Taxonomy & Systematics

1.    Which characteristic would NOT be found in the phylum Onychophora?

One pair of antennae

Three body regions (tagmata)

Jointed legs with claws

Many-segmented body

Epidermis covered by moist cuticle

 

2.   Which structures are found in chelicerate arthropods but NOT in mandibulate arthropods?

Antennae

Maxillae

Pedipalps

Jointed legs

 

3.   Chelicerate arthropods include:

Millipedes and centipedes

Lobsters and shrimp

Spiders and ticks

Lice and fleas

Barnacles and amphipods

 

4.   Which statement is TRUE for all crustacea?

They live on land.

They have chewing mouthparts.

They have six walking legs.

They are paleopterous.

 

5.   Which insect order is most closely related to Dermaptera?

Hymenoptera

Thysanoptera

Orthoptera

Zygentoma

 

6.   Which insect order is most closely related to Diptera?

Hymenoptera

Plecoptera

Orthoptera

Zygentoma

 

7.   Which order is NOT holometabolous?

Siphonaptera

Thysanoptera

Hymenoptera

Neuroptera

Mecoptera

 

8.   Which order is ametabolous and apterygote?

Psocodea

Isoptera

Strepsiptera

Archeognatha

 

9.   To which insect order do crickets and grasshoppers belong?

Hemiptera

Hymenoptera

Lepidoptera

Diptera

Orthoptera

 

10.   The order Psocodea contains:

Dragonflies and damselflies

Chewing and sucking lice

Roaches and mantids

Bristletails and silverfish

 

11.   To which order do caddisflies belong?

Plecoptera

Trichoptera

Neuroptera

Dermaptera

 

12.   Which order name is CORRECTLY paired with a common name?

Hemiptera -- plant lice

Dermaptera -- barklice

Plecoptera -- chewing lice

Siphonaptera -- sucking lice

 

13.   Which common names are associated with insects in the order Hymenoptera?

Wasps and ants

Beetles and weevils

Flies and mosquitoes

Grasshoppers and crickets

 

14.   Which order name is CORRECTLY paired with a common name?

Thysanoptera -- bristletail

Isoptera -- termites

Mecoptera -- lacewing

Psocodea -- leafhopper

 

15.   Which common name is NOT associated with the order Hemiptera?

Aphid

Leafhopper

Scale insect

Walkingstick

 

16.   Which structure is CORRECTLY paired with the order in which it is found?

Hemelytra -- Trichoptera

Collophore -- Collembola

Ootheca -- Hemiptera

Fringed wings -- Psocodea

 

17.   Chewing mouthparts are NOT found in:

Ticks

Centipedes

Lobsters

Crickets

 

18.   Which structures are ALWAYS associated with Coleoptera?

Furculas

Stigmas

Hamuli

Elytra

 

19.   Hemiptera and Hymenoptera are similar because BOTH have:

Holometabolous development

Piercing-sucking mouthparts

Neopterous wings

Aquatic immatures

 

20.   Which orders are most closely related to each other?

Diptera and Siphonaptera

Thysanura and Thysanoptera

Hemiptera and Hymenoptera

Trichoptera and Psocodea