Primary Insect Orders Flashcards
Learn organisms, order, and metamorphosis
What order and metamorphosis do butterflies and moths go through?
- Lepidoptera
- Complete metamorphosis
What order and metamorphosis do bees and wasps go through?
- Hymenoptera
- Complete metamorphosis
What order and metamorphosis do mayflies go through?
- Ephemeroptera
- Incomplete metamorphosis
What order and metamorphosis do grasshoppers and crickets go through?
- Orthoptera
- Incomplete metamorphosis
What order and metamorphosis do aphids and cicadas go through?
- Hemiptera (true bugs)
- Incomplete metamorphosis
What order and metamorphosis do beetles go through?
- Coleoptera
- Complete metamorphosis
What order and metamorphosis do flies go through?
- Diptera
- Complete metamorphosis
What type of metamorphosis is also called “holometabolous”
Complete metamorphosis
What type of metamorphosis is also called “hemimetabolous”
Incomplete Metamorphosis
What is a signifier for complete metamorphosis?
A pupae stage
What is a species?
A species can be defined as a taxonomic unit or a theoretical concept
How can a species be a taxonomic unit?
Species are used as a basis for enumerating and classifying diversity
How can a species be a theoretical concept?
A species is a way to identify groups of organisms that are affected by (or are the result of) biological processes
What taxonomic level always ends in the suffix “-idae”?
Family
What is the difference between a phylogenetic tree and dichotomous key?
- Phylogenetic trees are usually done by common descent
- Dichotomous keys are usually based on physical characteristics
What are the seven levels of classification?
- Kingdom
- Phylum
- Class
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
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Linnaeus established and popularized the binomial naming system which requires which classification levels?
Genus + Species
ex: Musca (Genus) domestica (Specific epithet) Linnaeus (author)
Note: Genus is capitalized. Species is not. Both genus and species are either underlined or capitalized.
What is a holotype?
A single individual that has been selected to act as the name-bearing type; usually selected by original describer.
Which two scientists founded the Theory of Evolution?
Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
