ENTOM LAB

• Types of Antennae

  Setaceous - segments becoming more slender gradually.
• Types of Antennae

  Filiform - segments nearly uniform in size, usually cylindrical
• Types of Antennae

  Moniliform - segments similar in size, more or less cylindrical
• Types of Antennae

  Serrate - segments particularly the distal half (2/3) more or less triangularr.
• Types of Antennae

  Pectinate - segments with long, slender lateral processes
• Types of Antennae

  Bipectinate - double comb-like
• Types of Antennae

  Clavate - increase in size of segments is gradual.
• Types of Antennae

  Geniculate - first segment long, following segments small and going-off at an angle to the first.
• Types of Antennae

  Plumose - segments with whorls of long hairs.
• Types of Antennae

  Lamellate - Nested plates
• Types of Antennae

  Aristate - last segment usually enlarged and bearing a conspicuous arista
• Types of Antennae

  Stylate - last segment bearing an elongate terminal finger-like process called style
• Types of Insect Mouthparts

  Siphoning - galea of maxillae greatly elongated and joined to form a slender hallow and tube which is coiled up under the head when not in use (proboscis)
• Types of Mouthparts

  Sponging - end of labium specialized into a sponge-like organ (labellum)
• Types of Mouthparts

  Chewing-Lapping - Mandibles and labrum are of the chewing type and used for grasping prey or molding wax or nest material.
• Types of Mouthparts

  Piercing-Sucking - presence of tubular, usually jointed beak enclosing several needle-like stylets
• Types of Mouthparts

  Rasping-sucking - Asymmetrical conical structure located ventrally at the rear of the head
• Types of Mouthparts

  Chewing - most basic mouthparts, from which all other types have evolved, are for chewing
• Types of Legs

  Cursorial/Gressorial - running/walking legs
• Types of Legs

  Raptorial - forelegs armed with opposing spines and spurs.
• Types of Legs

  Natatorial - segments of forelegs flattened and with long hairs.
• Types of Legs

  Pollen Gathering - hind tibiae clothed with hairs
• Types of Legs

  Fossorial - Forelegs with scraper-like parts
• Types of Legs

  Saltatorial - enlarged hind femur
• Types of Legs

  Scansorial - end of tarsus of prothoracic leg is a hook-like structure used for clinging to host
• Types of Wings

  Elytra - hard sclerotized front wings serving as protective cover for membranous hindwings
• Types of Wings

  Hemelytra - front wings that are leathery or parchment-like at the base and membranous at tip.
• Types of Wings

  Tegmina - front wings that are completely leathery or parchment-like in texture
• Types of Wings

  Haltere - small, knob-like structure serving as gyroscopic structure
• Types of Wings

  Fringed Wings - margins of slender front and hindwings with long fringes of hair
• Types of Wings

  Membranous wings - soft, flexible, translucent or transparent with prominent wing veins
• Types of Wings

  Membranous with scales - wings covered with powder-like substance
• Types of Wings

  Hamuli - tiny hooks on hind wing that holed fore and hind wings together
• Types of Wings

  Frenulum - bristle near base of hind wings that holds fore and hind wings together.