KEY EXAM 2019 TARLETON INVITATIONAL

1. that pass through the egg, larva, pupa, and 31. A/an ______is used by female insects to adult stages in their life cycle have lay eggs. ______. A spermatheca A incomplete metamorphosis B ovum B complete metamorphosis C cerci C no metamorphosis D ovipositor D gradual metamorphosis

2. In centipedes, the "fangs" are what type of structure? 45. Most digestion in insects occurs in the: A mandibles A hindgut B modified mouthparts B midgut C maxilla C crop D modified legs D foregut

12. Which of these following components are not part 47. If an is described as having haustellate of integrated pest management (IPM)? mouthparts, it means that the insect consumes A biological control ______. B application of pesticides based only on A solid food calendar dates B blood only C information on the pest�s life cycle and C liquid food habitat D grasses only D economic thresholds 53. The father of modern taxonomy who created the 19. The majority of native bees nest in what type of binomial system of nomenclature was ______. habitat? A Thomas Say A soil B B bamboo stems C C trees D May Berenbaum D flowering plants 60. How many abdominal segments are found in a 23. The eyes of caterpillars are called typical insect? ______. A more than 15 A tegmina B 6 to 11 B stemmata C 12 or 13 C hamuli D less than 5 D ocelli 75. Which of the following describes the jumping legs of 25. What order of insects is generally considered most grasshoppers. important from a medical and veterinary A raptorial standpoint? B cursorial A Pthiraptera C saltatorial B Zoraptera D natatorial C Diptera D Hymenoptera

KEY ENTOMOLOGY EXAM 2019 TARLETON INVITATIONAL

101. An insect�s cuticle is primarily made of 162. The bed bug, Cimex lectularious, is an effective ______, which has also been studied for its vector of what pathogenic microorganism? Medicinal properties. A sporidia A melanin B wolbachia B melatonin C loa loa C hemolymph D none D chitin 166. What was a major cotton pest that was 104. What was a major arthropod borne disease that successfully eradicated in the U.S.? resulted in great losses for Napoleon on his A lygus bug campaign to Russia? B stink bug A epidemic typhus fever C boll weevil B plague D sunflower head moth C yellow fever D malaria 185. What percentage of flowering plants on Earth require insect pollination? 105. The feces of triatomid bugs harbor the causative A 95% agent for what disease in humans? B 50% A Pierce's disease C 30% B Malaria D 75% C Chagas disease D Dengue 214. The abdomen of insects is specialized for: A feeding and locomotion 113. Which structure is not part of an insect's antenna? B locomotion and reproduction A scape C digestion and ingestion B coxa D reproduction and digestion C flagellum D pedicel 220. You are hired as an extension entomologist for the state of Texas. Your first task in this job is to 122. Which of these is not a longitudinal wing vein? identify a pest in cotton. You go out to the cotton A costa fields to collect specimens and find that this new B furca pest is tiny (less than 1 mm long), has rasping- C cubitus sucking mouthparts, and fringed wings. Based on D radius this information this cotton pest is likely a: A whitefly 134. When and where were the first fire ants B scale discovered in North America? C pirate bug A Mobile, Alabama in the 1930s D thrips B El Paso, TX in the 1920s C Russellville, Arkansas in 1970s 245. The blood of insects is called ______. D Pensacola, in the 1960s A hemolymph B hemoglobin 140. A hearing organ of an insect is the ______. C sebum A labrum D hemocyanin B frons C vertex D tympanum