Order Summary for LabMidterm-Entomology

CRUSTACEANSClass: MalacostracaOrder: AmphipodaCommon name: beach fleas/amphipods - Shrimp like profile- Detritivore (feeds on dead organic matter)- Alcohol preserve

CRUSTACEANSClass: MalacostracaOrder: IsopodaCommon name: pill bugs, sowbugs, woodlice, rollypolly - Detritivore- Alcohol preserve

MYRIAPODSOrder: ChilopodaCommon name: centepedes - 1 leg per segment- Predaceous- Alcohol preserve

MYRIAPODSOrder: DiplopodaCommon name: millipedes - Detritivore- 2 legs per segment- Alcohol preserve

ARACHNIDSOrder: AraneaeCommon name: spiders - Have opithosomatic silk glands- Predaceous- Alcohol preverse

ARACHNIDSOrder: AcariCommon name: ticks and mites - Specialized blood feeding- Can also be vegetarian or parasitic forms- Can be parasitic, predaceous, or herbivorous- Alcohol/slide/gel mount preserve

ARACHNIDSOrder: Phalangida or OpilionesCommon name: daddy long legs - Not actually spiders- Autotomy: ability to lose limbs- Alcohol preserve- Predaceous, parasitic, herbivorous

ARACHNIDSOrder: ScorpionesCommon name: scorpions - Dance and glow in the dark- Use pedipalps to hold prey- Predaceous- Alcohol preserve

ARACHNIDSOrder: PseudoscorpionesCommon name: pseudoscorpions - Hitch hike on other insects to disperse- Have cheliceral silk glands- Predaceous- Alcohol/slide/gel mount preserve

ARACHNIDSOrder: Uropygi OR ThelyphonidaCommon name: whipscorpion/vinegaroons - Massive pedipalps used for crushing prey- No venom but squirts acetic acid- Predaceous- Alcohol preserve

ARACHNIDSOrder: SolfugidaCommon name: sun scorpions, camel spiders, solfugids - Predaceous, omnivorous- Alcohol preserve- Huge jaws- No venom

PRIMITIVE HEXAPODSOrder: CollembolaCommon name: springtails - Detritivores- Hop via hydraulic spring called the furcula- Ventral tube (collophore) used to slim shit over body- Indirect fertilization with spermatophore- Anabiosis: can die for a while- Alcohol/slide/gel mount preserve

PRIMITIVE HEXAPODSOrder: ProturaCommon name: proturans - Alcohol/slide/gel mount preserve- Detritivores- No antennae, forelegs used as antennae

PRIMITIVE HEXAPODSOrder: DipluraCommon name: diplurans - Predaceous, detritivores- 2 caudal tail filaments- Alcohol/slide/gel mount preserve

INSECTSOrder: Archaeognatha OR MicrocoryphiaCommon name: jumping bristletails - Wingless- Shrimp-like/humpback- Spider-like monocondylic jaws- Abdominal styli and vesicles (hair-like protrusions)- Detritivores- 3 caudal tail filaments with the center one being the longest- Large eyes- Alcohol/slide/gel mount