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ENTO Test 3
ENTO
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Science
Undergraduate 3
12/11/2010

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Siphonaptera
Definition

Piercing.Sucking mouthparts

No wings 

Term
To which order do insects with resilin belong
Definition
Siphonaptera
Term
Resilin
Definition
a protein in the back legs of fleas that works like a rubber band
Term
Miriam Rothschild
Definition
Showed that female fleas reacts to sex hormones of a pregnant female host
Term
Bubonic Plague
Definition
Vector: Fleas
Disease agent: Bacteria
Genus: Yersinia Pestis
Term
Elphantitis
Definition
Vector: mosquitos
Disease Agent: roundworms
Term
River Blindness
Definition
Vector: black flies
Disease: Round worms
Term
Presence of maggots in diapers of children is often used as evidence against parents. Dont necessarily have to know series of events, just a basic idea of how maggots were used in the case study
Definition
Term
Darrell Posey
Definition
PhD from UGA in 1979
Enthonentomology of the Kayapo of Central Brazil
Term
What order does the larvae of Capricorn beetle belong to?
Definition
Chloeoptera
Term
Design
Definition
spider and moth
Term
Departmental
Definition
ants
Term
Which subclass are tick and mites in?
Definition
ACARI
Term
Vector for LYME DISEASE
Definition
Deer Tick
Term
Disease agent for lyme disease
Definition
Bacterium aka bacteria
Term
Treatment for lyme disease
Definition
antibiotic, effective
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Subclass for scorpions
Definition
Scorpions
Term
What can survive at extreme temperatures
Definition
Scorpions
Term
Subclass for spiders
Definition
Araneae
Term
What are the main method of transporting sperm from male to female
Definition
Palps
Term
______ is crucial to the reproduction dance of the jumping spiders
Definition
Movement of the front leg
Term
Zigzag cross strands in the spider webs and the function- stabilimentum; used to warn larger animals of the spriders webs so they dont destroy them
Definition
Orb Weavers; Stabilimentum
Term
Black Widow Spider
Definition
Know red hourglass on back of abdomen
Venom contains neurtoxin causing intense pain and muscle cramps
Term
Brown Recluse
Definition
Their venom causes skin necrosis and a "violin" on cephalothorax
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