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| What are the 4 principle regions of an insects body surface? |
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| Dorsum (top), Venter (bottom), 2 lateral pleura (sides, sing. pleuron) |
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| What are the major segmental sclerites? And if a sclerite is a subdivision of these, what is each called? |
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Tergum (dorsal plate, sing. terga)
Sternum (ventral plate, sing. Sterna)
Pleuron (side plate)
tergite, sternite and pleurite |
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| If wings are present, on which thoracic segments are they found? |
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| second (meso) and/or third (meta) |
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| What is the name of the first thoracic segment? |
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| What is the interior structure that supports the head capsule? |
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| In what head projection would you expect to see a gular plate occurring in the ventral neck region? |
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| Prognathous insects (forward) |
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| What are the 6 segments that make up an insects head? |
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Preantennal (ocular)
Antennal
Labral
Mandibular
Maxillary
Labial |
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| The majority of insects have __gnathous mouth parts |
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| Hypo (directed ventrally) |
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| Cicadas mouthparts are directed backwards. What is this called? |
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| The tarsus is comprised of 1-5 _____ |
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| The pollen basket on a honey bee hind leg |
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| A thickened section of the exoskeleton that serves as a point for muscle attachment. On the external surface, it usually is marked as a suture or fold, but internally there may be a significant invagination. |
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| Fossorial fore legs showing a broadening of segments to make the legs more robust is an example of evolution for what activity? |
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| What are forewings modified as in Coleoptera and Orthoptera? |
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| Elytra and tegmina respectively |
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