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Primary Insect Orders Flashcards

Learn organisms, order, and metamorphosis

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What order and metamorphosis do butterflies and moths go through?

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  1. Lepidoptera
  2. Complete metamorphosis
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What order and metamorphosis do bees and wasps go through?

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  1. Hymenoptera
  2. Complete metamorphosis
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What order and metamorphosis do mayflies go through?

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  1. Ephemeroptera
  2. Incomplete metamorphosis
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What order and metamorphosis do grasshoppers and crickets go through?

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  1. Orthoptera
  2. Incomplete metamorphosis
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What order and metamorphosis do aphids and cicadas go through?

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  1. Hemiptera (true bugs)
  2. Incomplete metamorphosis
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What order and metamorphosis do beetles go through?

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  1. Coleoptera
  2. Complete metamorphosis
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What order and metamorphosis do flies go through?

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  1. Diptera
  2. Complete metamorphosis
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What type of metamorphosis is also called “holometabolous”

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Complete metamorphosis

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What type of metamorphosis is also called “hemimetabolous”

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Incomplete Metamorphosis

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What is a signifier for complete metamorphosis?

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A pupae stage

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What is a species?

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A species can be defined as a taxonomic unit or a theoretical concept

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How can a species be a taxonomic unit?

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Species are used as a basis for enumerating and classifying diversity

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How can a species be a theoretical concept?

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A species is a way to identify groups of organisms that are affected by (or are the result of) biological processes

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What taxonomic level always ends in the suffix “-idae”?

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Family

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What is the difference between a phylogenetic tree and dichotomous key?

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  1. Phylogenetic trees are usually done by common descent
  2. Dichotomous keys are usually based on physical characteristics
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What are the seven levels of classification?

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  1. Kingdom
  2. Phylum
  3. Class
  4. Order
  5. Family
  6. Genus
  7. Species

(Kings Play Chess On Funny Green Stools)

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Linnaeus established and popularized the binomial naming system which requires which classification levels?

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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.

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What is a holotype?

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A single individual that has been selected to act as the name-bearing type; usually selected by original describer.

19
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Which two scientists founded the Theory of Evolution?

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Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace

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