Quiz #2 (thru Neuroptera) Flashcards
Orthoptera superorder
grasshoppers and crickets
Acridadae
cn: Short-horned grasshoppers
Laterally compressed, antennae shorter than body
Acridadae tympanum location and tarsal arrangement
abdomen – 3-3-3
Gryllidae
cn: ground, field, and tree crickets
dorsoventrally flattened, antennae long or longer than body
Gryllidae tarsal arrangement
3-3-3
Tettidoniidae
cn: longhorn grasshoppers
laterally compressed
Tettidoniidae tarsal arrangement and tympanum location
4-4-4- – protibia
Rhaphidophoridae
cn: camel crickets
laterally compressed
Rhaphidophoridae traits
very long antennae, humpback, large metathoracic legs
Gryllotalpidae
cn: mole crickets [LIKELY ON QUIZ]
fossorial prothoracic legs, small eyes, heavily sclerotized pronotum, cylindrical body
order Phasmatodia
Order for Walkingsticks
cryptic coloration and mimesis
order Mantodea
order for family: Mantidea [likely on quiz]
raptorial prothoracic legs
order Blattodea
cn: termites, cockroaches (epifamilies)
Ectobiidae
cn: german cockroach, brown banded cockroach
ectobiid cockroaches
heavy spines on profemur that shrink distally. smal
epifamily Blattoidea
cn: american, smokey brown, oriental cockroaches
big. gradually decreasing heavy spines, on ventroposterior region
blattoidea cockroaches are a
epifamily
epifamily Termitoidea
epifamily, broadly attached segments, monofiliform antennae
order Psosodea
cn: booklice and parasitic lice
broadly attached at thorax and abdomen
Liposcelididae
cn: booklice
long filiform antennae, contrictions b/w head-prothorax, and mesothorax-abdomen
Pthiraptera
cn: chewing lice and Ishnoceran chewing lice
head wider than pronotum, antennae tucked into ventral grooves
superfamily Ishnocera and amblycera
Superfamily Anoplecara
cn: sucking lice
vectors of nasty yo (trench fever +typhus)
Suborder Psocidae
cn: barklice!
Order Thysanoptera
cn: thrips (singular)
fringed wings, punch n’ suck feeding
CLASS Holometabulous
(after Thysanoptera)
drastic change from infant to adult
(pupal stage too)
Order Megaloptera
alderflies, dobsonflies
subfamily Corydalidae
Cn: dobsonflies
larvae are called hellgrammites
subfamily Chalodinae
cn: fishflies
special trait: they’re not dobsonflies i guess
Order Neuroptera
lacewings of all sorts
long filiform antennae and predacious larvae
Chrysopidae
cn: common lacewings
green wing veins
Hemerobiidae
cn: brown lacewings
brown wing veins
Myrmeliontidae
cn: antlions
myrmix myrmix what a treat, get your substrate fix this week.
