KEY ENTOMOLOGY EXAM 2019 TARLETON INVITATIONAL
1. Insects 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 insect 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 Charles Darwin B bamboo stems C Carl Linnaeus 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, Florida 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