Insecta Flashcards
(42 cards)
Insecta eyes
simple or complex
Special feature in the head of insecta
antennae
insecta segmentation
head
thorax (3)
abdomen (11)
insecta nr of legs
adults 3 pairs
chewing lice
mallophaga
sucking ice
anoplura
fleas
siphonaptera
true bugs
hemiptera
flies
diptera
anoplura appendices
no wings
tibial pad and tarsal claw in legs
anoplura respiration
respiratory stoma in abdominal pleural plates
anoplura head
narrower than thorax
feeding system of anoplura
solenophagus (drink directly from the vessell)
telmophagus
break vessel and drink from pool
anoplura mouth parts
highly specialised, biting-suckling mouthparts
female anolura organs
gonopods (appendix for egg laying) cementant glands (allow egg laying for up 5 weeks after mating)
anoplura eggs are called?
nits
how are anopura eggs layed
they are layed to hair and cemented
biological cycle of anoplura
egg
nymph 1-3
adult
21 days
pthirus
Anoplura of primates and humans, crab louse in pubic hair
pediculus
human Anoplura
haematopinus
swine, cattle, and equine Anoplura
solenoptes
ruminant Anoplura
linognathus
dog and cattle Anoplura