quiz #7; through Siphonaptera

Question 1

suborder Adephaga

Answer 1

troconter out

Question 2

suborder Polyphaga

Answer 2

troconter tucked

Question 3

% Carabidae

Answer 3

ground and tiger beetles
prognathous, fast, subapical spur

Question 4

subfamily Cicindellinae

Answer 4

tiger beetles

Question 5

% Dytiscidae

Answer 5

water beetle
troconter out, no ventral spine, some with swollen prothoracic legs

Question 6

% Gryinidae

Answer 6

whirligig beetles
split compound eyes

Question 7

% Cantharidae

Answer 7

soldier beetles
pronotal shield, soft elytra, head not covered

Question 8

% Staphilinidae

Answer 8

rove beetles
truncated wings

Question 9

%Lampyridae

Answer 9

fireflies

Question 10

% Hydrophilidae

Answer 10

Water scavenging beetles

Question 11

%Meloidae

Answer 11

blister beetles
abdomen sticks out

Question 12

% Scarabaeidae

Answer 12

scarab

Question 13

% Coccinellidae

Answer 13

ladybugs
/ladybird beetles

Question 14

%Carambycidae

Answer 14

long-horned beetles
notched eyes
4-4-4

Question 15

%Buprestidae

Answer 15

metallic woodboring beetles

Question 16

% Lucanidae

Answer 16

stag beetles
big mandibles
lamellate antennae

Question 17

% Elateridae

Answer 17

click beetles
pronotal corners

Question 18

% curculionidae

Answer 18

weevils

Question 19

% Reduviidae

Answer 19

cn: assassin bugs, ambush bugs
beak with groove, neck

Question 20

% Lygaeidae

Answer 20

cn: Seed bugs
head wide as pronotum, colorful, 4-5 longitudinal veins in hemelytra membr.

Question 21

% Coreidae

Answer 21

cn: Leaf-footed bugs. squash bugs
head narrower than pronotum, metathoracic tibia enlarged

Question 22

% Nepidae

Answer 22

cn: Waterscorpion
ME WHEN I GET YOU legs (raptorial)
elongated breathing siphon

Question 23

% Scutelleridae

Answer 23

cn: Shield-back beetles
round ovoid, scutellum COVERS abdomen, covering most of wings, 4 segmented antennae

Question 24

Suborder Nematocera

Answer 24

cn: long-horned flies
filiform antennae and usually thin bodied

Question 25

% Tipulidae

Answer 25

cn: craneflies or snowflies large, lack occeli, large haltorial wings (2 anal veins)

Question 26

% Ptychopteridae

Answer 26

cn: phantom crane flies 1 anal vein, radial vein 5 branched

Question 27

% Psychodidae

Answer 27

cn: mothflies, drainflies, sandflies

Question 28

% Culicidae

Answer 28

cn: mosquitoes scaly membranous wings proboscis, plusome antennae

Question 29

% Chironomidae

Answer 29

cn: midges NO PROBOSCOUS no scales on wings too! very plumose antennae

Question 30

suborder Brachycera

Answer 30

cn: shorthorned flies scoop-like mouths reduced antennae

Question 31

% Tabanidae

Answer 31

cn: deer, horse flies stylate antennae R4 and R5 separate and encompass tip

Question 32

% Asilidae

Answer 32

cn: Robber Flies Concave stoopid head piercing mouthparts

Question 33

% Syrphidae

Answer 33

cn: Flower flies, hover flies r-m cross-vein (doesn't make it to edge of wing) aristate antennae

Question 34

Superfamily Muscoidea

Answer 34

the boring flies

Question 35

% Calliphoridae

Answer 35

cn: blow flies bright metallic colors artista generally plumose at tip HYPOPLEURON W BRISTLES

Question 36

% Sarcophagidae

Answer 36

cn: flesh flies tip of arista bare, base plumose Hypopleuron w 4 distinct bristles dull color, evil eyes

Question 37

%Muscidae

Answer 37

cn: house/face flies dull body, aristate plumose Hypopleuron w/out bristles

Question 38

% Tachnidae

Answer 38

cn: Tachnid flies dull body, bare arista ENLARGED post-scutellum (main trait) they got brsitles on that Hypopleuron

Question 39

Order Mecoptera

Answer 39

cn: hangingflies, scorpionflies 2 pairs of long membranous wings long snout, large conspicuous eyes very romantic

Question 40

% Bittacidae

Answer 40

cn: hanging flies tarsi w 1 claw, raptorial 5th segment abdomen recurved, 2 PAIRS of wings (unlike crane fly)

Question 41

% Panorpidae

Answer 41

cn: scorpion flies tarsi w 2 claws, wings patterned normally male abdomen normally w scorpion tail

Question 42

Order Siphonaptera

Answer 42

FLEAS laterally compressed, secondarily apterous yummy