Sample Exam III Questions - 21 October 2002
General Entomology 350


Topics for Exam III. Insect Orders

Most of Exam 3 questions will come from topics discussing the insect orders. However, a few questions will be from earlier sections. Be sure to review all the material we have covered.

Fill in the blanks in the following table.

Group or

(Sub)order Name

Common

Name

Meaning of the

Group or (Sub)order Name

1.

FLIES

2.

HEMIPTERA

3.

4.

5.

6.

HAIR-WINGED

7.

LACEWINGS

8.

Multiple Choice.

1. An order belonging to the Subclass Apterygota is:
A. Collembola B. Siphonaptera C. Mallophaga D. Thysanoptera

2. Stoneflies undergo what type of metamorphosis?
A. Ametabolous B. Holometabolous C. Hemimetabolous D. Hypermetamorphosis

3. What order of insects contains more species than any other order?
A. Coleoptera B. Hymenoptera C. Diptera D. Lepidoptera

4. Malaria is transmitted by: A. deer flies B. fleas C. house flies D. mosquitoes

True or False.

5. Springtails belong in the class Collembola.

6. Cockroaches have specialized front wings called tegmina.

7. Green lacewings have a chewing mouthtype.

8. Most chewing lice parasitize mammals.

9. Eruciform larvae occur only in the Lepidoptera.

10. Fleas belong in the subclass Apterygota.

Definitions. Briefly define the following terms

cerci -

haltere -

ootheca -

naiad -

Short-answer, Essay. Briefly complete the following questions.

11. Diagram the life cycle of a typical holometabolous insect. Be sure to include all stages and connections between stages


Lecture Quizzes

Quiz 12
Apterygota are insects that are primitively (evolutionarily) wingless. T/F

Palaeopterous insects can fold their wings. T/F

Quiz 13
The following groups are all in the Orthoptera except:
A. earwigs B. grasshoppers C. katydids D. crickets

Isoptera are: A. predators B. social insects C. crickets D. grasshoppers

Quiz 14
Insects in which hemimetabolous insect order are ectoparasites of birds and mammals?
A. Hemiptera B. Thysanoptera C. Phthiraptera D. Psocoptera

Which order is mostly phytophagous and has piercing-sucking mouthparts?
A. Hemiptera B. Thysanoptera C. Phthiraptera D. Psocoptera

Name the order of small to medium sized insects with narrow wings with a long setal (hair) fringe: 
A. Hemiptera B. Thysanoptera C. Phthiraptera D. Psocoptera

Quiz 15
Name the endopterygote order having a hardened forewing called an elytra:
A. Hemiptera B. Coleoptera C. Neuroptera D. Orthoptera

Antlions and lacewings are in the order:
A. Hemiptera B. Coleoptera C. Neuroptera D. Orthoptera

Quiz 16
Which Holometabolous insect order has forewings modified as elytra:
A. Hemiptera B. Coleoptera C. Neuroptera D. Orthoptera

Which Holometabolous insect order is characterized as apterous, laterally-compressed ectoparasites with piercing-sucking mouthparts: A. Siphonaptera B. Coleoptera C. Neuroptera D. Diptera

Quiz 18
Caddisflies are in the order: A. Mecoptera B. Siphonaptera C. Tricoptera D. Coleoptera

In what order do males offer a prey item to females as a nuptial gift before mating?
A. Mecoptera B. Siphonaptera C. Tricoptera D. Coleoptera

Quiz 19
Which order is characterized by having scale covered wings and mouthparts as a coiled proboscis?
A. Tricoptera B. Mecoptera C. Coleoptera D. Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera includes: A. wasps B. moths C. caddisflies D. fleas

Quiz 20
Holometabolous insects with some social members? 
A. Tricoptera B. Mecoptera C. Hymeopetera D. Lepidoptera

Wasps have a narrow constriction between the thorax and abdomen. T / F


Answers to Sample Exam III

Group or

(Sub)order Name

Common

Name

Meaning of the

Group or (Sub)order Name

Diptera

FLIES

two winged

HEMIPTERA

true bugs

half winged

Tricoptera

caddisflies

HAIR-WINGED

Neroptera

LACEWINGS

nerve winged

1. Collembola 

2. Holometabolous 

3. Coleoptera 

4. mosquitoes

5. T, 6. T, 7. T, 8. F, 9. F. 10. F

11. see your text, an example is given on page 141

Answers to Quizzes Exam II 

Quiz 12: T, F

Quiz 13: earwigs, social insects

Quiz 14: Phthiraptera, Hemiptera, Thysanoptera

Quiz 15: Coleoptera, Neuroptera

Quiz 16: Coleoptera, Siphonaptera

Quiz 18: Tricoptera, Mecoptera

Quiz 19: Lepidoptera, moths

Quiz 20: Hymeopetera, T