Name: ______
Period: ______
Date:______
Insect Classification Research
Use the following web site for your research: http://www.kendall-bioresearch.co.uk/class.htm
What is an insect? ______
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· Body divided into ______parts, which are identified as: ______
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· ______pairs of legs
· Usually one pair of ______. Do insects have wings? ______
Explain. ______
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What Kingdom are insects in (you may need to look in book for the names of the different kingdoms): ______
What Phylum are they in? ______
What other classes are there in this phylum? Give a brief description of each:
Crustacea (______),
Myriapoda (______)
Arachnida (______)
How many orders of insects are there? ______
Choose 3 Orders from each Subclass. For each Order you choose, make a drawing and write a brief description.
ORDER / COMMON NAME / SUBCLASSES & FEATURES1. Thysanura / Bristletails / APTERYGOTA
These are wingless insects and their body structure suggests that they have never had wings during their evolutionary history. Young stages resemble the adults - little or no metamorphosis.
2. Diplura / Two-pronged Bristletails
3. Protura / -
4. Collembola / Springtails
5. Ephemeroptera / Mayflies / PTERYGOTA
Division EXOPTERYGOTA
These are winged insects, although some have lost their wings during the course of evolution.When present, the wings develop externally and there is no marked change (metamorphosis) during the life cycle. The young stages, called nymphs, resemble the adults except in size and in lacking fully-developed wings - simply metamorphosis.
6. Odonata / Dragonflies
7. Plecoptera / Stoneflies
8. Grylloblattodea / -
9. Orthoptera / Crickets, Grasshoppers and Locusts
10. Phasmida / Stick and Leaf Insects
11. Dermaptera / Earwigs
12. Embioptera / Web-spinners
13. Dictyoptera / Cockroaches and Mantids
14. Isoptera / Termites
15. Zoraptera / -
16. Psocoptera / Psocids or Booklice
17. Mallophaga / Biting Lice
18. Siphunculata (= Anoplura) / Sucking Lice
19. Hemiptera / True Bugs
20. Thysanoptera / Thrips
21. Neuroptera / Alder Flies, Snake Flies and Lacewings / PTERYGOTA
Division ENDOPTERYGOTA
These are winged insects, although some have lost their wings during the course of evolution. When present, the wings develop internally (i.e. inside the body of the immature insect) and there is a marked change (metamorphosis) during the life cycle. The young stages are very different from the adults and are called larvae. The change from larva to adult takes place during a non-feeding stage called the pupa (or chrysalis) - complex metamorphosis.
22. Coleoptera / Beetles
23. Strepsiptera / Stylopids
24. Mecoptera / Scorpion Flies
25. Siphonaptera / Fleas
26. Diptera / True Flies
27. Lepidoptera / Butterflies and Moths
28. Trichoptera / Caddis Flies
29. Hymenoptera / Bees, Wasps and Ants
Order #1 Drawing and Notes
Order #2 Drawing and Notes
Order #3 Drawing and Notes
Order #4 Drawing and Notes
Order #5 Drawing and Notes
Order #6 Drawing and Notes
Order #7 Drawing and Notes
Order #8 Drawing and Notes
Order #9 Drawing and Notes