Midterm/Exam 1 material Flashcards by Essence Richardson

Characteristics of a Thomisidae

*Crab spider
* sits on plants
* some can change colors
*Has shorter front legs

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Characteristics of a Lycosidae

*Wolf Spider
* carries babies on abdomen
*hunting spiders
*posterior eyes are in a box
*walks on water

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Characteristics of an Araneidae

*Orb Web Spider
*has spiny legs
*has a globular abdomen
*verticle/orb web
*Second Largest family

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Characteristics of a Pisauridae

*Fisher spider
*carries egg sac on fangs
*typically brown
*walks on water
*both sets of eyes are in a curved row

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Characteristics of a Salticidae

Jumping spider
Largest spider family
*Big anterior median eyes
*hunting spider

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Characteristics of a Tetragnathidae

*Long jawed spider
*long chelicerae
*long abdomen
*long fangs

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Characteristics of a Linyphiidae

*Sheet web spider
*very small (3mm body)

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Characteristics of a Theridiidae

*Cob web spider
*House spider
*poisonous to humans
*globular abdomen
*no spines on legs
*high abdomen

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Characteristics of a Pholcidae

*cellar spiders
*six eyed
*maternal and paternal care
*little silk in chelicerae

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Characteristics of an Agelenidae

Funnel Web spider
*really long spinnerets

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Two parts of a spider

cephalothorax and abdomen

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What is ballooning

when baby spiders spread silk and fly in the air

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What is the line spiders leave behind to keep from falling?

Drag line

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What is the name for baby spiders?

Spiderlings

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What is an exoskeleton?

The outside skeleton of spiders

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What is molting?

When a spider sheds its skeleton

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What are pedipalps for?

Sensory for male spiders

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What kingdom are spiders in?

Animalia

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What phylum are spiders in?

Arthropoda

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What class are spiders in?

Arachnida

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What order are spiders in?

Aranae

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What are apodemes?

Where the muscles attach on a spider

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What kind of appendages do spiders have?

Jointed appendages (helps them move)

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How many tagma do spiders have?

Two

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What is tagmosis?

Segments fused into functional regions

What is a tagma

The functional part

What are the four subphylums?

Crustacea, Myriapoda, Hexapoda, and Chelicerata

What animals are apart of subphylum crustacea?

Crab, Lobsters, Shrimp, Crawfish, and Rollie Pollies

What animals are apart of subphylum myriapoda?

Centipedes and Millipedes

What animals are apart of subphylum hexapoda?

Insects

What are the chelicerae?

Base and fangs

What are the pedipalps for?

Sensory and reproduction

What order is the scorpion in?

Scorpiones

What order are mites in?

Acari

What order are daddy long legs in?

Opiliones

What are the two suborders?

Libidognatha and Orthognatha

What is an egg sac?

Where baby spiders lay

What is the epigynum?

The reproduction area of female spiders

What are book lungs?

Where spiders breathe on their abdomen

What is the upper part of the spider called?

Dorsal view

What is the bottom part of the spider called?

Ventral view

What are the Anterior eyes?

The front eyes

What are the Posterior eyes?

The back eyes

What are the median eyes?

The middle eyes

What are the lateral eyes?

The outside eyes

What is desicitation?

Lost of moisture

What is in the foregut?

Esophagus and the stomach

What happens in the midgut?

Absorption occurs

What kind of digestion do spiders have?

External digestion

How do spiders taste?

With their esophagus and hairs

What is used to prevent back flow?

The valve

Do spiders have an open or closed circulatory system?

Open

What is the main tube in spiders?

The Dorsal vessel

What is spider blood called?

Hemolymph

What is the oxygen transport pigment?

Hemocyanin

How many book lungs do primitive spiders have?

Four

How many book lungs do advanced spiders have?

Two

What are the two parts of the Dorsal Vessel?

Heart and Aortia

Where is the hemocoel?

In the abdomen

What is the ostia?

Holes in the tubes of the dorsal vessel

How does blood flow?

From the heart to the aorta

What lets oxygen into the trachael system?

Spiracle

How many book lungs do orthognatha have?

Two

How many book lungs do labidognatha have?

Four

Who is sperm priority in orthognatha?

The last male

Who is sperm priority in labidognatha?

The first male

What ganglion is the brain? and also above?

Supraesophageal

What ganglion is below? and in the legs?

Subesophageal

What is the top part of the cephalothorax?

Carapace

What is the bottom part of the cephalothorax?

Sternum

What is the lower lip called on the spider?

Labium

What doubles as the maxilla?

Coxa

Which spider has six eyes?

Pholcidae

What are the pedipalps attached to?

The tarsus

What is ballooning silk called?

Gossamer

What is swathing?

How spiders wrap their prey

What is the name of Charles Robert Darwin's 1859 book?

On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

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