Ant Ecology Exam 1 - Ant Adaptations

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Evidence Suggests Ants Rose Around…

The Cretaceous Period >100 Million Years Ago

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What is the Petiole?

The Narrow Waist of an Ant; They Either Have One or Two

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What is the Second Petiole Called?

A Postpetiole

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What are the Parts of the Ant Antenna?

Elbowed Antenna, Antennomeres, Scape, and Funiculus

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What is the Elbowed Antenna?

All Ants Posses a Joint in the Middle of Each Antenna That Allows it to Bend Like an Elbow

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What is the Antennomere?

One Segment Consisting of 4-12 Shorter Individual Segments Depending on the Species

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What is the Scape?

The Base of the Antenna; One Long Segment

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What is the Funiculus?

The Multiple Segments of the Antenna

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What is the Metapleural Gland>

Secretory Glands That Produces Antibiotic Fluids

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What is the Purpose of the Metapleural Gland?

Ants Use the Secretion to Groom Themselves to Prevent Bacterial Growth

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What is the Acidopore?

A Round Orifice Located on the Abdomen Encircled by Hairs; Used to Identify Subfamilies of Formicinae

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What are the Parts of the Leg?

Coxa, Trochanter, Femur, Tibia, and Tarsus

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What is the Coxa?

Segments That Anchors Legs to the Body

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What is the Trochanter?

Small Segment Between Coxa and Femur; Kinda Like a Knee

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What is the Femur?

Connects to the Trochanter and Tibia

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What is the Tibia?

Connects to the Femur; Sometimes Contains Spurs

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What is the Tarsus?

Connects to the Tibia and Contains the Claws

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What is an Ants Nervous System?

Ganglia Form a CNS; Thoracic, Petiolar, Gaster Ganglia

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Ants Circulation and Respiration?

Open Circulatory System That Uses Spiracles

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What are Spiracles?

Tiny Openings in Exoskeleton for Gas Exchange

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Ants Digestion?

Contains Foregut, Midgut, Hindgut, Proventriculus, and Crop

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What is the Foregut?

Contains the Mouth and Esophagus

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What is the Midgut?

For Digestion

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What is the Hindgut?

Contains the Rectum for Excretion

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What is the Proventriculus?

Divides the Social and Self Stomachs

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What is the Crop?

The Social Stomach