemi?
something in between
What does EUSOCIAL mean?
Caste system: soldier class
Siblings take care of ea other
What makes thrips eusocial?
The soldier caste
What order are lice?
Psocodea (so-co-dia)
What are the free living species in psocodea
Barklice and booklice
What are lice eggs called
Nits
Theres a slide with charctersitics
- eyes tiny/ absent
- parasitic lice cannot live without host
What are human hair lice called?
Pediculus humanus captis
What are characteristic differences between head and pubic lice
Shaped to cling to course hair
What is human body lice called
Pediculus humanus humanus
Where do body louse live?
On your clothes
(shows up mainly in homeless people and mentally ill, or war refugees)
What disease does body lice transmit
Typhus
What order do bugs belong to
Hemiptera
How many species of bugs have been desribed
80 000
Characteristic of bugs
- ## beak, no chew, caclled ROSTRUM.
What order does insects that go through metamorphosis called?
endopterygota
What are the neuropteroid orders
neuroptera
megloptera
rhaphidioptera
Characterisitic of neuroptera
- translucent wings w lots of veins
- biting mouth parts, all stages are carnivorous
- beneficial or innocuous (not harmful)
What order do alderflies and dobsonflies belong to?
Megaloptera
Characteristics of megaloptera
- aquatic larvae
- adults dont feed or fly far from water
- dobsonflies r HUGE
