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Undergraduate 4
09/09/2014

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Term
Protura
Definition
Minute (<2mm); Wingless; Antennea Absent
Term
Diplura
Definition
Small (<7mm); Wingless; Well-developed cerci
Term
Collembola
Definition
Small (<6 mm); Wingless; Furcula; Collophore
Term
Microcoryphia
Definition
Wingless; 3 terminal filaments; body scales; compound eyes large & continguous
Term
Thysanura
Definition
Wingless; 3 terminal filaments; body scales; compound eyes small
Term
Ephemeroptera
Definition
2-3 terminal filaments; large triangular front wings; small round hind wings
Term
Odonata
Definition
Stigma; large compund eyes; small, bristlelike antennae
Term
Plecoptera
Definition
Long fliamentous antennae; cerci often long & prominent; wings with many crossveins
Term
Orthoptera
Definition
tegmina; cerci; saltatorial hind legs
Term
Phasmatodea
Definition
long, slender body parts; prothorax shorter than meso- or metathorax
Term
Blattodea
Definition
brown, flattened, with oval pronotum & cursorial legs
Term
Mantodea
Definition
Long prothorax with narrow neck & raptorial forelegs
Term
Dermaptera
Definition
Enlarged forceps-like cerci, short tegmina
Term
Isoptera
Definition
Ant-like; soft bodied; light colored & wingless or dark with 4 similar wings
Term
Psocoptera
Definition
Minute to Small; Soft bodied; wings present or absent; wings at rest held rooflike over adboment; filamentous antennae moderately long; enlarged clypeus
Term
Phthiraptera
Definition
Minute to small; wingless; large triangular head broader than thorac; 2 tarsal claws; or small conical head narrower than thorax; 1 tarsal claw
Term
Thysanoptera
Definition
Minute to Small; long & narrow body with pointed abdomen; wings fringed with long hairs
Term
Hemiptera
Definition
elongate piercing-sucking mouthparts; hemlytra; scutellum & hypognathous mouthparts OR wings held rooflike & opistognathous mouthparts
Term
Coleoptera
Definition
elytra which meet at the midline when at rest
Term
Neuroptera
Definition
Long antennea; heavy venation; wings with large number of crossveins along the anterior border
Term
Mecoptera
Definition
Medium sized; snoutlike head; scorpion-like tail on male
Term
Trichoptera
Definition
Small to moderate sized; "hairy" wings; wings held rooflike at rest
Term
Lepidoptera
Definition
Scaly wings with large surface area; coiled proboscis
Term
Diptera
Definition
2 wings (forewings); halters
Term
Siphonaptera
Definition
Minute to small; laterally flattened; wingless; pronotal and/or genal combs
Term
Hymenoptera
Definition
Narrow waist
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