Insect Taxonomy Lecture.Pptx
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Insect Taxonomy Good Bugs and Bad Bugs Insect Diversity Basic Body Plan Wings Mouthpart Modifications Insect Development Exopterygota Endopterygota • Hemimetabolous • Holometablous • Wings develop • Wings develop outside of the body within body during • Immatures pupation (nymphs) resemble • Immatures (larvae) adults do not resemble adults The Etymology of Entomology ptera = wing donto = teeth/tooth coleo = sheath lepi = scale ortho = straight di = two hymeno = membrane iso = same derm = skin/leather hemi = half Subtle Distinction Taxonomy Systematics Apis mellifera INSECTA Apterygota Pterygota Exopterygota Endopterygota Collembola Odonata Coleoptera Orthoptera Lepidoptera Dermaptera Diptera Isoptera Hymenoptera Hemiptera Classification ~ 33 orders Grouped by morphology and development Wings Mouthparts Metamorphism • Ametabolism • Hemimetabolism • Holometabolism Primitive Insect Subclass: Apterygota Ametabolous Collembola Springtails Paleoptera Paleoptera (old wing) • Wings do not fold • Hemimetabolous All others are Neoptera Wings do not fold (new wing) Chewing mouthparts Wings can be folded Hemimetabolous Ephemeroptera Odonata Neoptera Wings can be folded over body at rest. Leathery Forewing Chewing mouthparts Hemimetabolous Orthoptera Katydid Cricket Grasshopper Phasmatodea Mantodea Dermaptera Blattodea Isoptera Wings: Hemielytra Membranous Piercing sucking mouthparts Hemimetabolous Reduviidae Hemiptera Anthocoridae Krista Buehrer Hemiptera Pentatomidae Halyomorpha halys Rhopalidae “Homoptera” Aleyrodidae Cicadidae Aphidoidea Thysanoptera Thrips Wings: fringed Thysanos is Greek meaning fringed. Mouthparts: Asymetrical mandibles, right is reduced or absent, left is enlarged to form stylet. Diet: plant foliage, pollen, prey Vector pathogens and virus. Tomato and Impatient Wilt Virus Frankliniella occidentalis Endopterygota “Higher Orders” Wings: Variable Mouthparts: Variable Holometabolous Coleoptera Coccinellidae Staphylinidae Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Curculionidae Green Lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) • Net Diet: Aphids Caterpillars Size: 12-20 mm Beetle larvae Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Sphingidae Diptera Halteres Diptera Nematocera Cullicidae Sciaridae Diptera Brachycera Stratiomyidae Syrphidae Hymenoptera Symphyta Diprionidae Hymenoptera Apocrita Braconidae Vespidae Hymenoptera Apocrita Apidae Formicidae Questions? End of Insect Taxonomy .