Quiz 9 Flashcards
(29 cards)
Head of Dragonfly
- compound eyes
- ocelli (3)
- Mouthparts
- Antennae
Mouthpart Diversity
Chewing mouthparts from a Grasshopper
Rhodnius prolixus
“Kissing bug” - chagas disease vector
Chewing - Lapping Mouthparts (Bumblebee)
3 ocelli
Piercing - Lapping Mouthparts
robber fly
horse fly
Sponging Mouthparts
Flesh fly
house fly
Modified chewing mouthparts
- Tiger beetle (filiform antennae)
- stag beetle (geniculate antennae)
- dobsonfly ( related to lacewing)
- ground beetle
What is unusual about the compound eyes of these whirligig beetles
eyes are split into two halves
Siphoning Mouthparts
Hummingbird Moth
coiled tube retracted into ventral groove
Highly modified labium
Dragonfly Naiad
Piercing sucking mouthparts
- green stinkbug
- giant water bug
- wheel bug (on assassin bug)
- cicada
Female mosquito
plain antennae
Other head structures
scarab beetle horns
weevil “snouts”
pronotum Specializations
hissing cockroach
camel cricket
dung beetle
forked fungus beetle
wheel bug
pygmy grasshopper
treehoppers
Leg types raptorial - grasping
raptorial (grasping)
water scorpion
praying mantis (adult + nymph)
Toe biter (Adult +nymph)
Robber fly
dragonfly
Leg types - saltatorial - jumping
Saltatorial (jumping)
differentia grasshopper (hind legs)
crickets and katydids
Leg types - Fossorial - digging
Fossorial - digging
mole crickets
dung beetle
cicada nymphs
Giant water bugs
raptorial f legs
natatorial hing legs
hemelytra front wings
leg types - natatorial - swimming
water scavenger beetle
leg types - cursorial - fast running
American cockroach
ground beetle
Sunflower bug
has “spurs” on the inside of the tibia - used by males for fighting
leaf-footed bug
enlarged hind tibia
honey bee legs
corbiculum
stridulatory file
male crickets tegmen
