SO-Entomology-LAST LECTURE

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DIPTERA VS. HYMENOPTERA • DIPTERA

• HYMENOPTERA

• INCLUDES ‘FLIES’, MOSQUITOS, CRANE FLIES

• INCLUDES BEES, WASPS, ANTS, SAWFLIES

• 1 PAIR OF WINGS

• 2 PAIRS OF WINGS

• 1 PAIR OF HALTERS

• CONSTRICTED WAIST

• POINTY MOUTH

• BITING MOUTH

CRANE FLY

ASILIDAE (ROBBER FLY)

SYRPHIDAE (FLOWER FLY)

TEPHRITIDAE (FRUIT FLY)

CALLIPHORID FLY

TENTHENEDINIDAE (SAW FLY)

ICHNEUMONIDAE (ICHNEUMON WASP)

MUTILLIDAE (VELVET ANT)

COLLETIDAE (PLASTER BEE)

HALICTIDAE (ALKALI BEE)

LEPIDOPTERA • Have scales on their large wings • Have a slender proboscis • Adults: Feed on Pollen • Larvae (Caterpillars): Feed on plants

HESPERIDAE (SKIPPERS)

• Have stout bodies

• Triangular wings held at angle • Neither butterfly nor moth • Eyes/antennae set wide

PAPILLIONIDAE (SWALLOWTAILS • Have distinctive wings • Caterpillars have distinctive ‘Y’ • Very bold coloration

SATURNIDAE • Very large moths • Brightly Colored • Wings held flat • Feathery antennae

SPHINGIDAE

COLEOPTERA • Forwings hardened into

elytra • Usually meet in middle • May be fused • Chewing mouthparts

STAPHYLINIDAE

TENEBRIONIDAE

SCARABIDAE

CERAMBYCIDAE