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24 Cards in this Set
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Vertex (insect head) |
Area at the top of the head, between compound eyes |
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Ecdysial Line (insect head) |
"Y" shaped structure between eyes, extends to base of antennae |
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Frons (insect head) |
the broad middle portion of the face, ventral to the vertex, Delimited on either side by antennal base |
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Clypeus (insect head) |
broad lobe, hanging from ventral surface of the frons. Separated by the frontoclypeal suture |
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Labrum (insect head) |
Free flap hanging down from the clypeus, this is the first mouth part. "upper lip" |
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Occipital Foramen (insect head) |
Large opening at the back of the head |
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Tentorium (insect head) |
Seen through the Occipital foramen, arms of the structure |
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Mandibles (insect head) |
Second mouth part, jaw like structure, in the preoral space between labrum and the median hypopharynx |
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Maxilla (insect head) |
Composed of many parts, possess the maxillary palps, which flank the lateral sides of the head. |
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Labium (insect head) |
Lower lip, a pair of fused second maxillae, vissible posterior to the maxillae. |
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Anoplura |
Sucking lice, Hemimetabolous |
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Mallophaga |
Chewing lice, hemimetabolous |
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Ephemeroptera |
Mayfly, Hemimetabolous |
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Odonata |
Dragonflies, damselflies, Hemimetabolous |
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Orthoptera |
grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, mantids, katydids. walking sticks. Hemimetabolous |
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Hemiptera |
True bugs, hemimetabolous |
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Homoptera |
Cicadas, hoppers, aphids, scale insects, psyllids. Hemimetabolous |
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Coleoptera |
Beetles, Weevils, Holometabolous |
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Neuroptera |
Alder flies, Dobson flies, fish flies, lace wings, holometabolous |
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Trichoptera |
Caddisflies, holometabolous |
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Lepidoptera |
Butterflies, moths, skippers. Holometabolous |
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Diptera |
"The flies", mosquitoes, gnats, midges. Holometabolous |
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Siphonoptera |
Fleas, holometabolous |
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Hymenoptera |
Ants, bees, wasps, sawflies. Holometabolous |
