Phylogenetic Groups

1.    The orders Zygentoma and Collembola are classified as:

Ametabolous and apterygote

Hemimetabolous and apterygote

Hemimetabolous and exopterygote

Holometabolous and endopterygote

 

2.   Which insects are considered "secondarily wingless"?

Springtails and silverfish

Ant lions and weevils

Fleas and parasitic lice

Earwigs and thrips

 

3.   Which order is classified as a member of the Paraneoptera?

Blattodea

Thysanoptera

Ephemeroptera

Mecoptera

Dermaptera

 

4.   Which order is Holometabolous?

Isoptera

Neuroptera

Psocodea

Collembola

Phasmatodea

 

5.   Dermaptera, Isoptera, and Zoraptera are most closely related to:

Phasmatodea

Coleoptera

Ephemeroptera

Psocodea

 

6.   Trichoptera and Mecoptera are most closely related to:

Psocodea

Diplura

Diptera

Embioptera

 

7.   Which orders are NOT closely related phylogenetically?

Diptera and Siphonaptera

Thysanoptera and Hemiptera

Odonata and Ephemeroptera

Zygentoma and Thysanoptera

 

8.   Which order is most closely related to Trichoptera?

Lepidoptera

Diptera

Hymenoptera

Coleoptera

 

9.   Which order is NOT closely related to the others listed?

Hemiptera

Psocodea

Plecoptera

Thysanoptera

 

10.   Why are fleas NOT classified as paraneopteran insects?

They are wingless

They have chewing mouthparts

They have cerci

They are holometabolous