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Insect Orders
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/07/2011

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Term
Coleoptera
Definition

Shield Wings- Two pairs of wings. Forepair hard and chitinous, and hindwings are larger and membranous. Have chewing mouthparts. (Beetles)

 

Term
Hemiptera
Definition

(Half wings are leathery and other half membranous). "True bugs". "X" shape on back. Mouthparts are beaklike, plant piercing.

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Term

Lepidoptera

Definition

Two pairs of large membranous wings (Wings covered in scales). Adults usually without mandibles. (Moths/Butterflies)

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Term
Diptera
Definition

2 Pair wings, 1st pair membranous, 2nd pair reduced to knobs used for balance. Larvae called maggots. Large antennae and eyes. Household Fly

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Term
Hymenoptera
Definition

Hindwings smaler than forewings. "Constricted Waist". (sawflies, wasps, bees, ants)

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Term
Odonata
Definition
Chewing Mouthparts. Two pairs of membranous wings with crossveins clealy visible. Long, Thin body. Larvae are aquatic predators. (Dragonfly/damsefly)
Term
Orthoptera
Definition
Two pairs of wings, forewings leathery, hindwings membranous. Hindlegs for jumping in crickets, grasshoppers, katydids. [image]
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