Entomology Test Bank

Entomology Test Bank To which body segment are the elytra attached? mesothorax The old shed skin left behind after an insect molts is known as the ________. excuvium The eastern population of monarch butterflies overwinter in ______________. Central Mexico The abdomen of insects is specialized for: reproduction and digestion What is the primary function of the wax layer of the exoskeleton? water barrier _________ represents the most speciose order of insects, with approximately __________ species Coleoptera, 400,000 Firebrats and silverfish are common household pests in the order __________. Thysanura A tool used to collect insects using your mouth or a hand bulb and a small vial is called a/an _____________. aspirator A geniculate insect antenna is ______________________. elbowed _____________ is a family in the order __________ Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera What is the visible characteristic that can be used to separate male and female mosquito adults? males generally with plumose antennae, females with only a few short hairs Which structure would not be found on an insect's pretarsus? trochanter The Johnston¶s organ ___________________________. all of the above The following is the genus of the ³yellow fever mosquito´and ³Asian tiger mosquito´that vectors dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses. Aedes Dolbears law refers to what insect and environmental relationship? Predicting air temperature with cricket chirps The following sections are parts of an insect's leg: coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus _____ is found as both a supporting element in fungal cell walls and a key component of arthropod exoskeletons. chitin Predaceous diving beetles belong to what insect order? Coleoptera Which of the following insect groups has hemimetabolous development? mayflies The majority of honey bees in a colony are females and called ____________. workers An insect heart is best described as a ______________. dorsal vessel _________ are thought to be one of the first arthropods. Trilobites If an insect is described as zoophilic, that insect prefers ____ to ____. animals; humans Functions of the insect hemolymph includes: all of the above The reproductive organ in male insects for transferring sperm is the ______________ aedeagus When and where were the first fire ants discovered in North America? Mobile, Alabama in the 1930s Ground beetles and cockroaches have _______________ legs used for running. Cursorial The _____________ civilization regarded dung beetles as sacred. Egyptian What is the correct common name for Solenopsis invicta Buren? red imported fire ant Why do insects molt? all of the above The butterfly pupa is known as a ____________. chrysalis _______ flour has been developed and marketed in recent years as a new form of supplemental protein and a cooking agent cricket In which of the following insects do only the females suck blood? mosquito The prime cause of insect extinctions, at least of local populations if not species, is ___. habitat loss Mole crickets have _______________ legs used for digging. Fossorial In what order of insects are the front wings known as "elytra?" Coleoptera Oothecas, or egg cases, belonging to what insect order? Mantodea Which of the following orders of insects is most closely related to Diptera? Siphonaptera The ____ is the ventral surface of the thorax of insects. sternum What order of insects is generally considered most important from a medical and veterinary standpoint? Diptera Which insect structure develops from embryonic ectoderm? brain The insect abdomen contains: all of the above A caterpillar of the cabbage butterfly is a common pest of _______________. vegetables The body temperature of insects changes with ambient environmental temperatures. Therefore, most insects cannot efficiently change their internal body temperature above the temperature of the environment. The first sentence describes ______________ while the second sentence describes ________________. ectothermy and endothermy In what two states would one be most likely to contract rabbit fever, a disease that can be carried by ticks? Arkansas and Missouri How does the honey bee queen decide the sex of her offspring? By laying haploid eggs into large cells for drones, and diploid eggs into small cells for workers During the _________, German cockroaches are very active. night Abdominal gills allow insects to utilize oxygen that is ____________________. dissolved in the surrounding water What structure protects the midgut from abrasion by food particles and acts as a sieve? peritrophic membrane Webspinners belong to which insect order? Embioptera If an insect is described as having haustellate mouthparts, it means that the insect consumes _____________. liquid food Chemicals released from plants to attract parasitic or predaceous insects that combat herbivorous insects are called ____________________. kairomones The boll weevil Anthonomus grandis was a sever cotton pest belonging to which family of beetles? Curculionidae Blister beetles have what substance in their bodies that can be toxic to livestock? cantharadin The renowned myrmecologist ____________________ established the field of sociobiology. E.O. Wilson Which of the following arthropods are not insects? all of these are not insects The eyes of caterpillars are called _______________. stemmata A dun is a fly fishing term used to describe what type of insect?