Intro To Entomology Flashcards by Ning Yan

Earwig

Dermaptera - pincer-like cerci, females guard eggs and nymphs

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Termites

Isoptera - social insects with division of labour, feed on cellulose

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Leaf/stick insect

Phasmida: Mimic leaves and sticks, herbivorous

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Angel insects

Zoraptera: resemble termites, non-social

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grasshopper

Orthoptera: jumping legs, short antenna

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Cricket

Orthoptera: long ovipositor, produce sound

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Katydid

Orthoptera: leaf-like tagmina, long antenna

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Gladiator bugs

Mantophasmodea: predatory, uses fore and mid legs to catch prey, wingless

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Rock/ice crawler

Grylloblattodea - lives in high elevations with low temperatures, combination traits of earwig, stonefly, cockroach, long cerci

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Cockroach

Dictyoptera: legs modified for running, enlarged pronotum

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Mantis

Dictyoptera: elongated pro thorax with raptorial forelegs, predator

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Dictyoptera:

Eggs laid in ootheca, chewing mouthparts

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Orthoptera

Crickets, katydids, short horned grasshoppers. Legs modified from jumping, presence of tagmina, sound production, chewing mouthparts

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Phasmida

Leaf and stick insects. Mimic things

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Mantophasmodea

Gladiator bugs. Predatory, resemble phasmid+mantis

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Grylloblattodea

Rock crawler. Requires low temperatures, long cerci, weird combination of traits

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Dermaptera

Earwig: chewing mouthparts, omnivorous

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Webspinner

Embioptera: live in groups, swollen front tarsi with silk glands

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Embioptera

Webspinner: live in silk galleries

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Zoraptera

Angel insects: termite-like, live on rotting wood

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Protura

Proturans - No antenna, piercing/sucking mouthparts

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Collembola

Springtails: Chewing mouthparts, feed on decaying matter

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Springtail

Collembola

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Ephemeroptera

Mayflies

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Mayflies

Ephemoptera: aquatic larva, large fore wings, nonfunctional mouthparts in adults

Odonata

Dragonflies and damselflies

Dragonfly

Odonata: predatory, larva has anal gills; jet propulsion

Damselflies

Odonata: predatory, large eyes, 3 external gills on end of abdomen

Plecoptera

Stonefly

Plecoptera: long multi-segmented antenna, feed on algae, lichen, or not at all

Thrip

Thysanoptera: Fringes on wings, rasping mouthparts

Book lice

Psocoptera: chewing mouthparts, omnivorous

Bark lice

Psocoptera: membranous wings, feed on pollen, fungi, lichens

Chewing lice

Mallophaga: bird ectoparasites, head wider than pronotum

Sucking lice

Anoplura: blood feeder, c-shaped tarsus, head smaller than pronotum

Leafhopper

Hemiptera

Bed bug

Hemiptera

Aphid

Hemiptera

Water boatman

Hemiptera

Back swimmer

Hemiptera

Giant water bug

Hemiptera

Cicada

Hemiptera

Whitefly

Hemiptera

Scale insect

Hemiptera

Scorpionfly

Mecoptera: scorpion-like genital segment on males, face projects downwards. BEAK AND TAIL.

Caddis fly

Trichoptera: Larvae build cases or use silk nets, wings have hairs

Butterfly:

Lepidoptera: maxilla form tube for feeding, form 'naked chrysalis"

Moth

Lepidoptera: forms silky cocoon, feathery antenna

Fly

Diptera: only fore wings; halteres, sucking mouthparts

Mosquito

Diptera: blood feeder, long antenna

Crane fly

Diptera

Horse fly

Diptera: half-sclerotizrd head larva

House fly

Diptera: Larvae lack head capsule

Flea

Siphonaptera: jumping legs, bristles on head and thorax

Dobsonfly

Neuroptera

Alder fly

Neuroptera

Green lacewing

Neuroptera

Twisted wing parasite

Strepsiptera

Beetle

Coleoptera

Ladybird beetle

Coleoptera

Bee

Hymenoptera

Wasp

Hymenoptera

Ant

Hymenoptera

Neuroptera

Net-winged insects: four membranous wings of equal size and chewing mouthparts

Coleoptera

Beetles: chewing mouthparts and elytra

Hymenoptera

Bees, wasps, and ants: four membranous wings, social insect

List the four sides of the head

Vertex, top; frons, face; occipit, rear; gena, cheeks

List the mouthparts

Clypeus, nose; labrum, upper lip; mandibles, labium, labial and maxillary palpa

Name the two wing-coupling mechanisms and their insects

Hamulii (bees): Series of hooks on hind wing. | Frenulum (butterfly): forewing hooks with hindering bristles

Name the six leg segments in order

Coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, protarsus, tarsus

Differentiate dragonfly and damselflies

Damselflies are thinner than dragonflies and their naiads have 3 external gills

Hemiptera

Piercing/sucking mouthparts, two pairs of wings, forewing may be hemelytra or membranous

Velvet worm

Onchyophora

Velvet worm: fleshy legs, no segmentation

Trilobite

Trilobita: dunno

Horseshoe crab

Chelicerata: cephalothorax, 5 pairs of legs

Scorpion

Chelicerata

Sun spider

Chelicerata

Whip scorpion, tail-less whip scorpion

Chelicerata

Pill bugs, sand fleas,

Crustacea

Centipedes, millipedes

Myriapoda