lecture 7 arthropoda ii insect diversity

Question 1

what does the subphylum hexapoda mean in latin mean

Answer 1

hexa = 6 
poda = feet

Question 2

the most diverse living group is

Answer 2

hexapods

Question 3

why are insects so successful

Answer 3

great adptabiltity
small body size
land adapted exoskeleton
flight
sensorial organs
high fecundicity

Question 4

what is fecundicity

Answer 4

the ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth

Question 5

hexapoda body plan

Answer 5

head
thorax
abdomen

Question 6

whats in a hexapods head

Answer 6

i pair of antenna

1 pair of compound eyes

Question 7

whats in a hexapods abdomen

Answer 7

digestive system
stigmata and trachea
sexual organs

Question 8

whats in a hexapods thorax

Answer 8

3 pairs of legs

2 pairs of wings

Question 9

chewing mouths in

Answer 9

grasshopper dragonfly beetle

herbivorus
predators
scavangers

Question 10

piercing sucking

Answer 10

plant hoppers
true bugs mosquitos

plant suckers
blood suckers

Question 11

sucking

Answer 11

butterflies
moths

nectar feeders

Question 12

sponging sucking

Answer 12

flies

fluid and sloid dissolved food eater

Question 13

cutting sucking

Answer 13

horseflies

blood feeders

Question 14

chewing lapping

Answer 14

bees
bumblebees

nectar & pollen feeders

Question 15

what are the types of wings

Answer 15

membranous
tegma
elytra
halter
hemielytra
wings covered with small scales

Question 16

what are elytra

Answer 16

first pair wings hard and cover other pair

Question 17

what are the halters

Answer 17

second pair of wings modified into a stalk with a knob for steering

Question 18

what is the tegma

Answer 18

first pair of wings sclerotised

Question 19

hemielytra

Answer 19

half the wing leathery and the other half membraneous

Question 20

what twp muscles control flight

Answer 20

ventrical and longnitudinal

Question 21

how do hexapods reproduce

Answer 21

internal fertilisation
sexual dimorphism
courtship and nuptial gifts

Question 22

what are the three types of life cycle

Answer 22

no metamorphosis
incomplete metamorphosis
complete metamorphosis

Question 23

what is no metamorphosis

Answer 23

many moults including as adults

Question 24

what is incomplete metamorphosis

Answer 24

(hemimetabolism) – typically 5 moults, becoming more adult-like each time

Question 25

what is complete metamorphosis

Answer 25

(holometabolism) – ecological diversity within a species may be beneficial

Question 26

what are some social insects

Answer 26

termites ants bees

Question 27

what are some different castes

Answer 27

1 queen 1 king several workers and soldiers

Question 28

which castes reproduce

Answer 28

queen only and males with wings

Question 29

what organs do workers & soldiers

Answer 29

no wings and no sexual organs

Question 30

what ecological services do hexapods do

Answer 30

polliation pest control nutrient recycling

Question 31

what ecological disservices do hexapods carry out

Answer 31

crop pests livestock ectoparasites disease vectors

Question 32

what does the order collembola mean in latin

Answer 32

``` colle = glue embola = peg ```

Question 33

what are some features of collembola

Answer 33

springtails small (6mm) adults wingless

Question 34

what is the abdominal furcula

Answer 34

a jumping organ in collembola

Question 35

where do collembola live

Answer 35

soil leaf litter and rotten

Question 36

what do collembola feed on

Answer 36

decaying plant material and fungi

Question 37

what does the order ephemeroptera mean in latin

Answer 37

``` ephemero = short lived ptera = wings ```

Question 38

what are ephemeroptera

Answer 38

mayflies adults with membranous wings aquatic nymphs adults don;t feed and have short life

Question 39

order odonta in latin

Answer 39

odon = tooth

Question 40

who are the odontates

Answer 40

damselflies and dragonflies | nymphs and adult carnivorous

Question 41

what are the orders plecoptera and trichoptea

Answer 41

stoneflies and caddisflies | hairy wings

Question 42

what are the orders blattodea, mantodea and phasmatodea

Answer 42

cockroaches (omnivours) mantids (carnivourous) stickinsects (herbivores

Question 43

what does order orthoptera mean in latin

Answer 43

straight

Question 44

what are the orthoptera

Answer 44

grasshoppers, locusts, bush crickets, herbivorus

Question 45

what are the order anoplura and siphonaptera

Answer 45

lices and fleas

Question 46

what does order hemiptera mean

Answer 46

Hemi = half, ptera = wings`

Question 47

who are the hemiptera

Answer 47

true bugs plant hoppers aphids

Question 48

what does the order coleoptera mean

Answer 48

Coleo = case, ptera = wings beetles

Question 49

what does the order diptera mean in latin

Answer 49

``` two wings (one pair) all true flies and mosqitoes ```

Question 50

order lepidoptera in latin

Answer 50

lepido scale ptera wings butterflys and moths

Question 51

what does the order hymenoptera mean in latin

Answer 51

hymeno = membrane

Question 52

who are the hymenoptera

Answer 52

wasps, bees, bumble bees