Exercise 1: Distinguishable Characteristics of Insects

Question 1

TYPES OF ANTENNA

Answer 1

1. aristate
2. bipectinate
3. capitate
4. clavate
5. filiform
6. flabellate
7. geniculate
8. lamellate
9. moniliform
10. pectinate
11. plumose
12. serrate
13. setaceous

Question 2

ARISTATE

Answer 2

1. pouch-like with lateral bristles
2. fruitfly

Question 3

BIPECTINATE

Answer 3

1. two-sided comb

Question 4

CAPITATE

Answer 4

1. abruptly clubbed at the end
2. butterfly

Question 5

CLAVATE

Answer 5

1. gradually clubbed at the end
2. beetle

Question 6

FILIFORM

Answer 6

1. thread-like
2. grasshopper; cockcroach

Question 7

FLABELLATE

Answer 7

1. fan-shaped
2. beetle

Question 8

GENICULATE

Answer 8

1. hinged/bent like elbow
2. ants; bees

Question 9

LAMELLATE

Answer 9

1. plate-like structure at tip

Question 10

MONILIFORM

Answer 10

1. bead-like
2. termites

Question 11

PECTINATE

Answer 11

1. comb-like
2. moths

Question 12

PLUMOSE

Answer 12

1. feather-like
2. male mosquito

Question 13

SERRATE

Answer 13

1. saw-toothed shape
2. beetle

Question 14

SETACEOUS

Answer 14

1. needle-like
2. butterfly

Question 15

TYPES OF MOUTHPARTS

Answer 15

1. chewing
2. piercing-sucking
3. siphoning
4. sponging
5. rasping-sucking
6. chewing-lapping

Question 16

CHEWING

Answer 16

1. grasshopper

Question 17

PIERCING-SUCKING

Answer 17

1. ambush bug
2. mosquito

Question 18

SIPHONING

Answer 18

1. butterfly

Question 19

SPONGING

Answer 19

1. housefly

Question 20

RASPING-SUCKING

Answer 20

1. thrips

Question 21

CHEWING-LAPPING

Answer 21

1. honeybee
2. wasps

Question 22

TYPES OF WINGS

Answer 22

1. membranous
2. tegmen
3. hemyletron
4. elytron
5. haltere
6. fringed

Question 23

MEMBRANOUS WINGS

Answer 23

1. thin and transparent
2. dragonfly; honeybee; termite

Question 24

TEGMEN

Answer 24

1. leathery or parchment-like
2. forewing: grasshoper; cockroach

Question 25

HEMELYTRON

Answer 25

1. half leathery and half membranous 2. red cotton bug

Question 26

ELYTRON

Answer 26

1. opaque and tough 2. forewing: beetles; weevil

Question 27

HALTERE

Answer 27

1. small knob-like 2. hindwing: housefly

Question 28

FRINGED

Answer 28

1. feather-like 2. thrips

Question 29

TYPES OF LEGS

Answer 29

1. fossorial 2. raptorial 3. saltatorial 4. cursorial 5. natatorial 6. corbiculate

Question 30

FOSSORIAL

Answer 30

1. digging 2. mole cricket; june beetle

Question 31

RAPTORIAL

Answer 31

1. grasping 2. praying mantis

Question 32

SALTATORIAL

Answer 32

1. jumping 2. grasshopper

Question 33

CURSORIAL

Answer 33

1. walking/running/crawling 2. cockroaches

Question 34

NATATORIAL

Answer 34

1. swimming 2. aquatic insects

Question 35

CORBICULATE

Answer 35

1. pollen-gathering 2. honeybee