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Common Entomological Orders
Orders and Families to know for First lab quiz, BI452, university of oregon
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
06/30/2009

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Term
Collembola
Definition
springtails - small, look for furcula
Term
Microcryphia
Definition

bristletails

(no wings, long “tails”, eyes touching)

Term
Thysanura
Definition

silverfish, bristletails

(no wings, long “tails”, eyes not touching)

Term
Ephemeroptera
Definition

Mayflies

(wings held over the body, long “tails”)

(short lived)

Term
Plecoptera
Definition

stoneflies

(wings fold over back, long “tails”)

Term
Odonata
Definition

Dragonflies & Damselflies

look at wings: color, shape, veins

Term
Blattodea
Definition
cockroaches
Term
Mantodea
Definition
enlarged forearms
Term
Orthoptera
Definition

straight-wings

look at: how the wings are held: flat over back or pitched, length of antenna,
Tarsi

Term
Dermaptera
Definition
earwigs
Term
Hemiptera 
Definition
mouthparts
Term
homoptera
Definition
cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs.
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