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Group : Endopterygota @ Erygota (Neuroptera (Lacewings) (Membranous wings,…
Group : Endopterygota @ Erygota
Hymenoptera (Wasps, ants, bees)
4 membranous wings
Smaller hind wings
Antennae: 10 /more segments
Ovipositor well modified into a sting
Mouthparts : Chewing except for bees where labium and maxillae form tonguelike struc.
Siphonaptera (Fleas)
Small, wingless, <5mm
Flattened, bristly, heavily sclerotized
Mouthparts : Chewing
Long with large coxae
Jumping insects
Parasite of cats, dogs, rodent
Diptera (Flies, Mosquitoes)
Fore wings membranous
Hind wings reduced to halteres (knoblike struc.)
Antennae variable
Short
Inconspicuous
Mouthparts: Sucking
Neuroptera (Lacewings)
Membranous wings
Fore& Hind wings : Same in shape and veination
Held rooflike over the body at rest
Soft bodied
Mouthpart : mandibulate
Long antennae
Predator
Strepsiptera (Stylops)
Twisted wings
Haltere-fore wings, diff. from Diptera
Males: Hind wings large and fanlike
Females : No wings
Small insects (0.5-4 mm)
Lepidoptera
Butterfly
Thin slender filamentous antennae, club shaped at the end
Exposed pupa (chrysalis)
Bright in colours
Slender and smoother abdomens
Diurnal activity
Fold their wings above their backs when resting
Moth
Comb-like @ feathery antennae
Caterpillars spin a cocoon made of silk
Plain brown, grey, white or black
Stout and hairy @ furry-looking bodies
Crepuscular nocturnal
Attracted to the light
Spread out their wings when resting
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Largest insect group
Fore wings thickened (elytra)
Hind wings longer than elytra (folded under elytra)
Mouthparts : Chewing
Mecoptera (Scorpionflies)
Slender body
Head prolonged into a beak @ rostrum
Have 4 long narrow membranous wings similar in size and veination
Some are wingless (Boreidae)
Mouthparts : Chewing
Threadlike antennae
Trichoptera (Caddisflies)
Both wings is membranous
Wings fold flat but held rooflike
Tarsi : 4 @ 5 segmented
Mandibles greatly reduced
Long and many segmented antennae
