PCA Exam: Insects, Mites, and Invertebrates
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Chewing Mouthpart includes the labrum, mandibles, hypopharynx,
and the labrum-epipharynx
,piercing-sucking mouthparts insect mouthparts in which a syringe-like
structure pierces plant cells and draws in its
contents
Blood Feeding Mouthparts An elongated labium forms a protective
sheath for the stylet that carries enzymes that
when the insect carries blood up it does not
clot
rasping-sucking mouthparts Scrape the surface of the leaf away and then
feed on the sap using a cone shaped beak
Siphoning mouthparts Feeding tube is uncoiled and extended to
suck liquids into the mouth (butterfly)
, Sponging mouthparts The mandibles and maxillae are
nonfunctional, and the remaining parts form a
proboscis with a fan-shaped sponge at the
tip, liquid food is mopped up by the capillary
action
Chewing-lapping mouthparts Modified mouthparts that occur in bees.
Includes a "tongue" that laps up liquids, as
well as mandibles that can be used for various
functions.
What orders of insects have Collembola, coleptera, dermaptera,
chewing mouthparts dictyoptera, diptera, ephemeroptera,
hymenoptera, isoptera, lepidoptera,
mecoptera, neurtopera, odonata, orthoptera,
plecoptera, psocoptera, thysanura
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Terms in this set (203)
Chewing Mouthpart includes the labrum, mandibles, hypopharynx,
and the labrum-epipharynx
,piercing-sucking mouthparts insect mouthparts in which a syringe-like
structure pierces plant cells and draws in its
contents
Blood Feeding Mouthparts An elongated labium forms a protective
sheath for the stylet that carries enzymes that
when the insect carries blood up it does not
clot
rasping-sucking mouthparts Scrape the surface of the leaf away and then
feed on the sap using a cone shaped beak
Siphoning mouthparts Feeding tube is uncoiled and extended to
suck liquids into the mouth (butterfly)
, Sponging mouthparts The mandibles and maxillae are
nonfunctional, and the remaining parts form a
proboscis with a fan-shaped sponge at the
tip, liquid food is mopped up by the capillary
action
Chewing-lapping mouthparts Modified mouthparts that occur in bees.
Includes a "tongue" that laps up liquids, as
well as mandibles that can be used for various
functions.
What orders of insects have Collembola, coleptera, dermaptera,
chewing mouthparts dictyoptera, diptera, ephemeroptera,
hymenoptera, isoptera, lepidoptera,
mecoptera, neurtopera, odonata, orthoptera,
plecoptera, psocoptera, thysanura
