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Bio230 vocab
scientific names, taxonomy, uncommon words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Taxonomic Classification | |
| Ecological Classification | |
| Duplication | introduction of repeated segments |
| Specialization | segments gain unique functionality |
| Fusion | segments containing like function condense reducing redundancy |
| phylogeny | the study of the evolution of traits and morphology |
| Arthropoda | (phylum) contains all insects and insect adjacent organisms |
| Entognatha | (class) wingless arthropods, simple metamorphosis |
| Ectognatha/Insecta | (class) 3-segmented, 6 legs, compound eyes, antennae, exoskeleton, includes Arcaeognatha and Zygentoma |
| Hexapoda | (subphylum) "six-legs", three-part body |
| Paleoptera | lineage of insects whose wings do not fold onto abdomen, "old wing", contains Odonata and Ephemeroptera |
| Neoptera | lineage of insects that can fold wings over abdomen "new-wing" |
| Polyneoptera | Clade of Neoptera, "many-new-wing", includes Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Mantodea, and Blattodea |
| condyloptera | |
| holometabola | |
| Apterygota | |
| Archaeognatha | |
| caudal | |
| machilidae | |
| Zygentoma | |
| lepismatidae | |
| simple metamorphosis | |
| pterygota | |
| paraphyletic | |
| monophyletic | |
| Ephemeroptera | |
| Plecoptera | |
| Trichoptera | |
| EPT Score | |
| Odonata | |
| thorax | |
| mentum | |
| labium | |
| incomplete metamorphosis | |
| teneral | |
| spermatheca | |
| oviduct | |
| bursa | |
| prothorax | |
| zygoptera | |
| Calopterygidae | |
| Coenagrionidae | |
| Anisoptera | |
| Aesnidae | |
| Gomphidae | |
| Anisoptera | |
| Libellulidae | |
| Dermaptera | |
| caudal | |
| cerci | |
| Orthoptera | |
| tegmen/tegmina | |
| Acrididae | |
| pronotum | |
| ovipositor | |
| stridulation | |
| tympani | |
| Tettigoniidae | |
| Rhaphidophoridae | |
| Giant Weta | |
| Gigantism | |
| Gryllidae | |
| tarsus/tarsi | |
| Notoptera | |
| Embioptera | |
| Phasmotodea | |
| metanotum | |
| Heteronemiidae vs Pseudophasmatidae | |
| Mantidae | |
| ootheca | |
| Blattodea | |
| Blatellidae | |
| nasute | |
| ocelli | |
| Big 6 insect orders | |
| hemiptera | |
| coleoptera | |
| Diptera | |
| Hymenoptera | |
| Lepidoptera | |
| niche | |
| Thysanoptera | |
| Hemiptera | |
| Whitefly | |
| Adelgidae | |
| stigma | |
| cornicles | |
| Aphididae | |
| parthenogenetic | |
| ocellus | |
| Plant Hoppers | |
| Leafhoppers | |
| Froghoppers/Spittlebugs | |
| Treehoppers | |
| Heteroptera | |
| clavus | |
| hemelytron | |
| corium | |
| dorsal | |
| Gerridae | |
| Reduviidae | |
| Plant/Leaf Bugs | |
| Seed Bugs | |
| Leaf-footed Bugs | |
| hemelytra | |
| scutellum | |
| Pentomidae | |
| Shield-Backed Bugs | |
| holometabola | |
| exopterygota | |
| endopterygota | |
| hymenoptera | |
| complete metamorphosis | |
| sawflies | |
| phytophagous | |
| Apocrita | |
| mesostoma | |
| Sphecidae | |
| Vespidae | |
| haplodiploidy | |
| Ichneumonidae | |
| Apidae | |
| mass provisioning | |
| progressive provisioning | |
| Halictidae | |
| Formicidae | |
| petiole | |
| eusocial | |
| megaloptera | |
| Neuroptera | |
| Mantispidae | |
| Myrmeleontidae | |
| Chrysopidae | |
| elytra | |
| Dytiscidae | |
| Gryinidae | |
| Carabidae | |
| Passalidae | |
| mentum | |
| Lucanidae | |
| Scarabaeidae | |
| Chrysomelidae | |
| Cucurlionidae | |
| geniculate | |
| Staphylinidae | |
| Silphidae | |
| Elateridae | |
| prosternum | |
| mesosternum | |
| ventral | |
| Lampyridae | |
| Coccinellidae | |
| Meloidae |