Ento 208 Quiz Questions
A type II survivorship curve exhibit what type of life history?
A relatively steady death rate throughout the life cycle; a constant decline in survivorship throughout their lifespan
What is eclosion?
Adult emergence from the pupal casing
The order Aranae is found in which class?
Arachnida
Irrational fear of spiders is called _____________-.
Arachnophobia
Viruses vectored by arthropods are so common that we call them ____________.
Arbovirus
What type of organism causes plague?
Bacterium
The reduction in number or elimination of pest organisms by the interference with their ecology is known as:
Biological control
Chagas disease is named for:
Carlos Chagas (duh)
Currently the country of ________is the world's largest producer of honey (according to your reading).
China
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
Body lice are responsible for spreading which of these diseases?
Endemic typhus
The irrational fear of insects is known as __________.
Entomophobia
"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
The precursor to sperm in the male insect is called:
Follicles
A non-living object that spreads disease is called a(n)___________.
Fomite
"The moth's proboscis is made of the paired and elongated _____________, which is a lobe on the maxilla. "
Galea
Butterflies have siphoning mouthparts, which are made from an extension of the _______, one of the lobes of the maxillae.
Galeae
"Arthropod ""blood"" is known as:"
Haemolymph
Solenophages are defined as:
Hematophagous arthropods with highly specialized piercing-sucking mouthparts that penetrate individual capillaries and then feed directly on host blood feeders
"In mosquitoes, the _____________ is greatly elongated and forms a singular stylet which contains a very thin salivary canal. "
Hypopharynx
The peritrophic membrane is found:
In the midgut
What is true about haemolymph?
It is slightly denser than water
Which of the following terms best describes the immature stage of an insect characterized by complete metamorphosis?
Larva
The labium of insects is made up of two lobes called ____________.
Ligula
A type I survivorship curve exhibit what type of life history?
Low death rates in young and middle age followed by high death rates as they get older.
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? (Hint: you learned a single word for this. What is that word?)
Myiasis
The black widow has what type of venom?
Neurotoxin
Approximatly how large in diameter are the tracheoles?
One micrometer
Flesh flies are described by which reproduction type?
Ovoviparous
Which of these is found in the foregut?
Parynx
Which of these vitamins and nutrients are found in high concentrations in edible insects?
Protein Beneficial fats Vitamin B1 Vitamin B3 Iron (All of these)
The elastic protein in the integument of the flea that allows for storage of energy during jumping is called ____________.
Resilin
Blood feeding insects that pierce individual capillaries and feed on blood iscalled a(n)_____________, according to your reading.
Solenophage
Growth is:
Synthesis of new tissue
"The insect leg ends in the tarsus, which is divided into subsegments called ___________. "
Tarsomeres
The insect tarsus is divided into subsegments called _____________, which provide flexibility.
Tarsomeres
Insects that lacerate host skin and feed on pooling blood is called a(n)________________.
Telmophage
Sericulture is ____
The production of raw silk by raising silkworms
What is sericulture?
The production of raw silk by raising silkworms
The louse leg is tipped by claws formed from the tibia and tarsus. We call these the ____________claws.
Tibiotarsal
"The tubes connecting the spiracles to the rest of the body, but that are not involved in gas exchange are called:"
Trachaea
"In arthropods, what is the tube that shuttles air to the inside of the body (inside the body, not on the surface)?"
Trachea
Which of the following regions of the insect digestive canal is located between the region of the gastric caecae and malpighian tubules?
Ventriculus
Which type of fly is a telmophage?
black flies
Crustacea have what body regions?
cephalothorax and abdomen
Which of these makes up the procuticle?
exocuticle and endocuticle
The period in between molts is known as:
instar
Arthropod literally means:
jointed leg
The young of a holometabolous insect is known as:
larva
What is a vector?
living organism that can spread disease
What is ecdysis?
molting
Where are chelicerae found?
near the mouth
The young of an ametabolous insect is known as:
nymph
R-strategists tend to be:
oviparous
Which of these describes a mosquito?
solenophage
What is an extant species?
species still in existence; currently living
Insect legs are found where?
thorax
What indespensable feature of many parastitic insects allows them to reach their hosts?
wings
Examples of telmophages are:
"horse flies, deer flies and biting midges"
What percentage of known insecs are considered pests?
0.1%
Modern medical entomology is usually recognized as beginning when, according to your reading?
19th century (late)
Around ____% of all described animals are insects.
80%
