Test 1 Flashcards
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Crustacea
Diplopoda
Chilopoda
Insecta
Arthropod
(latin translation)
joint appendages
all arthropods have…
exoskeleton of cuticle
tubular digestive system
ventral nervous system
dorsal circulatory system
Arachnida
2 body regions
4 pairs of legs
chilicera(e) mouth parts
Crustacea
3 body regions
5+ pairs of legs
1 pair of compound eyes
2 pairs antennae
mandible mouth parts
diplopoda
(milipedes)
multi-segmented
2 pairs of legs / segment
1 pair of compound eyes
1 pair antenna
mandible mouth parts
chilopoda
(centipedes)
multiple body segments
1 pair of legs / segment
1 pair of compound eyes
1 pair antenna
mandible mouth parts
Insecta
3 body regions
3 pairs of legs
1 pair of compound eyes
1 pair antenna
mandible mouth parts
of orders known in 2012
27-31
8 economically important
Orthoptera examples
grasshoppers, crickets, etc
Orthoptera
(characteristics)
- chewing mouth parts
- 2 pairs of wings:
1st thickened & leathery 2nd membranous to fly
- incomplete metamorphosis
thickened and leathery pair of wings
tegmon / tegmina
homoptera examples
aphids, scales, white flies, leaf hoppers, plant hoppers
Homoptera
(characterists)
- 2 pairs membranous wings (colors vary)
- peircing and sucking mouth parts that arise from back of head
- incomplete metamorphosis
Hemiptera examples
True Bugs
Hemiptera
(characterists)
- peircing and sucking mouth parts that arise from front of head
- 2 pairs wings1st- basal half is hardened, apical membranous
2nd- membranous
- incomplete metamorphosis
Hemi-elytron(a)
Wing with hardened basal half and membranous apical half
Thysanoptera example
thrips
Thysanoptera
(characteristics)
- (g)rasping and sucking mouth parts
- 2 pairs of long, narrow membranous wings with a fringe
- incomplete metamorphasis
- pests on ornamentals
Diptera example
true flies
Diptera
(characteristics)
- mouth parts are variable
- 1 pair membranous wings
- complete metamorphasis
Hymenoptera example
ants, bees, sawflies, wasps
Hymenoptera
(characteristics)
- variable chewing mouth parts
- 2 pairs membranous wings (1st larger than the 2nd)
- complete metamorphasis
Coleoptera
(characteristics)
- chewing mouth parts
- wings:1st pair: hardened, no veins, meet down midline of back
2nd pair: membranous
- complete metamorphasis
Lepidoptera example
butterflies, skippers, moths
Lepidoptera
(characteristics)
- syphoning mouth parts
- 2 pairs membranous wings that are partially or fully scaled
- complete metamorphasis
Wing Veins (front to back)
Costa
Subcosta
Radial (R1, R2, R3)
Medial
Cubital
Anal
Leg Parts
(from base to tip)
Coxa(e)
Trochanter(s)
Femur(a)
Tibia(s)
Tarsus(i)
These hold on to a piece of plant tissue
Labrum (upper flap)
Labium (lower flap)
Mouth parts for cutting and grinding
mandibles
Mouthpart used to manipulate plant tissue
Maxilla(e)
Mouthpart used to determine food sources
palps
repeating units within a compound eye
ommatidium
photoperiod
the ration of light : dark
ocellus
used to determine photoperiods
antenna types
Filiform
Clavate
thread-like antenna
filiform
clubbed antenna
clavate
modifications to mouth parts
- peircing and sucking
- sponging (flies)
- lapping (bees)
- siphoning (lepidoptera)
3 sections of the thorax
- prothorax
- mesothorax
- metathorax
2 pairs of wings can be located on…
mesothorax or metathorax