Subphylum Hexapoda: Class Insecta: Orders w/ Distinguishing Characters

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Phylum Arthropoda

Biology

8 Terms

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Order Lepidoptera
wings with minute scales

siphoning mouthparts
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Order Coleoptera
forewings hardened into elytra

mandibulate mouthparts
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Order Hymenoptera
2 pairs of membranous wings

mandibulate mouthparts
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Order Diptera
only one pair of wings

sponging mouthparts
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Order Siphonaptera
laterally flattened

no wings

piercing mouthparts
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Order Phthiraptera
dorso-ventrally flattened

no wings

piercing mouthparts
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Order Mantodea
raptorial forelegs

mandibulate mouthparts
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Order Hemiptera
fore-wings; half-sclerotized

haustellate mouthparts