ENTO 208 Brundage

What percentage of known insecs are considered pests?

0.1%

Approximately how many species of scorpions are in Texas (according to lecture)?

18

The "golden age" of medical entomology began in the year ________.

1877

Modern medical entomology is usually recognized as beginning when, according to your reading?

19th century

Crustacea have how many legs?

5 or more pair

How strong are arthropod muscle attachments?

6x as trong as vertebrate tendons

Around ____% of all described animals are insects.

80

"According to lecture, what percent of all known organisms are arthropods? "

80%

What is a vector?

A living organism that spreads disease

Irrational fear of ticks and mites is called _____________.

Acarophobia

Which stage of a parasitoid is generally the free living stage?

Adult

The species ________ vectors yellow fever.

Aedes aegypti

How are insects important to the environment?

All of the Above

Which of the following is a venomous arthropod?

All of these

Which of these vitamins and nutrients are found in high concentrations in edible insects?

All of these

Insects are in what kingdom?

Animalia

The order Aranae is found in which class?

Arachnida

The order Scorpionida is found in which class?

Arachnida

Which of the following arthropod classes is characterized by four pair of legs?

Arachnida

Irrational fear of spiders is called _____________-.

Arachnophobia

What is the term for a virus that is vectored by an arthropod?

Arbovirus

Viruses vectored by arthropods are so common that we call them ____________.

Arboviruses

What type of organism causes plague?

Bacterium

Wuchereria bancrofti is the causative agent of what disease?

Bancroftian filariasis

_____________transmission is considered the most common and efficient mechanism of vector-borne disease transmission.

Biological

The reduction in number or elimination of pest organisms by the interference with their ecology is known as:

Biological control

Fleas are responsible for spreading which of these diseases?

Bubonic plague

___________ is extracted from the cochineal insect and used to produce bright red dyes.

Carminic acid

Kissing bugs are responsible for spreading which of these diseases?

Chagas disease

Currently the country of ________is the world's largest producer of honey (according to your reading).

China

What medical condition can be treated using the venom from a honey bee stinger, according to your textbook?

Chronic arthritis

What is the common name of the insect that is used to illustrate classic biological control?

Cottony cushion scale

Shrimp are in which class?

Crustacea

Which of the following arthropod classes is characterized by two pair of antennae?

Crustacea

A(n) _________ returns organic matter back into the ecosystem, and insects are often classified as this trophic level.

Decomposer

____________ return organic matter back into the ecosystem. This is a trophic level that includes lots of different organisms, including insects.

Decomposers

Which of the following arthropod classes has two body regions and 2 pairs of legs on each body segment?

Diplopoda

Adults of which of the following organisms have the smallest surface to volume ratio?

Elephant

Mosquitoes are responsible for spreading which of these diseases?

Encephalitis

Body lice are responsible for spreading which of these diseases?

Endemic typhus

The irrational fear of insects is known as __________.

Entomophobia

The act of injecting venom into animal tissues is called ____________.

Envenomation

"To treat anaphylaxis, you need to inject the animal with _____________, which is the fancy name for adrenalin. "

Epinephrine

The immature stage of which insect is responsible for myiasis?

Flies

A non-living object that spreads disease is called a(n)___________.

Fomite

Who described the cyclical development of malarial parasites in mosquitoes?

Giovanni Grassi

The fluid-filled body cavity of arthropods is called:

Haemocoel

"Arthropod ""blood"" is known as:"

Haemolymph

"Bug blood" is officially called _______________ and is contained in the hemocoel.

Hemolymph

According to many entomologists, which organism is the most important insect on earth? (Note: remember this is according to *most* entomologists...ignore my mini rants about this subject for the purposes of this question)

Honeybees

Which of these would experience the greatest amount of damage when falling a large distance?

Horse

Arthropod literally means:

Jointed leg

What resin is used to make wood finish polish?

Lac

Name the part of the maxilla. What is #10d?

Lacina

Which is a major downside of having a high surface to volume ratio?

Lose more heat and water

How do arthropods filter their blood?

Malphighian tubules

The first person to demonstrate pathogen transmission by a blood-feeding arthropod was Patrick _________.

Manson

The process of transformation from an immature insect to the adult form by way of several distinct stages is known as __________.

Metamorphosis

In what demographic is delusional parasitosis the most common?

Middle-aged or elderly women

Which is the most important insect vector in veterinary and medical entomology?

Mosquitoes

"What is the most widespread form of host invasion by arthropods, according to your reading? "

Myiasis

What is the most widespread form of host invasion by arthropods, according to your reading? (Hint: you learned a single word for this. What is that word?)

Myiasis

Chitin is made of:

N-acetylglucosamine

How many antennae do Arachnids have?

None

Which of these disease agents use freshwater snails and crabs or crayfish as intermediate hosts?

Paragonimus westermani

A(n) _________ is an organism that lives on or within another organism, causing harm to the host by feeding on products produced by the host.

Parasite

A(n) ___________ is an insect that acts as a parasite during one portion of development, and as a free-living organism during another developmental stage.

Parasitoid

The delusional disorder that manifests itself as people believing they are constantly being bitten by insects is called delusory ___________.

Parasitosis

"The ""claws"" on scorpions are know as:"

Pedipalip

"Arthropod" is a(n):

Phylum

An arthropod that feeds only on blood probably has which type of mouthparts?

Piercing/sucking

"Bee glue" is properly called __________, and is a brownish resinous material used to repair and maintain the bee hive.

Propolis

The inflammation of the nasal mucosa due to allergies is called __________

Rhinitis

_________ is a highly nutritive substance produced by bees to feed very young brood and future queens. Humans use it as a treatment for various ailments, despite the lack of research into its benefits.

Royal jelly

The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution is known as _______.

Speciation

The opening on an arthropod body surface that allow for air transfer is called:

Spiracle

A(n) _____________ allergic reaction is when the allergic reaction spreads from a limited area of one organ to other organ systems in the body.

Systemic

Babesia bigemina is the causative agent of what disease?

Texas cattle fever

Latrodectus mactans is:

The black widow spider

Loxosclese reclusa is:

The brown recluse spider

Centruoides vittatus is:

The most common scorpion in Texas

Sericulture is ____

The production of raw silk by raising silkworms.

Why are Malpighian tubules always capatalized?

They're named after an actual person

Insect legs are found where?

Thorax

"In arthropods, what is the tube that shuttles air to the inside of the body (inside the body, not on the surface)?"

Trachea

The trypanosomes that cause African trypanosomiasis are transmitted by _____

Tsetse Flies

Which of the following is not a disease spread by mosquitoes?

Typhus and Chagas disease

Who lead the U.S. Yellow Fever Commission at Havana, Cuba?

Walter Reed

Which of the following is not a characteristic of all insects?

Wings

Crustacea have what body regions?

cephalothorax and abdomen

Diplopoda have what body regions?

head and body

Which is the largest classification group?

kingdom

Where are chelicerae found?

near the mouth

The black widow has what type of venom?

neurotoxin

Which of these is not useful for biological control? Introduction of ____

prey species

Most arthropods have what type of reproduction?

sexual

Which is the SMALLEST group of classification?

species

"In arthropods, where is the nerve cord found?"

ventrally

The lung fluke Paragonimus ____________ uses crustations as intermediate hosts on their way to mesopredators.

westermani