Lab 10 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Odonata
Dragonflies and mayflies
Orthoptera
Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets
Blattaria
Cockroaches
Dermaptera
earwigs
Hermiptera
True Bugs, Cicadas, Leafhoppers, Aphids, Scale Insects
Coleotera
Beetles
Neuroptera
Lacewings, ant lions
Lepidoptera
Butterflies and Moths
Diptera
Flies, Gnats, Midges
Hymenoptera
Ants, Bees, Wasps
mouthparts adapted for biting, forewing wider or longer than windings, ovipositor may be adapted for stinging, often social, abdomen often constricted at the second segment with the basal segment fused to the thorax (wasp waist)
Hymenoptera
one pair of wings,hindwings modified as halters; very small prothorax; mouthparts adapted for talking liquid foods by lapping, sucking, or piercing; habitats: almost everywhere
Diptera
body and wings covered in scales; modified proboscis (often coiled); large wings; habitat: flowering plants and most habitats
Lepidoptera
chewing mouthparts; membranous wings with many branched, longitudinal veins connected by many cross-veins; Habitat: creeks
Neuroptera
forewings modified to tough elytra (wing cases) which meet to form a straight-line down the back; well developed mandibles
Coleoptera
sucking mouthparts; tubular beak; antennae with fewer than 10 segments
Hemiptera
doors-ventrally flattened; elongate forceps-like appendages at the end of abdomen; short tough forewings
Dermaptera
toughened forewings; doors-ventrally flattened; head covered by shield-like pronotum; Habitat: urban
Cockroaches
specialized hind wings for jumping; toughened leathery forewing; pronotum extended down the sides; often makes noise to attract mates; found in grasslands and trees
Orthoptera
large eyes; long, cylindrical abdomen; wings of equal size help upright or out to the side; aquatic larval stage (creeks and ponds)
Odonata
elytra
wing covering
halteres
he balancing organ of a two winged fly, seen as either a pair or knobbed filaments that take the place of hind wings
