Insect Ecology Exam 1

What are the four areas insects are important for?

Ecology, Medicine, Agriculture, Research

Super Class of insects and near relatives

Hexapoda

relatives to insects in hexapoda

Protura, Collembola, Diplura

Insects with old wings with many cells

Paleoptera

Insects with new wings with veins

Neoptera

Order of true insects

Hemiptera

Order of mayflies

Ephemynoptera

Order of dragonflies and damselflies

Odonata

Order of cockroaches and termites

Blattodea

Order of Mantids

Mantodea

Order of Bees, Ants, Wasps, and Sawflies

Hymenoptera

Order of true insects

Hemiptera

Order of beetles

Coleoptera

Order of moths and butterflies

Lepidoptera

Order of flies, midges, and mosquitoes

Diptera

Order of scorpionflies and hangingflies

Mecoptera

When wings develop on the outside

Exopterygota

When wings develop on the inside

Endopterygota