Ento final exam 1
the biological species concept defines a species based on its ability to reproduce and produce fertile offspring. Which group of insects cause problems for this definition based on thier reproduction through cloning for part of thier lifecycle?
Aphids
If you have arthropods living in your eyelashes, like most people, to what class do they belong?
Arachnida
Which Phylum contains mites and ticks?
Arachnida
Which arthropod do not have chelicerae mouthparts instead of mandibles?
Arachnida
Your friend tells you that something is making them itch and they scratch their head. Then you feel like scratching your head. This is an example of
Bell's syndrome
Compared with humans arthropods share which of the following same characteristics?
Bilateral symmetry
Which of the following statements are true when comparing centipeds and millipedes
Centipedes are predators and move faster than millipedes
Orthoptera have lateral projections from their abdomen. What are these structures called?
Cerci
The most diverse Arthropods are called?
Coleoptera
The animals which kill the most humans each year belong to which order?
Diptera
Which insect order has halters
Diptera
Which order of insects has modified hind wings?
Diptera
The front wings of beetles are called?
Elytra
An irrational fear called a phobia. What is the most common phobia in the US?
Fear of spiders
LIfe is organized into a classified into a hierarchal system, starting with kingdoms. which level of classification is below family?
Genus
What did Carlos Linnaeus believe when he invented the modern classification system that was later found to not be true?
He believe that characteristics could be used to deteremine the identification of a species
The modified front wing of many Hemiptera is called
Hemelytra
Which of the following orders has wings that has the same type of wings for both the front wings and the hind wings
Hymenoptera
Which classes of arthropod have more than two types of body segements?
Insecta
Which of the following common names for an insect is not a beetle?
Japanese bug
What is the lowest taxonomic category shared by both insects and humans?
Kingdom
What structures make up the claws of a lobster?
Legs
The order name for which group of insects translets as "scale wings"
Lepidoptera
Which order of insects has siphoning mouthparts
Lepidoptera
Insects that can sting are
Members of the hymenoptera and female
Orthoptera have what type of mouthparts?
Piercing-sucking
True bugs in the order Hemiptera have what type of mouthparts?
Piercing-sucking
Insects contribute about $59 billion dollars to the U.S. economy. What is the most-valuable service provided by insects?
Providing food for sport fish and animals
Which of the following arthropods does not have antennae?
Scorpion
When Hemiptera cross their wings, a triangular region on their back is formed. This triangular region is known as
Scutellum
Which of the following common names for Hemiptera is written correctly?
Stink bug
The modified front wings of Orthoptera are called what?
Tegmina
If two organisms are in different families what else is true?
They each are in a different genus
Flies can have all of the following types of mouthparts EXECPT
chewing
Which arthropod class uses modified feet to catch its prey and inject venom?
chilopoda
What is the order name for the group of insects that translates to "sheath wing?"
coleoptera
which order has the most kinds of species?
coleoptera
Which of the following is not a kind of Hymenoptera?
crustacea
which class of arthropods has one or two pairs of antennae?
crustacea
which arthropod class has the most legs as an adult?
diplopoda
What do adult butterflies and wasps have in common?
front and hind wings that are similar
Which order of insects feeds mostly on plant nectar as adults?
hymenoptera
The order of insects least likely to be caught in a spider web is?
lepidoptera
What type of front wings do the Hymenoptera have?
membranous
What type of hind wings do crickets have?
membranous
What structures make up the pinchers of a scorpion?
mouthparts
Which order of insects is responisible for American entromology because of the large devasting plagues that occurred in the American west?
orthroptera
The arachnids that cause the most human deaths each year are?
ticks
Which of the following best describes you if you have illusory parasitosis?
you think you have parasites but accept rational explanations for why you do not