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