Subphylum Uniramia Class Insecta II. Orders Mallophaga, Anoplura, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Neuroptera and Coleoptera

Subphylum Uniramia Class Insecta II. Orders Mallophaga, Anoplura, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera, Homoptera, Neuroptera and Coleoptera Dave McShaffrey Biology Department Marietta College Fall, 2002 Tuesday, October 17, 2000

Order Mallophaga Chewing Lice Mal-lof a-ga Gr. mallos, wool + phagein, to eat direct development to 6 mm no wings, wide head with chewing mouthparts, legs adapted for clinging to host ectoparasites of mammals and birds feed on hair and feathers 5,500 species (including Anoplura)

Order Anoplura - Sucking Lice An-o-plu ra Gr. anoplus, unarmed + oura, tail direct development to 6mm no wings, narrow head with sucking mouthparts, legs adapted for clinging to host ectoparasites of mammals, feed on blood 5,500 species (including Mallophaga)

Pediculidae - Pediculus humanus Human Body Louse

Pediculidae - Pediculus humanus Human Head Louse

Pthiridae - Pthirus pubus Human Crab Louse

Order Thysanoptera - Thrips Thy-sa-nop ter-a Gr. thysanos, tassel + pteron, wing direct development 0.5 to 5 mm wingless or with long fringes of hair on wings conelike, sucking mouthparts terrestrial, most herbivorous, some insectivorous 4,000 species

Order Hemiptera - True Bugs He-mip ter-a Gr. hemi, half + pteron, wing direct development 2 to 100 mm front wings with leathery basal portion and membranous distal portion, sucking mouthparts wings lacking in some most terrestrial, herbivorous or predaceous 50,000 species

Green Stink Bug Pentatomidae

Brown Stink Bug Pentatomidae

Toad Bug Gelastocoridae

Water Strider Gerridae

Giant Water Bug Belastomatidae

Leaf-Footed Bug Coreidae

Order Homoptera Cicadas, Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, Treehoppers Ho-mop ter-a Gr. homos, same + pteron, wing direct development small to large membranous or thickened forewings, membranous hindwings, sucking mouthparts originating on rear of head wings lacking in many, some with only 2 wings terrestrial, herbivorous 32,000 species

Leafhopper Cicadellidae

Froghopper (Spittlebug) Cercopidae

Flatid Planthopper Flatidae

Treehopper Membracidae

Membracidae - Platycotis vittata Oak Treehopper

Membracidae - Platycotis vittata Oak Treehopper (juveniles)

Dog-Day Cicada Nymph Emerging adult Cicadidae - Tibicen sp.

Dog-Day Cicada Cicadidae - Tibicen sp. Emerging adult

Dog-Day Cicada Emerging adult Cicadidae - Tibicen sp.

Dog-Day Cicada Cicadidae - Tibicen sp. Ventral View Mouthparts

Dog-Day Cicada Adult Cicadidae - Tibicen sp.

Periodical Cicada Adult Cicadidae - Magicicada sp.

Aphids Aphidae

Aphid Aphidae

Aphids Aphidae

Whitefly Aleyrodidae

Scale Insects

Order Neuroptera Dobsonflies, Alderflies, Ant Lions, Lacewings Neu-rop ter-a Gr. neuron, nerve + pteron, wing indirect development medium to large sized membranous wings with many cross veins, chewing mouthparts, often with enlarged mandibles terrestrial and aquatic (larvae), predaceous 4,670 species

Dobsonfly (larva) Corydalidae - Corydalus sp.

Alderfly (larva) Sialidae - Sialis sp.

Alderfly (adult) Sialidae - Sialis sp.

Green Lacewing (adult) Crysopidae

Order Coleoptera Beetles, Fireflies, Weevils Ko-le-op ter-a Gr. koleos, sheath + pteron, wing indirect development among the smallest and largest insects front wings (elytra) hardened, rear wings membranous and folded under elytra chewing mouthparts all habitats, some parasitic 300,000+ species (largest order of animals)

Mealworm Tenebrionidae - Tenebrio molitor Adult Larva Pupa

Water Penny Larva, dorsal view Psephenidae - Psephenus herricki

Water Penny Larva, ventral view Psephenidae - Psephenus herricki

Glowworm Anterior Larva, lateral view Lampyridae

Glowworm Anterior Larva, dorsal view Lampyridae

Firefly or Lightningbug Lampyridae - Photinus sp. Anterior Adult, dorsal view

Ground Beetle Carabidae

Tiger Beetle Cincindelidae - Cincindela sexgutatta

Tiger Beetle Cincindelidae - Cincindela duodecimgutatta

Scarab Beetles Scarabidae

Scarabidae - Polyphylla decemlineata Scarab Beetle

Japanese Beetle Scarabidae - Popillia japonica

Carrion Beetle Silphidae - Silpha americana

Sexton Beetle Silphidae - Nicrophoris orbicollis

Whirligig Beetle Larva, dorsal view Anterior Gyrinidae - Dineutes sp.

Whirligig Beetle Gyrinidae

Crawling Water Beetles Haliplidae - Peltodytes sp.

Water Scavenger Beetle Anterior Hydrophilidae Larvae, lateral view

Water Scavenger Beetle Hydrophilidae

Riffle Beetle Anterior Elmidae - Stenelmis sp. Larvae, dorsal and lateral views

Riffle Beetle Anterior Elmidae - Stenelmis sp. Adults, dorsal and ventral views

Lycidae - Calopteron terminatum Net-winged Beetle Adult showing elytra and membranous hind wings

Locust Borer Beetles Mating adults; male is dorsal Cerambycidae - Megacyllene robinae

Long-horned Beetle Adult, on Sassafras sp. Anterior Cerambycidae - Oberea sp.

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle Anterior Buprestidae Larvae being attacked by ant.

Metallic Wood-boring Beetle Buprestidae Adult

Soldier Beetle Cantharidae - Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus

Ladybird Beetle Coccinellidae

Click Beetle Elateridae

12-spotted Cucumber Beetle (Southern Corn Rootworm) Chrysomelidae - Diobrotica undecimpunctata

Colorado Potato Beetle (larva) Chrysomelidae - Leptinotarsa undecemlineata

Colorado Potato Beetle (Adult) Chrysomelidae - Leptinotarsa undecemlineata

Dogbane Leaf Beetle Chrysomelidae - Chrysochus auratus

Tumbling Flower Beetle Mordellidae - Mordella sp.

Rove Beetle Staphylinidae - Creophilus maxillosus

Staphylinidae - Creophilus maxillosus Rove Beetle

Rove Beetle Staphylinidae

Weevil Curculionidae

Plum Curculio Curculionidae - Conotrachelus nenuphar Anterior Larva, lateral/ventral view

Acorn Weevil Curculionidae - Curculio sp.

Rhipiphoridae Wedge-shaped Beetle

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Chapter 20 Integrated Principles of Zoology Eleventh Edition Hickman/Roberts/Larson (c) The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.