Stehr Reading Flashcards
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Scarabaeiform larva: Phyllophaga (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
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Scarabaeiform larva: Phyllophaga (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
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Elateriform
- Somewhat similar to a campodeiform larva, but body more elogate and subcylindrical
- More heavily sclerotized
- Setae shorter
- Cerci often replaced by urogomphi
- Common in Elateridae and some other Coleoptera
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Grub: Vespa (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
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Grub: Hymenoptera: Formicidae
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Larviparous
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- producing its young in the form of larvae, or produced in the form of a larva
- Never depositing eggs
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Maggot
- Restricted to larvae of higher Diptera
- Shape peglike, tapered anteriorly
- Legless
- Head greatly reduced, but with conspicuous mouthhook(s)
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Grub
- Another imprecise term, often applied to comma-shaped larvae with or without legs or having greatly reduced legs
- Commonly applied to curculionoid and scarabaroid Coleoptera and to many larvae of the higher Hymenotpera (Apocrita) with reduced heads and appendages
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Neodiprion: (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae)
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Grub: Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
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Campodeiform
- Body elongate, somewhat flattened
- Thoracic legs well developed
- Head directed forward (prognathous)
- No adominal prolegs
- Antennae and cerci usually conspicuous as in Campodea (Diplura)
- Common in the Coleoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, and Raphidiodea
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Elateriform Larva (wireworm): Ludius (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
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Eruciform Larva: Citheronia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
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Triungulin: Lytta, first instar (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
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Campodeiform larvae: Calosoma (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Also Figure 1.2 and 1.9
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Polyembryony
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- Development of more than one embryo from a single egg or ovule
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Eruciform
- Caterpillarlike
- Body cylindrical
- Thoracic legs well developed
- Head usually hypognathous
- Abdominal prolegs present
- Common in Lepidoptera, Mecoptera, and Hymenoptera (Symphyta)
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Paedogenesis or Neoteny
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- Sexually mature as immatures
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Scarabaeiform
- Body C-shaped
- Thoracic legs well developed
- Head directed downward (Hypognathous)
- Abdominal prolegs absent, cerci absent, usually lies on its side when removed from its habitat
- Prevalent in certain groups of Coleoptera, especially Scarabaeoidea
- White grubs (Scarabaeidae) are the best example
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Maggot: Haematobia (Diptera: Muscidae)
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Bittacus: (Mecaoptera: Bittacidae)
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Vermiform
- Wormlike; an ill-defined term, but generally an elongate
- Legless larva with or without a conspicuous head
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Vermiform larva: Scenopinus (Diptera: Scenopinidae)
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