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Exam III Flashcards

1
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Hyperparasitoids

A

parasitoids of parasitoids!

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2
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Idiobionts

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paralyze prey

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3
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kionobionts

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ALLOW host to continue to mature and grow

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4
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Benefits of ectoparasites

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Easy dispersal, Safe from Immune system

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5
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Downsides to ectoparasites

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Vulnerable to natural enemies, exposed to environment, Harder time feeding

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6
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Upsides to Endoparasites

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More often protected form natural predators, protected from external environment, easier feeding

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7
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downsides to Endoparasites

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Harder dispersal, More susceptible to host’s immune system

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8
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Challenges to water living

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Acquiring O2, Water density (for 02) water temp, depth, water body type

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9
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Lotic Env.

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Running water

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10
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Lentic

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Stagnant water

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11
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Water breathing adaptations

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Arthrodial membrane, gills, siphon (all adults have trachae)

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12
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oligopneustic

A

1-2 spiracles

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13
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spiracles with horn-like projections

A

trumpets!

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14
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adaptations to get foodin shwater

A

nets, and brush mouths

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15
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Soil Horizons

A

OABC

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16
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Upper A horizon is the

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Humus

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17
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What buds doin underground?

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Foraging
* Living there:
foraging and
mating
* Laying eggs
* Pupating
* Escaping the
elements &
overwintering

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18
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Insects living in leaf litter

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Collembola, Rove beetles, ground beetles

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19
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Xylophagous

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Wood eating

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20
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Pyrophilous

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Attracted to brunt wood

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20
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Coprophagous

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dung-eating

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21
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Troglobionts

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Cavers (as a hobby)

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22
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Troglobites

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Cavers (as a lifestyle)

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23
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How did insects start

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as a sis taxa to crustaceans, or within crustacea

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23
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Primitive Hexapods

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soft bodied

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23
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Mycangium

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transports symbiotic fungi

24
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Aquatic to terrestrial move

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on floating marine vegatative mats, moss and lichen (intermittedly wet), Ephemeral ponds

25
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terrestrial origin proof

A

tracheal systems in fossils, genetic evidence, trachea present in odonata nymph, plant dmg fossils

26
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The 1st major adaptive
radiation

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Lower Carboniferous (with the radiation of gymnosperms)

27
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3 reasons for adaptive radiations

A

extinction event, New geographical region, closely associated with another adaptive radiation of another spp.

28
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1st major extinction

A

Permian-triassic (2nd radiation)

29
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3rd major adaptive radiation

A

Cretacious with angiosperm

30
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Routes to flight

A

floating, running and jumping, paragliding, SURFACE SAILING

31
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Arthropod successes

A

Compound eyes, Exoskeleton, Segmentation, tagmosis

32
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oldest hexapod

A

collembola

33
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adaptations to dryer environment

A

scales and heavier sclerotization

34
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plant-diet adaptations

A

filter chamber, mandibulate or piercing-sucking mouthparts, hut microorgs

35
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Plant Mechanical defenses

A

thick tissue, Spines, Pubescence, Glandular trichomes, normal trichomes

36
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unusual defenses for plants

A

extrafloral nectaries, immobilizing and attracting insects for feeding of predators

37
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eating one spp. of plant vs many

A

monophagous v oligophagous

38
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insects that feed on many different families

A

Polyphagous

39
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Types of Phytophagy (9)

A

Leaf chewing, mining, Boring, Girdling, seed feeding and boring, Root feeding, fluid feeding, galling, sap and nectar feeding

40
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Major insect galling groups

A

Hemiptera by sternorryncha, Diptera (gall midges,) Hymenoptera, tropical thrips

41
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insect pollination name

A

entophily

42
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cantharophily

A

bettol pollination

43
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myophily

A

fly pollination

44
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Sphecophily

A

wasp pollination

45
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Myrmecophily

A

ant pollination

46
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Bee pollination

A

Melitophily

47
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Moth pollination

A

Phalaenophily

48
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Psychophily

A

butterfli pollination

49
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domatia

A

plant homes :>

50
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Myrmechophytes

A

ant pants

51
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Myrmecochory

A

seed dispersal by ants (the food is elaisomes)

52
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Irritating hairs

A

Non-envenomating urticating hairs

53
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Losing a limb on purpose

A

Autotomy (must be hemimetabolous or an ametabolous juvenile)

54
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Faking your death

A

Thanotosis

55
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Chemical Defenses

A

stings, sprays, Poisonous body fluids, Poisonous secretions, envenomating urticating hairs, anifungal and bacterial chemicals on exoskeleton

56
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Warning of distatefulness toxicity or danger

A

Aposematism

57
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Batesian Mimicry

A

mimic not dangerous

58
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Mullerian Mimicry

A

both dangeroose

59
Q

My honest reaction to plant allelochemicals

A

keep em or detoxify

60
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