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Sub-Phylum no antennae, body divided into prosoma (fused head +thorax) & opisthosoma, mouth-parts = chelicerae |
SUB-PHYLUM CHELICERATA |
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Class Four pairs of limbs and usually a pair of limb like pedipalps |
Class Arachnida |
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Order segmented opisthosoma with pectines, telson with sting, pedipalps modified into pincers |
Order Scorpiones |
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Order waist (pedicel) between prosoma and opisthsosoma, spinnerets on opisthosoma, poison glandsnear chelicerae |
Order Araneae |
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pedipalps modified into pincers, no telson or sting |
Order Pseudoscorpiones |
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Harvestmen; prosoma and opisthosoma fused, obvious segmentation on underside of opisthosoma only,eyes on wart-like tubercule on top of carapace |
Order Opiliones |
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Two pairs of antennae, branched appendages, chitin reinforced with calciumcarbonate |
SUB-PHYLUM CRUSTACEA |
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Woodlice; No carapace, dorso-ventrally flattened. Thorax of 7 segments, each with a pair of legs,abdomen of up to 6 segments with rearward pointing uropods. Second pair antennae small |
Order Isopoda |
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One pair of antennae, un-branched appendages |
SUB-PHYLUM UNIRAMIA |
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Centipedes; one pair of limbs per body segment, always flattened. First pair legs modified into poisonfangs, last pair are sensory and point backwards. Predatory |
Class Chilopoda |
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Millipedes; two pairs of legs per body segment, often nearly cylindrical. No leg modifications,detritivorous |
Class Diplopoda |
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The insects and their close relatives |
Super-Class Hexapoda |
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Two pronged Bristletails; two cerci |
Class Diplura |
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Minute, soil-dwelling bristletails |
Class Protura |
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Springtails; body cylindrical or globular, some with abdominal jumping organ, segmented abdomen |
Class Collembola |
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: Insects; Three main body regions, head, thorax, abdomen; thorax with three pairs walking legs, manywinged |
Class Insecta |
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: “without wings”. Wingless at all stages. Biting mouthparts |
Sub-class Apterygota |
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Silverfish; three cerci |
Order Thysanura |
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Firebrats or bristletails, 3 cerci |
Order Archaeognatha |
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“winged”. Wings normally present in adults |
Sub-Class Pterygota |
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short lived”. Mayflies; 2-3 cerci, antennae short, two pairs of wings, hind wings shorter thanforewings, vertical at rest. Nymphs bear abdominal gills. Adults often lack mouth-parts |
Order Ephemeroptera |
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”toothed”, referring to mouth-parts. Dragonflies and damselflies; two pairs of wings, abdomen usually longand thin, very large compound eyes at side of head, chewing mouth-parts, extensible modified labium – ‘mask’- bearsjaws derived from labial palps. |
Order Odonata |
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“equal wings”. Damselflies; very slender, wings of equal size folded over body at rest, eyes do notmeet on top of head |
Order Odonata Sub-order Zygoptera |
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“unequal wings”. Dragonflies; hind wings broader than front pair held flat at rest, eyes may meet ontop of head |
Order Odonata Sub-order Anisoptera |
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“straight wings”. Grasshoppers, crickets, locusts; compound eyes on downward pointing head, chewingmouth-parts; often two pairs wings, front pair leathery; large saddle-shaped pronotum, hind legs point rearward withenlarged femora for jumping |
Order Orthoptera |
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Grasshoppers, locusts; antennae short, pronotum with keel |
Order Othoptera Family Acrididae |
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True crickets; stout and barrel-shaped, short wings, long cerci, long thread-like antennae |
Order Orthoptera Family Gryllidae |
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Bush crickets; short cerci, long antennae (longer than head and body), female with large ovipositor, four tarsalsegment |
Order Othoptera Family Tettigoniidae |
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Mole crickets; front limbs highly modified for digging |
Order Orthoptera Family Gryllotalpidae |
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Stick insects; Long and slender, wingless. Herbivores, strong biting and chewing jaws. long legs,antennae with many segments |
Order Phasmatodea |
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skin wing”. Earwigs; slender, flattened, enlarged ‘pincer-like’ cerci |
Order Dermaptera |
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“net wings”. Web spinners; produce silk. Basal segment of front tarsus swollen, one pair short cerci |
Order Embioptera |
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Cockroaches, flattened, shield-like pronotum extends forward over head, usually two pairs of wings, frontpair leathery, chewing mouthparts on triangular downward pointing head, antennae long and slender |
Order Blattodea |
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Termites; colonial with castes, soft pale body, short cerci, biting mouth parts, only adults winged |
Order Blattodea Sub-order Termitidae |
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Mantises; raptorial front legs with strong spines, long threadlike antennae |
Order Mantodea |
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“half wings”. True bugs; segmented rostrum held rearward under head at rest with piercing and suckingmouth parts at the tip. Antennae fewer than 10 segments |
Order Hemiptera |
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: “different wings. Front wings leathery with membranous tip held flat and crossed over abdomen atrest, hind wings membranous |
Order Hemiptera Sub-order Heteroptera |
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“same wings”. Front wings leathery or membranous all over held roof-like at rest |
Order Hemiptera Sub-order Homoptera |
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“fringed wings”. Thrips; very small, dark, fringe of hairs on wing |
Order Thysanoptera |
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: “nerve wings”. Lacewings. Two pairs of wings with network of fine veins. Large compound eyes, nocerci. Antennae long, slender. Biting mouth parts |
Order Neuroptera |
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“scale wings”. Butterflies and moths; two pairs of scaled wings, hind pair smaller than front. Maxillarygalleae formed into long proboscis for sucking fluids, curled up under head at rest |
Order Lepidoptera |
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: “hair wings”. Caddis flies. Two pairs wings covered with hairs, but with few cross veins. Bitingmouthparts, antennae long and slender |
Order Trichoptera |
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“two wings”. True flies; one apparent pair of wings only, hind pair reduced to club-like halteres. Suckingmouth parts which may also be adapted for piercing. No cerci |
Order Diptera |
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membrane wings”. Bees, ants, wasps, saw-flies, ichneumon flies; chewing mouth parts. Two pairwings when present, front pair larger, coupled with tiny hooks on front edge of hind wing |
Order Hymenoptera |
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Saw flies; no marked waist. Ovipositor for piercing plant tissue |
Order Hymenoptera Sub-order Symphyta |
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: Bees, ants, wasps etc.; narrow waist (petiole) formed by second abdominal segment. Ovipositorpresent, either adapted for piercing host tissue (section Parasitica), or modified to form sting (Bees, wasps etc., sectionAculeata) |
Order Hymenoptera Sub-order Apocrita |
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“sheath wings”. Beetles; front wings modified to form hard elytra joined down mid-line, coveringmembranous hind wings. Biting and chewing mouth parts. No large cerci |
Order Coleoptera |
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Hind coxae immovable, completely dividing first visible abdominal sternite. Antennae 11 segmented |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Adephaga |
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Ground beetles; elytra with regular striae, antennae inserted at side of head |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Adephaga Family Carabidae |
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Tiger beetles; elytra without regular striae, antennae inserted on top of head just in front of eyes |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Adephaga Family Cicindelidae |
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Water beetles; modified for life in water, head sunk partly back into thorax outline rounded and smooth; hind legsbroad, flat, fringed with hairs for swimming |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Adephaga Family Dytiscidae |
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All other beetles; hind coxae movable, not completely dividing first visible abdominal sternite.Antennae of many types |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga |
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Darkling beetles; dark, with elytra fused down mid-line and extending underneath abdomen, where fused tosternites, tarsal formula 5,5,4 |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga Family Tenebrionidae |
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Dung beetles, chafers; antennae distinctly clubbed, elytra slightly shortened, exposing tip of abdomen |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga Family Scarabaeidae |
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Rove beetles; elytra short, not covering abdomen, antennae not clubbed |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga Family Staphylinidae |
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Oil beetles; soft-bodied, elytra short, exude fluid when disturbed |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga Family Meloidae |
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Weevils; head produced into rostrum, mouth-parts at end, antennae elbowed |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga Family Curculionidae |
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Ladybirds: small domed beetles, head sunk into pronotum, legs short and retractable. Usually brightly coloured,mostly carnivorous |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga Family Coccinellidae |
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Leaf beetles; often brightly coloured/metallic with smooth outlines, strongly bilobed 3rd tarsal segment |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga Family Chrysomelidae |
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Longhorns; long antennae, body elongate and often flattened, elytra broader than pronotum |
Order Coleoptera Sub-order Polyphaga Family Cerambycidae |
