Arthropods Flashcards
(39 cards)
Meristomata
Horseshoe crabs
Invertebrate eyes
Compound ommatidium
Chelicerata
Prosoma head, opithosoma body. Feeding appendages are chilicerae
Arachnia
Chilicerae and pedipalps
Acari
Ticks: lone star tick = Lyme disease
Mandibulata
Subphylum
Myriapoda
Superclass: orders Chilopoda and Diplopoda
Hexapoda
Entognatha and insecta
Malpighian tubules
Excretion in insects
Diapause
Period of arrested development in egg, larval, or pupal stages
Hemimerabolous
Immature nymphs look like adults
Holometabolous
Egg larva pupa adult
Ephemeroptera
Hemi: Mayfly
Odonata
Hemi: dragonfly
Blattaria
Hemi: cockroach
Mantodea
Hemi: mantids
Isoptera
Hemi: termites
Orthoptera
Hemi: crickets, grasshoppers, locusts
Plecoptera
Hemi: Stoneflies
Hemiptera
Hemi: true bugs giant water bug, male caries young
Homoptera
Hemi: Cicadas and aphids
Neuroptera
Holo: lacewings/ dobsonflies
Coleoptera
Holo: beetles
Diptera
Holo: true flies (1 pair wings)