Entomology Orders

Protura

What lineage is wingless, small and whitish, lacks eyes and antennae, has enclosed mouthparts, and can be found living primarily in decomposing organic matter?

Diplura

What lineage is wingless, small and pale colored, has two caudal filaments, has enclosed mouthparts, and can be found living primarily in decomposing organic matter? 

Collembola

What lineage is wingless, small, has a collophore, has a furcula, has enclosed mouthparts, and can be found living primarily in decomposing organic matter? 

Zygentoma (Thysanura)

What lineage is wingless, has a flattened body, small compound eyes large, has a body with scales, with large and prominent maxillary palps, and can be found feeding primarily on starchy organic matter?

Archaeognatha

What lineage is wingless, has a cylindrical body and arched body, large compound eyes large, has a body with scales, with large and prominent maxillary palps, and can be found living primarily in decomposing organic matter? 

Ephemeroptera

What lineage has membranous wings with numerous cross veins held together above the body when at rest, has short antennae, is soft-bodied, has long caudal filaments, has larvae that are aquatic, a winged subimago stage, and adults that are rather short-lived? 

Odonata

What lineage has wings that are elongate, many-veined and membranous and that are held out from body when at rest, has large compound eyes, setaceous antennae, larvae that are aquatic, and adults and larvae that are voracious predators? 

 Embioptera/Embiidina 

What lineage has the first pair of legs with the basal tarsi enlarged and with silk glands and lives in silken galleries in leaf litter, under stones, in soil cracks and bark crevices? 

Grylloblattodea

What lineage is elongate and wingless and lives on glaciers and in cold caves and scavengers on the bodies of dead insects that blow up from the fields below?

 Mantophasmatodea 

What lineage is wingless and carnivorous in all life stages, resembles a cross between a praying mantis and phasmid, and communicate using vibrations transmitted through the ground during courtship? 

Plecoptera

What lineage is soft-bodied and flattened with wings reticulated and folded flat over the abdomen and larvae that are aquatic and indicators of the quality of aquatic habitats? 

Dermaptera

What lineage is beetle‐like in appearance, antennae that are short to long and filiform, has two pairs of wings with the first pair small and leathery (tegmina) and the second pair large and membranous, and has forceps-like cerci? 

Orthoptera

What lineage has biting/chewing mouthparts, may be winged with forewings many-veined and thickened (tegmina) or may be wingless, has long antennae, usually has a tympanum, and usually has saltatorial hind legs with enlarged femurs for jumping?? 

Phasmida

What lineage has an elongate and stick like body with wings usually absent and feeds on trees or shrubs? 

Blattodea

What lineage has an oval and dorsoventrally flattened body, cursorial legs, members that are decomposers, pests in houses, with some species that are highly social? 

Mantodea

 What lineage has elongate, raptorial front legs, an extended thorax, a head that is highly movable, and is a voracious predator? 

Thysanoptera

What lineage is small, with a slender body, has sucking mouthparts, and, if present, wings are lanceolate-shaped and covered in a fringe of hairs? 

Psocodea

 What lineage is small, soft-bodied, with an enlarged clypeus, may be winged or wingless, are decomposers or parasites of birds and mammals? 

Hemiptera

What lineage has mouthparts with mandibles and maxillae modified into a proboscis, with the first pair of wings either as hemelytra or entirely membranous, entirely leathery (tegmina) or wings absent? 

Hymenoptera

What lineage has complete metamorphosis, is very specious, has wingless and winged species that have four membranous wings that are hooked together by hamuli (a Velcro-like system), females with a well-developed ovipositor with some species with the ovipositors modified into a sting? 

Coleoptera

What lineage has complete metamorphosis, is very specious, has elytra which meet at midline of the body, chewing mouthparts, a variety of antennal types, and are highly diverse in size and ecology? 

Strepsiptera

 What lineage has complete metamorphosis, is small, has wingless and neotenic parasitic females, free-living males with males with protruding raspberry-like eyes, wings that are large and membranous, fan-like with reduced venation? 

Megaloptera

 What lineage has complete metamorphosis, has large multi-veined wings (especially in costal area) that are held tent‐like over body, mandibulate mouthparts that are sometimes greatly enlarged in the males, with larvae that are aquatic and resemble centipedes due to abdominal projections? 

Neuroptera

 What lineage has complete metamorphosis, has multi-veined wings (especially in costal area) that are held tent‐like over body, with adults and larvae that are terrestrial and voracious predators? 

Rhaphidioptera

What lineage has complete metamorphosis, has multi-veined wings (especially in costal area) that are held tent‐like over body, with adults and larvae that are terrestrial and voracious predators, and adults with an elongate and snake-like head and thorax? 

Mecoptera

What lineage has complete metamorphosis, the head (clypeus) often prolonged below eyes into a beak, and wings, when present, that are similar in size and venation? 

Siphonaptera

What lineage has complete metamorphosis, with adults that are small and wingless, have short antennae that fit in grooves on the head, have piercing-sucking mouthparts, are laterally flattened, and have with saltatorial hind legs with enlarged coxae for jumping? 

Diptera

What lineage has complete metamorphosis, is very specious, has adults with the first pair of wings for flight and the second pair of wings modified as halters, and mouthparts modified as piercing-sucking, cutting- lapping, or sponging? 

Trichoptera

 What lineage has complete metamorphosis, chewing mouthparts, long & thin antennae, wings covered in hairs, and larvae who are aquatic and live in portable shelters made of stuff they find around? 

Lepidoptera

What lineage has complete metamorphosis, is very specious, are primarily plant feeders as adults and larvae, larvae with chewing mouthparts, adults with 2 pairs of large and showy wings that are covered in scales, mouthparts that are sucking, and large compound eyes 

Zoraptera

What lineage is small-bodied, whitish, has a bead-like abdomen, short cerci, is with or without wings, and is with or without eyes?