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Entomology Lab
Insects
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/09/2014

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Term
Order Orthoptera
Definition
Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids
Term
How many species in Order Orthoptera?
Definition
20,000
Term
Order Orthoptera defining features?
Definition
Hind legs with enlarged femora (femur)
Well developed ovipositor in female
Sound producing males
Term
What is the order of the 3 main body parts?
Definition
Head, thorax, abdomen
Term
Order Coleoptera
Definition
Beetles
Term
How many species in Order Coleoptera?
Definition
300,000
Term
Order Diptera
Definition
Flies
Term
Number of species of Diptera?
Definition
250,000
Term
Why are hind wings reduced to knob-like halteres?
Definition
Equilibrium in flight
Term
Order Lepidoptera
Definition
Butterflies and Moths
Term
Number of species?
Definition
140,000
Term
Order Hymenoptera
Definition
Wasps, ants, bees
Term
Number of species?
Definition
100,000
Term
Defining characteristics?
Definition
Constricted waist
Term
Term for producing sound by rubbing together body parts
Definition
Stridulation
Term
What two body parts are rubbed together to produce sound?
Definition
File and scraper
Term
What does a small frequency mating call mean?
Definition
It's calling to specific individuals, whereas a broad frequency would mean it is calling to alert everything of its presence
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