Entomology Test Bank 2022-2026
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
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
