Insecta Flashcards

(42 cards)

1
Q

Insecta eyes

A

simple or complex

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2
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Special feature in the head of insecta

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antennae

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3
Q

insecta segmentation

A

head
thorax (3)
abdomen (11)

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4
Q

insecta nr of legs

A

adults 3 pairs

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5
Q

chewing lice

A

mallophaga

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6
Q

sucking ice

A

anoplura

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7
Q

fleas

A

siphonaptera

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8
Q

true bugs

A

hemiptera

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9
Q

flies

A

diptera

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10
Q

anoplura appendices

A

no wings

tibial pad and tarsal claw in legs

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11
Q

anoplura respiration

A

respiratory stoma in abdominal pleural plates

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12
Q

anoplura head

A

narrower than thorax

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13
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feeding system of anoplura

A

solenophagus (drink directly from the vessell)

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14
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telmophagus

A

break vessel and drink from pool

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15
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anoplura mouth parts

A

highly specialised, biting-suckling mouthparts

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16
Q

female anolura organs

A
gonopods (appendix for egg laying)
cementant glands (allow egg laying for up 5 weeks after mating)
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17
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anoplura eggs are called?

18
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how are anopura eggs layed

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they are layed to hair and cemented

19
Q

biological cycle of anoplura

A

egg
nymph 1-3
adult
21 days

20
Q

pthirus

A

Anoplura of primates and humans, crab louse in pubic hair

21
Q

pediculus

A

human Anoplura

22
Q

haematopinus

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swine, cattle, and equine Anoplura

23
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solenoptes

A

ruminant Anoplura

24
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linognathus

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dog and cattle Anoplura

25
which lice are more specific?
anoplura, although mallophaga as specific as well
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Mallophaga
wool eating lice, that feed on hair and feathers, sebaceous glands and even blood if present
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how can mallophaga and anoplura be differentiated?
mallophaga have wider head than thorax and anoplura have wider thorax than head
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how are bird and mammal mallophaga differentiated?
mammal mallophaga: - 1 claw at the end of the leg bird mallophaga: -2 claws at the end of the leg
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bird mallophaga genus
goniocotes and columbicola
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mammal mallophaga genus
trichodectes felicola bovicola
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Trichodectes
mallophaga of dogs that accts as IH and vector for Dipylidium caninum
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Siphonaptera morphology
laterally flattened body 3rd pair of legs well developed for jumping combs 2 simple eyes
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Siphonaptera hosts
mammals and birds but very low host specificity
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Siphonaptera feeding habits
solenophagus
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Xenophylla cheopis
siphonaptera that acts as a vector for bubonic plague
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siphonaptera problems
flea allergy by the saliva
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siphonaptera egg laying
adults copulate once | females store sperm in spermatheca
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siphonaptera life cycle
egg l1-l4 pupae adult
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anoplura are the vectors of
Exanthematic typhus
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Mallophaga are the vectors of
Dipylidium caninum
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Siphonaptera are the vectors of
bubonic plague filariae dipylidium
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hemiptera are the vectors of
trypanosoma