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ENT 101 - insect orders Questions and Correct
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Collembola
Ans: Long furcula used for jumping; tiny (1-5 mm); variable body shape
and color; very common; found in soil and leaf litter
Archeognatha
Ans: Wingless; antennae present; three long cerci; scaly body; eyes meet
medially; thorax often humped
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Zygentoma
Guru01 - Stuvia
Ans: Wingless; antennae present; three long cerci; scaly; eyes separate
on sides of head; thorax dorsoventrally flattened
Ephemeroptera
2026
Ans: Winged subimago stage; adults and naiads have three caudal
filaments; aquatic naiads with gills; found near water
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Odonata
Ans: Large insects; wings held out or above body; no caudal filaments;
aquatic naiads
Plecoptera
Ans: Long filiform antennae; bulging eyes; four membranous similar
wings; net-like venation; aquatic nymphs
Dermaptera
Ans: Cerci hardened into pincers; short wings that do not cover
abdomen; often found burrowing in soil
Orthoptera
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Ans: Hypognathous mouthparts; threadlike antennae; shield-like
pronotum; leathery forewings; saltatorial hind legs
Phasmatodea
Ans: Cryptic or mimic vegetation; slender body; wings reduced or
absent; prothorax shorter than meso- or metathorax
Mantodea
Ans: Raptorial front legs; triangular pivoting head; predatory; egg cases
in oothecae
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Blattodea (Cockroaches)
Guru01 - Stuvia
Ans: Long filiform antennae; oval shield-like pronotum covering head;
leathery forewings; large segmented cerci
Blattodea (Termites)
2026
Ans: Social insects with castes; workers wingless and pale; straight
beaded antennae; broad thorax-abdomen connection
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Psocodea (Bark Lice)
Ans: Free-living detritivores; bulging clypeus; threadlike antennae;
membranous wings held tent-like
Psocodea (Parasitic Lice)
Ans: Wingless ectoparasites; dorsoventrally flattened; clawed tarsi;
parasites of birds and mammals
Thysanoptera
Ans: Minute (<5 mm); narrow fringed wings when present; tapered
abdomen; asymmetrical mouthparts
Hemiptera (Heteroptera)
ENT 101 - insect orders Questions and Correct
Answers | Latest Update
Collembola
Ans: Long furcula used for jumping; tiny (1-5 mm); variable body shape
and color; very common; found in soil and leaf litter
Archeognatha
Ans: Wingless; antennae present; three long cerci; scaly body; eyes meet
medially; thorax often humped
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Zygentoma
Guru01 - Stuvia
Ans: Wingless; antennae present; three long cerci; scaly; eyes separate
on sides of head; thorax dorsoventrally flattened
Ephemeroptera
2026
Ans: Winged subimago stage; adults and naiads have three caudal
filaments; aquatic naiads with gills; found near water
©
Odonata
Ans: Large insects; wings held out or above body; no caudal filaments;
aquatic naiads
Plecoptera
Ans: Long filiform antennae; bulging eyes; four membranous similar
wings; net-like venation; aquatic nymphs
Dermaptera
Ans: Cerci hardened into pincers; short wings that do not cover
abdomen; often found burrowing in soil
Orthoptera
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Ans: Hypognathous mouthparts; threadlike antennae; shield-like
pronotum; leathery forewings; saltatorial hind legs
Phasmatodea
Ans: Cryptic or mimic vegetation; slender body; wings reduced or
absent; prothorax shorter than meso- or metathorax
Mantodea
Ans: Raptorial front legs; triangular pivoting head; predatory; egg cases
in oothecae
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Blattodea (Cockroaches)
Guru01 - Stuvia
Ans: Long filiform antennae; oval shield-like pronotum covering head;
leathery forewings; large segmented cerci
Blattodea (Termites)
2026
Ans: Social insects with castes; workers wingless and pale; straight
beaded antennae; broad thorax-abdomen connection
©
Psocodea (Bark Lice)
Ans: Free-living detritivores; bulging clypeus; threadlike antennae;
membranous wings held tent-like
Psocodea (Parasitic Lice)
Ans: Wingless ectoparasites; dorsoventrally flattened; clawed tarsi;
parasites of birds and mammals
Thysanoptera
Ans: Minute (<5 mm); narrow fringed wings when present; tapered
abdomen; asymmetrical mouthparts
Hemiptera (Heteroptera)
