NOTUM or TERGUM. coxa coxal articulation sternopleurite STERNUM. Modifications of the PROTHORAX: defense, offense, & competition

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "NOTUM or TERGUM. coxa coxal articulation sternopleurite STERNUM. Modifications of the PROTHORAX: defense, offense, & competition"

Transcription

1 Thorax of Apterygota (similar to Prothorax of Pterygota) spiracle NOTUM or TERGUM anapleurite coxapleurite coxa coxal articulation sternopleurite Anteriad (head points this way) STERNUM Modifications of the PROTHORAX: defense, offense, & competition pronotal shield (Blattodea) elongate prothorax (Mantodea & Raphidioptera) prothorax camouflage & defense protection prothoracic extensions (Hemiptera: Membracidae) thorn ant mimic mimic prey capture sexual selection (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) 1

2 The Pterothorax (the wing-bearing thorax): Meso- & Metathoraces prothoracic wing?? Paleodictyoptera Carboniferous, 325 mya Tergum of basic Pterygota mesothorax metathorax (PROTHORAX) PRIMARY SEGMENTATION MESOTHORAX ACROTERGITE PRESCUTUM SCUTUM SCUTELLUM POSTNOTUM PRESCUTUM antecostal suture WING BASE NOTUM (= acrotergite of metathorax) antecostal suture METATHORAX POSTNOTUM (ABDOMEN) (developmentally, this is the acrotergite of the first abdominal segment) 2

3 Sternum of basic Pterygota Mesothorax (morphology is not very consistent) (Prothorax) PRESTERNUM SPINASTERNUM (= SPINA) PRIMARY SEGMENTATION BASISTERNUM STERNELLUM sternal pit (or furcal pit) (Metathorax) spinal pit Pleuron of basic Pterygota PROTHORAX acrotergite basalare sclerite pleural wing process pleural coxal process MESOTHORAX primary segmentation SCUTUM epimeron episternum METATHORAX postnotum = (acrotergite of metathorax) wing base subalare sclerite pleural suture trochantin coxal segment of leg PRESTERNUM BASISTERNUM STERNELLUM sternal pit spinal pit and SPINASTERNUM 3

4 Cross-section of pterothorax longitudinal flight muscles TERGUM WING dorso-ventral (tergo-sternal) flight muscles sternal pit spinal pit sternal pits phragma primary segmentation pleural suture pleural apophysis sternal apophysis sterno-pleural muscles pleural wing process sternal apophysis Sternal flight-muscle modifications longitudinal flight muscles spinal apophysis Fusion of pterothoracic components shades of red = prothorax shades of blue = mesothorax shades of magenta = metathorax shades of green = abdominal Unitized pterothorax of Hymenoptera Unitized pterothorax of Diptera (Tipulidae) MESOTHORAX PRESCUTUM PROTHORAX SCUTUM SCUT- ELLUM METATHORAX ABDOMEN haltere 4

5 Thoracic changes due to secondary aptery CASTE polymorphism: Formicidae SEASONAL polymorphism: Aphidae SEXUAL dimorphism: BALANCED polymorphism: tussock moth Gryllidae (Gryllus firmus) hind wing Secondary aptery within orders [note: never in Odonata] Blattodea (cockroaches) Phasmatodea (stick insects) Gromphadorhina portentosa Timema spp. Dermaptera (earwigs) Hemiptera (true bugs) Mesoveliidae Hemimerina Arixeniina Forficulina 5

6 Secondary aptery of entire orders Mallophaga Mantophasmatodea Siphonaptera (fleas) Notoptera Anoplura Psocodea Phthiraptera (but only if Phthiraptera is considered an order) Psocoptera Grylloblattodea The insect leg (generalized Orthoptera) femur tibia trochanter male Aukland Tree Weta leg of Weta tarsus (with 4 tarsomeres) coxa tendency toward fusion plantulae pretarsus Significance of multiple tarsomeres: tendency toward fusion with thorax 6

7 subcoxa femur tibia tarsus tergum epicoxa (forms wing hinge? subcoxa wing exite coxa pretarsus 3 rd leg of Machilis showing intrinsic & extrinsic muscles trochanter coxa trochanter exites patella Reconstruction of ancestral insect leg (after Kukalová-Peck 1987) prefemur femur tibia pretarsus tarsus The insect foot (pretarsus) extensor tendon ultimate tarsomere arolium aroliar pad unguis (ungues) pulvillus (pulvilli) auxilium (auxilia) unguitractor plate unguitractor tendon (from femur or tibia) Blow fly (Calliphoridae: Diptera) Grasshopper (Orthoptera) 7

8 Plecoptera Leg modifications Unspecialized (homonomous) More specialized (heteronomous) Coleoptera (harlequin beetle) Muscoid Diptera (legless) 8

EXTERNAL & INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY External Morphology Objectives:

EXTERNAL & INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY External Morphology Objectives: www.anilrana13014.weebly.com www.k8449.weebly.com EXTERNAL & INTERNAL MORPHOLOGY External Morphology Objectives: To learn the external morphology of insects (i.e., to learn about the features of insects

More information

Dorsal simple eye, compound eyes (paired), prosoma, opisthosoma (cephalothorax and abdomen), movable spines, telson (tail)

Dorsal simple eye, compound eyes (paired), prosoma, opisthosoma (cephalothorax and abdomen), movable spines, telson (tail) Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Cheliceriformes Class Celicerata Subclass Merostomata = smallest living group of chelicerates, only 4 species are known, most ancient arthropods (Ordovician) Limulus polyphemus

More information

Morphology: 2 Questions. Morphology. The Insect Bauplan. Secondary Segmentation

Morphology: 2 Questions. Morphology. The Insect Bauplan. Secondary Segmentation Morphology Why do we study morphology? This is how we first encounter anything in the world. It is how we come to know a thing and provides the basis for all other inquiries (e.g. physiology, behavior,

More information

Insect Puzzle. Summary/Purpose: Students get to know the basics parts of various insects by creating their own insects with the puzzle pieces.

Insect Puzzle. Summary/Purpose: Students get to know the basics parts of various insects by creating their own insects with the puzzle pieces. Insect Puzzle Summary/Purpose: Students get to know the basics parts of various insects by creating their own insects with the puzzle pieces. Grade Level: 1 st -2 nd grade or 7 th & 8 th grade (See extensions

More information

WHAT IS AN INSECT EXTERNAL ANATOMY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

WHAT IS AN INSECT EXTERNAL ANATOMY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY WHAT IS AN INSECT EXTERNAL ANATOMY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT INTERNAL ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY Body divided into three regions HEAD the head capsule is a sturdy compartment that houses the brain, a mouth opening,

More information

Part I. The head, ingestion, utilization and distribution of food

Part I. The head, ingestion, utilization and distribution of food Part I The head, ingestion, utilization and distribution of food 1 Head REVISED AND UPDATED BY STEPHEN J. SIMPSON INTRODUCTION Insects and other arthropods are built up on a segmental plan, and their

More information

Entomology: Structure and Life Process 1 Entomology: Structure and Life Processes 2 Insect Facts 3 Insect History 4 Recall Tagmosis

Entomology: Structure and Life Process 1 Entomology: Structure and Life Processes 2 Insect Facts 3 Insect History 4 Recall Tagmosis Entomology 1.oo3 Entomology: Structure and Life Process 1 Entomology: Structure and Life Processes Matthew J. Grieshop MSU Department of Entomology 2 Insect Facts The major consumers of plant biomass 200

More information

III. Adult Thorax* For a full explanation of this project see Part I (Knight 1970).

III. Adult Thorax* For a full explanation of this project see Part I (Knight 1970). 132 A Mosquito Taxonomic Glossary III. Adult Thorax* Kenneth L. Knight Jean L. Laffoon Department of Entomology Department of Zoology and Entomology North Carolina State University Iowa State University

More information

Appendix III - Insect Collection Checklist

Appendix III - Insect Collection Checklist Appendix III - Insect Checklist Common Name Order 1. Alfalfa weevil Coleoptera 2. American cockroach Dictyoptera 3. Angoumois grain moth Lepidoptera 4. Annual cicada Homoptera 5. Antlion Neuroptera 6.

More information

Internal Insect Anatomy

Internal Insect Anatomy EEB 286 - Lab 4 (Internal insect anatomy) 1 Internal Insect Anatomy During today's lab we will look at the internal anatomy of Gromphadorhina portentosa, a tropical, Madagascan cockroach. Dissection of

More information

Generalized insect head: Anterior aspect. Suture lines: lines of weakness associated with molting

Generalized insect head: Anterior aspect. Suture lines: lines of weakness associated with molting Generalized insect head: Anterior aspect VERTEX coronal suture ocular suture compound eye dorsal ocellus antennal suture subocular suture GENA mandible antenna frontal suture FRONS anterior tentorial pit

More information

Polyneoptera. BIO3333 Entomology. Page 1. Insect Diversity: Polyneoptera. Indirect flight muscles. Wing articulation

Polyneoptera. BIO3333 Entomology. Page 1. Insect Diversity: Polyneoptera. Indirect flight muscles. Wing articulation Insect Diversity: Polyneoptera l Univeristé d Ottawa / University of Ottawa 1 Neoptera Flexion of the wing Loss of caudal filaments Wings have anal furrow 3 rd valvula forms sheath around ovipositor Median

More information

Courtship and Mating (behavioral or ethological premating RIMs) (often includes multiple modalities) initiating behavior. response 1.

Courtship and Mating (behavioral or ethological premating RIMs) (often includes multiple modalities) initiating behavior. response 1. Courtship and Mating (behavioral or ethological premating RIMs) (often includes multiple modalities) MALE: FEMALE: initiating behavior response 1 response 1 response 2 response 2 copulation Males in particular

More information

CONTRIBUTORS' PROOFCHECKING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INSECTS

CONTRIBUTORS' PROOFCHECKING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INSECTS CONTRIBUTORS' CHECKING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INSECTS READING The text content and layout for your contribution is in final form when you receive proofs. Read proofs for accuracy and clarity,

More information

A glossary of terms used to describe phasmids P.E. Bragg, 51 Longfield Lane, llkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4DX, U.K.

A glossary of terms used to describe phasmids P.E. Bragg, 51 Longfield Lane, llkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4DX, U.K. A glossary of terms used to describe phasmids P.E. Bragg, 51 Longfield Lane, llkeston, Derbyshire, DE7 4DX, U.K. Abstract A brief glossary of descriptive terms used for external morphology of phasmids,

More information

Basic Biology and Anatomy of the Tsetse Fly

Basic Biology and Anatomy of the Tsetse Fly 1 Section 1 Basic Biology and Anatomy of the Tsetse Fly 1.1. Introduction The objective of this section is to provide essential information for the subsequent two sections, which give guidelines for conducting

More information

BIFUNCTIONAL MUSCLES IN THE THORAX OF GRASSHOPPERS

BIFUNCTIONAL MUSCLES IN THE THORAX OF GRASSHOPPERS Exp. BioL (1962), 39, 669-677 669 With 12 text-jigures Printed in Great Britain BIFUNCTIONAL MUSCLES IN THE THORAX OF GRASSHOPPERS BY DONALD M. WILSON* Department of Zoology, Yale University (Received

More information

Abbrevation Name Origin Insertion. Prothorax Dorsal longitudinal muscles. Dorsoventral muscles. Pleuro-coxal muscles. Sterno-coxal muscles

Abbrevation Name Origin Insertion. Prothorax Dorsal longitudinal muscles. Dorsoventral muscles. Pleuro-coxal muscles. Sterno-coxal muscles Adittional file 1: Attachmentpoints of the thorax musculature of Sympetrum vulgatum Abbrevation Name Origin Insertion Prothorax Dorsal longitudinal muscles Idlm1 Musculus prophragmaoccipitalis Apex of

More information

Feeding I: Structure and Function of Mouthparts

Feeding I: Structure and Function of Mouthparts Feeding I: Structure and Function of Mouthparts Orientation of the mouthparts: Hypognathous. Mouthparts are directed ventrally downward. Primitive condition in Insecta. Common in phytophagous groups inhabiting

More information

ocelli recurrent nerve CORPUS CARDIACUM HYPOCEREBRAL GANGLION CORPUS ALLATUM PRO- THORACIC GANGLION to spiracle & alary muscles MESO- THORACIC

ocelli recurrent nerve CORPUS CARDIACUM HYPOCEREBRAL GANGLION CORPUS ALLATUM PRO- THORACIC GANGLION to spiracle & alary muscles MESO- THORACIC frontal nerve (to cibarium) red & black = CNS blue = VNS ocelli PROTOCEREBRUM compound eye lateral connectives neurosecretory cells MOUTHPARTS: SUBESOPHAGEAL FRONTAL frontal connective with tritocerebrum

More information

Florida Entomologist Official Organ of the Florida Entomological Society

Florida Entomologist Official Organ of the Florida Entomological Society 75he Florida Entomologist Official Organ of the Florida Entomological Society VOL. XXV OCTOBER, 1942 No.3 EXTERNAL ANATOMY OF THE FLORIDA WALKING STICK Anisornorpha buprestoides Stoll.* KENT S. LITTIG

More information

Exercise 3: Internal Anatomy of the Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea

Exercise 3: Internal Anatomy of the Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea Exercise 3: Internal Anatomy of the Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea This exercise is modified from http://www.lander.edu/rsfox/310romalealab.html. It is copyrighted (2001, 2004) but unpublished by Professor

More information

BIOS University of New Orleans. Philip DeVries University of New Orleans. University of New Orleans Syllabi.

BIOS University of New Orleans. Philip DeVries University of New Orleans. University of New Orleans Syllabi. University of New Orleans ScholarWorks@UNO University of New Orleans Syllabi Fall 2015 BIOS 5974 Philip DeVries University of New Orleans Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uno.edu/syllabi

More information

Chapter 4: Honey Bee Anatomy

Chapter 4: Honey Bee Anatomy Chapter 4: Honey Bee Anatomy University of Florida Department of Entomology & Nematology Dr. Jamie Ellis Created by: Jason Graham, Catherine Nalen, Jamie Ellis External Morphology Honey bees, like all

More information

ACTIVITY IN THE LOCUST NERVE CORD IN RESPONSE TO WING-NERVE STIMULATION

ACTIVITY IN THE LOCUST NERVE CORD IN RESPONSE TO WING-NERVE STIMULATION J. Exp. Biol. (1970), 5a, 667-673 667 With 3 text-figures Printed in Great Britain ACTIVITY IN THE LOCUST NERVE CORD IN RESPONSE TO WING-NERVE STIMULATION BY ERIK GETTRUP* Department of Zoology and Department

More information

Apex of grasshopper sperm tube Cysts in grasshopper sperm tube Cysts in grasshopper sperm tube Grasshopper spermatogonial cysts

Apex of grasshopper sperm tube Cysts in grasshopper sperm tube Cysts in grasshopper sperm tube Grasshopper spermatogonial cysts SPERMATOGENESIS L.S. of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) sperm tubes Apex of grasshopper sperm tube Cysts in grasshopper sperm tube Cysts in grasshopper sperm tube Grasshopper spermatogonial cysts Grasshopper

More information

Trimorphism in the Ichneumonid Parasite Gelis corruptor. By GEORGE SALT

Trimorphism in the Ichneumonid Parasite Gelis corruptor. By GEORGE SALT 453 Trimorphism in the Ichneumonid Parasite Gelis corruptor By GEORGE SALT Fellow of King's College, Cambridge (From the Zoological Laboratory, Cambridge) SUMMARY 1. The ichneumonid parasite Gelis corruptor

More information

Fertilization. mitosis. N sperm pronucleus. fertilization. N pronucleus (after sperm enters egg) 2N zygote nucleus

Fertilization. mitosis. N sperm pronucleus. fertilization. N pronucleus (after sperm enters egg) 2N zygote nucleus Fertilization 2N pronucleus (suspended in meiotic metaphase) N polar body reduction division N pronucleus (after sperm enters egg) mitosis 2N zygote nucleus N polar bodies (2): disintegrate membrane formation

More information

The external morphology of Chrysopa perla L. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

The external morphology of Chrysopa perla L. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Masters Theses 1911 - February 24 1930 The external morphology of Chrysopa perla L. (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) Miriam. Morse University of

More information

THE MOTOR MECHANISM OF THE INSECT LEG

THE MOTOR MECHANISM OF THE INSECT LEG 22O THE MOTOR MECHANISM OF THE INSECT LEG BY J. W. S. PRINGLE From the Department of Zoology, Cambridge University (Received 28 December 1938) (With Six Text-figures) INTRODUCTION IN view of the number

More information

D EPOSITED BY THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH. c.\ M~ GILL UNIVERSITY. LIBRARY ACC. NO.

D EPOSITED BY THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH. c.\ M~ GILL UNIVERSITY. LIBRARY ACC. NO. D EPOSITED BY THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH c.\ M~ GILL UNIVERSITY. LIBRARY ACC. NO. THE :MORPHOLOGY OF HALICTUS LEROUXI LEP BY J. VJ. I;I. CA.ThrERON A THESIS Submitted to the Faculty

More information

Objectives of the labs: External Anatomy of Insects: The Exoskeleton, Head and Mouthparts Exoskeleton exoskeleton structures

Objectives of the labs: External Anatomy of Insects: The Exoskeleton, Head and Mouthparts Exoskeleton exoskeleton structures Objectives of the labs: 1. Define and correctly use the vocabulary. 2. Examine and identify head, thoracic and abdominal modifications 3. Examine the different anatomical modifications of different insects

More information

DEEC DorroughBUGS Teacher Resource Kit. Years 3-4. Teachers kit. DEEC Vision

DEEC DorroughBUGS Teacher Resource Kit. Years 3-4. Teachers kit. DEEC Vision DorroughBUGS Years 3-4 Teachers kit DEEC Vision The health of the earth and all its inhabitants, depends on insects and their vital role in the maintenance of self-regulating systems. Insects are among

More information

* Reproduced with the permission of Iowa University Press

* Reproduced with the permission of Iowa University Press Bee Book By Eric H. Ericson, Jr - Stanley D. Carlson - Martin B. Garmen The Natural History of the Honey Bees Micrographs of the Queen Micrographs of the Workers Micrographs of the Drones Appendix (anatomy

More information

Grasshopper Dissection

Grasshopper Dissection Grasshopper Dissection 1 Background: GRASSHOPPERS are found almost everywhere. They will eat practically any wild or cultivated plant. In some areas of the United States special contraptions called hopperdozers

More information

OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION LOOKING GOOD GETTING TOGETHER & STAYING ALIVE GETTING TOGETHER REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES

OBJECTIVES INTRODUCTION LOOKING GOOD GETTING TOGETHER & STAYING ALIVE GETTING TOGETHER REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES 5 6 3 4 1 2 GETTING TOGETHER & STAYING ALIVE OBJECTIVES 1. Name and describe 5 ways insects get together to mate. 2. Using an example, describe each of the different ways insects protect themselves. 3.

More information

topographical anatomy

topographical anatomy Kaan Yücel M.D., Ph.D. 30. September 2014 Tuesday topographical anatomy organization of the human body as major parts or segments Head Neck Trunk thorax, abdomen, back, & pelvis/perineum Upper limbs &

More information

The Neem Tree Azadirachta indica A. Juss. and Other Meliaceous Plants

The Neem Tree Azadirachta indica A. Juss. and Other Meliaceous Plants The Neem Tree Azadirachta indica A. Juss. and Other Meliaceous Plants Sources of Unique Natural Products for Integrated Pest Management, Medicine, Industry and Other Purposes Edited by In close cooperation

More information

Indirect closing of the elytra in a cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani F. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Indirect closing of the elytra in a cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani F. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) 1836 The Journal of Experimental Biology 213, 1836-1843 21. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd doi:1.1242/jeb.4135 Indirect closing of the elytra in a cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani F. (Coleoptera:

More information

Comparative study of spiracular structure in some selected Blattidae (Dictyoptera)

Comparative study of spiracular structure in some selected Blattidae (Dictyoptera) 2016; 4(5): 463-475 E-ISSN: 2320-7078 P-ISSN: 2349-6800 JEZS 2016; 4(5): 463-475 2016 JEZS Received: 08-07-2016 Accepted: 09-08-2016 SV Chaudhari Associate Professor and Head Department of Zoology, Arts,

More information

Function of Peripheral Inhibitory Axons in Insects. Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Function of Peripheral Inhibitory Axons in Insects. Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada AMER. ZOOL., 13:321-330 (1973). Function of Peripheral Inhibitory Axons in Insects K. G. PEARSON Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada SYNOPSIS. There are now many examples

More information

THE EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE DRAGONFLY ONYCHOGOMPHUS

THE EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE DRAGONFLY ONYCHOGOMPHUS SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOLUME 122, NUMBER 6 THE EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE DRAGONFLY ONYCHOGOMPHUS ARDENS NEEDHAM BY HSIU-FU CHAO Department of Entomology University of Massachusetts (Publication

More information

Insect nervous system. Zoo 514 Dr. Reem Alajmi

Insect nervous system. Zoo 514 Dr. Reem Alajmi Insect nervous system Zoo 514 Dr. Reem Alajmi Nervous System The nervous system is the primary mechanism of conduction and control in the body. In insects it serves as an elaborate (complex) connecting

More information

Leg regeneration in the cockroach, Blatella germanica

Leg regeneration in the cockroach, Blatella germanica /. Embryo!, exp. Morph. Vol. 35, 2, pp. 267-301, 1976 267 Printed in Great Britain Leg regeneration in the cockroach, Blatella germanica II. Regeneration from a non-congruent tibial graft/host junction

More information

University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge 226 J. Physiol. (I949) io8, 226-232 6I2.74I:595.7 THE EXCITATION AND CONTRACTION OF THE FLIGHT MUSCLES OF INSECTS BY J. W. S. PRINGLE From the Department of Zoology, (Received 3 May 1948) University of

More information

STD.6 (2015) MOVEMENT IN THE BODY. When an organism moves from one place to another, it is termed as locomotion. locomotion.

STD.6 (2015) MOVEMENT IN THE BODY. When an organism moves from one place to another, it is termed as locomotion. locomotion. STD.6 (2015) MOVEMENT IN THE BODY Q.1 Define Locomotion. When an organism moves from one place to another, it is termed as locomotion. Ex.A jump, hop, walk and swim. Q.2 Differentiate between movement

More information

28 Towards a standard methodology for the description of mayflies (Ephemeroptera)

28 Towards a standard methodology for the description of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) 28 Towards a standard methodology for the description of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) Michael D. Hubbard Entomology/Center for Water Quality, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307-4100 USA Many terms

More information

CONTROL OF HEART RATE IN CECROPIA MOTHS; RESPONSE TO THERMAL STIMULATION

CONTROL OF HEART RATE IN CECROPIA MOTHS; RESPONSE TO THERMAL STIMULATION J. Exp. Biol. (1973). 59. 67^76 67 With 7 text-figures Vrxated in Great Britain CONTROL OF HEART RATE IN CECROPIA MOTHS; RESPONSE TO THERMAL STIMULATION BY JAMES L. HANEGAN* Department of Biology, Eastern

More information

Chapter 16 MORPHOLOGY OF ANIMALS

Chapter 16 MORPHOLOGY OF ANIMALS Chapter 16 MORPHOLOGY OF ANIMALS Earthworm (Pheretima posthuma) They are nocturnal, hermaphrodite and burrowing (fussorial), animal which lives in wet soil with humus and called as nature s ploughman.

More information

Margarodes prieskaensis, Margarodes vitis, Margarodes vredendalensis

Margarodes prieskaensis, Margarodes vitis, Margarodes vredendalensis Blackwell Publishing Ltd European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization PM 7/82 (1) Organisation Européenne et Méditerranéenne pour la Protection des Plantes Diagnostics Diagnostic Margarodes

More information

THE WING MECHANISM INVOLVED IN THE COURTSHIP OF DROSOPHILA

THE WING MECHANISM INVOLVED IN THE COURTSHIP OF DROSOPHILA J. Exp. Biol. (1968), 49, 117-128 With 1 plate and 7 text-figures Printed in Great Britain THE WING MECHANISM INVOLVED IN THE COURTSHIP OF DROSOPHILA BY H. C. BENNET-CLARK AND A. W. EWING Department of

More information

The development of projections and connections from transplanted locust sensory neurons

The development of projections and connections from transplanted locust sensory neurons J. Embryol. exp. Morph. 85, 207-224 (1985) 207 Printed in Great Britain The Company of Biologists Limited 1985 The development of projections and connections from transplanted locust sensory neurons HILARY

More information

HONEY BEE BIOLOGY Apprentice Level Training Texas Master Beekeeper Program

HONEY BEE BIOLOGY Apprentice Level Training Texas Master Beekeeper Program HONEY BEE BIOLOGY Apprentice Level Training Texas Master Beekeeper Program Anatomy Overview Three tagmata 1. Head Sensory 2. Thorax Locomotion 3. Abdomen Digestion and reproduction Anatomy Overview O =

More information

MUSCULAR ACTIVITY DURING PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT IN A BEETLE

MUSCULAR ACTIVITY DURING PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT IN A BEETLE J. Exp. Biol. (1965), 43, 40^-414 409 With 3 text-figures Printed in Great Britain MUSCULAR ACTIVITY DURING PREPARATION FOR FLIGHT IN A BEETLE BY DENNIS LESTON, J. W. S. PRINGLE AND D. C. S. WHITE Department

More information

Sound Production. Phonotaxis in crickets. What is sound? Recognition and Localization. What happens over time at a single point in space?

Sound Production. Phonotaxis in crickets. What is sound? Recognition and Localization. What happens over time at a single point in space? Behaviour Sound Production Phonotaxis in crickets Recognition and Localization scraper close scraper file open Males open and close wings rhythmically. On each closing stroke, scraper contacts file causing

More information

The Female Genitalic Region in Basal Earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae s.l.)

The Female Genitalic Region in Basal Earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae s.l.) Entomologische Abhandlungen 61 (2): 173 225 Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, ISSN 0373-8981, 10.12.2003 The Female Genitalic Region in Basal Earwigs (Insecta: Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae s.l.) KLAUS-DIETER

More information

Grasshopper Dissection

Grasshopper Dissection Grasshopper Dissection Introduction: Insects are arthropods with jointed appendages, segmented bodies, and an exoskeleton composed of chitin. Insects are in the class Insecta, & are the largest and most

More information

SEX DETERMINATION IN THE BARN OWL (Tyto alba) USING SKELETAL MEASUREMENTS

SEX DETERMINATION IN THE BARN OWL (Tyto alba) USING SKELETAL MEASUREMENTS SEX DETERMINATION IN THE BARN OWL (Tyto alba) USING SKELETAL MEASUREMENTS CHRISTINA SMITH BIO494 MENTOR: PHILLIP BRUNER 11 DECEMBER 2014 ABSTRACT Reversed sexual dimorphism is common in predatory birds

More information

New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber

New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber Poinar Jr., G., & Legalov, A. A. (2015). New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology, 27(2), 134-157. doi:10.1080/08912963.2013.871010

More information

Claremont. Claremont Colleges. Robert J. Full University of California - Berkeley. Anna N. Ahn Harvey Mudd College

Claremont. Claremont Colleges. Robert J. Full University of California - Berkeley. Anna N. Ahn Harvey Mudd College Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont All HMC Faculty Publications and Research HMC Faculty Scholarship 6-1-1995 Static Forces and Moments Generated in the Insect Leg: Comparison of a Three-Dimensional

More information

Principles of Anatomy and Physiology

Principles of Anatomy and Physiology Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14 th Edition CHAPTER 8 The Skeletal System: The Appendicular Skeleton The Appendicular Skeleton The 126 bones of the appendicular skeleton are primarily concerned

More information

Bones of Thorax (Rib Cage)

Bones of Thorax (Rib Cage) Musculoskeletal System (Part A-2) Module 7 -Chapter 10 Overview Muscles Attachments Bones Bone types Surface features of bones Divisions of the skeletal system Joints or Articulations Susie Turner, M.D.

More information

iexp. Biol. (1972), 56,

iexp. Biol. (1972), 56, iexp. Biol. (1972), 56, 173-193 173 ith 12 text-figures 'tinted in Great Britain CENTRAL PROGRAMMING AND REFLEX CONTROL OF WALKING IN THE COCKROACH BY K. G. PEARSON Department of Physiology, University

More information

BY G. RADNIKOW AND U. BASSLER Fachbereich Biologie, Universitat Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, D-6750 Kaiserslautern, FRG. Accepted 28 January 1991

BY G. RADNIKOW AND U. BASSLER Fachbereich Biologie, Universitat Kaiserslautern, Postfach 3049, D-6750 Kaiserslautern, FRG. Accepted 28 January 1991 J. exp. Biol. 157, 87-99 (1991) 87 Primed in Great Britain The Company of Biologists Limited 1991 FUNCTION OF A MUSCLE WHOSE APODEME TRAVELS THROUGH A JOINT MOVED BY OTHER MUSCLES: WHY THE RETRACTOR UNGUIS

More information

Chapter 20. Diversity of Uniramia. Characteristics. Class Chilopoda. Chiloped Characteristics. Terrestrial Mandibulates

Chapter 20. Diversity of Uniramia. Characteristics. Class Chilopoda. Chiloped Characteristics. Terrestrial Mandibulates Copyright The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display. Chapter 20 Terrestrial Mandibulates Diversity of Uniramia The subphylum Uniramia is a controversial taxon including

More information

A Pocket Guide to the Common Natural Enemies of Crop and Garden Pests in the Pacific Northwest

A Pocket Guide to the Common Natural Enemies of Crop and Garden Pests in the Pacific Northwest punch hole A Pocket Guide to the Common Natural Enemies of Crop and Garden Pests in the Pacific Northwest Using this Guide The cards in this guide are designed to help the user quickly learn the main groups

More information

THE ANATOMY OF THE HONEYBEE.

THE ANATOMY OF THE HONEYBEE. TECHNICAL SERIES, No. 18. Brl:;r ~ r1',.\,.,~1""1 V,S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTQJ{'E,..";'TrmJOLOGY BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. 0 L. O. HOWARD, Entomologist and Chief of Burea~UG.'3 1972. u. S. Department Agricu/ture,-

More information

Anatomy & Physiology Skeletal System Worksheet

Anatomy & Physiology Skeletal System Worksheet 1. Name the five functions of the skeleton. c) d) e) Anatomy & Physiology Skeletal System Worksheet 2. The term for the shaft of a bone is:. 3. The bony struts found in spongy bone are called. 4. In ossification,

More information

INNERVATION PATTERN OF A POOL OF NINE EXCITATORY MOTOR NEURONS IN THE FLEXOR TIBIAE MUSCLE OF A LOCUST HIND LEG

INNERVATION PATTERN OF A POOL OF NINE EXCITATORY MOTOR NEURONS IN THE FLEXOR TIBIAE MUSCLE OF A LOCUST HIND LEG The Journal of Experimental Biology 20, 885 893 (998) Printed in Great Britain The Company of Biologists Limited 998 JEB485 885 INNERVATION PATTERN OF A POOL OF NINE EXCITATORY MOTOR NEURONS IN THE FLEXOR

More information

(Phthiraptera: Linognathidae) of impalas,

(Phthiraptera: Linognathidae) of impalas, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 71:59 66 (2004) Linognathus weisseri n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Linognathidae) of impalas, Aepyceros melampus: description and biology L.A. DURDEN 1 and I.G. HORAK

More information

Internal Morphology. 1.Cut the legs and wings (if present) off your specimen. 5.Use forceps to pull skeleton apart, exposing internal systems.

Internal Morphology. 1.Cut the legs and wings (if present) off your specimen. 5.Use forceps to pull skeleton apart, exposing internal systems. Internal Morphology Insect Dissections Often the best approach to understanding internal morphology is by way of a dissection. For this reason, the entire chapter should be treated as a laboratory activity.

More information

1 The bony framework along with car lage which gives shape to the body is called a: 2 A group of cells performing a similar ac on is a:

1 The bony framework along with car lage which gives shape to the body is called a: 2 A group of cells performing a similar ac on is a: CBSE Practice papers BODY MOVEMENTS class-6th-science Number of Questions: 65 For Answers and Solutions, Go to www.micromerits.com -> Select your grade -> Select Learn ->Select Subject Page link - http://www.micromerits.com

More information

Dr.Israa H. Mohsen. Lecture 5. The vertebral column

Dr.Israa H. Mohsen. Lecture 5. The vertebral column Anatomy Lecture 5 Dr.Israa H. Mohsen The vertebral column The vertebral column a flexible structure consisting of 33 vertebrae holds the head and torso upright, serves as an attachment point for the legs,

More information

in some cases, better than, in terms of form or morphology. As

in some cases, better than, in terms of form or morphology. As 135 Some remarks on function as a base for classification and its relationship to form BY F. MUIR (Presented by O. H. Swezey at the meeting of February 2, 1928)* In the classification of living organisms

More information

Biology 164 Laboratory

Biology 164 Laboratory Biology 164 Laboratory Transmission Genetics: Inheritance of Mutant Traits in Drosophila Fruit Flies Introduction To reinforce your understanding of basic eukaryotic genetic principles, you will study

More information

Important Parts of Bones

Important Parts of Bones Important Parts of Bones For 2015 Know: Humerus (posterior) Clavical Femur (Anterior) Foot Hand Mandible Os Coxa Scapula Skull (Anterior, Inferior, Lateral) Sternum Humerus (posterior) A. olecranon fossa

More information

C. Bones of the Pelvic Girdle

C. Bones of the Pelvic Girdle C. Bones of the Pelvic Girdle 1. 2 coxal bones (a.k.a hip bones): -bony pelvis is made up of hip bones, sacrum, & coccyx -pelvic bones are large & heavy & attach to the axial skeleton via sacrum/coccyx

More information

Skeletal System. Std. VIII

Skeletal System. Std. VIII Skeletal System Std. VIII The skeleton in our body serves following functions : 1. Support and shape : The skeleton provides a support or framework to all the soft parts and gives the body and its parts

More information

LOCUST DORSAL UNPAIRED MEDIAN (DUM) NEURONES DIRECTLY INNERVATE AND MODULATE HINDLEG PROPRIOCEPTORS

LOCUST DORSAL UNPAIRED MEDIAN (DUM) NEURONES DIRECTLY INNERVATE AND MODULATE HINDLEG PROPRIOCEPTORS The Journal of Experimental Biology 21, 3333 3338 (1998) Printed in Great Britain The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 JEB1581 3333 LOCUST DORSAL UNPAIRED MEDIAN (DUM) NEURONES DIRECTLY INNERVATE AND

More information

C. Proteins can be extracted from waste cooking water, providing nutrients for starving nations.

C. Proteins can be extracted from waste cooking water, providing nutrients for starving nations. Biology Review : The Arthropods Complete this assignment using the following resources: Chapters 36 & 37 in your text book, the book Creepy Crawlies (C.C.), articles found in class on the black table (which

More information

Figure 7: Bones of the lower limb

Figure 7: Bones of the lower limb BONES OF THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON The appendicular skeleton is composed of the 126 bones of the appendages and the pectoral and pelvic girdles, which attach the limbs to the axial skeleton. Although the

More information

The Alimentary Canal of the Aphid Prociphilus Tesselata Fitch

The Alimentary Canal of the Aphid Prociphilus Tesselata Fitch The Ohio State University Knowledge Bank kb.osu.edu Ohio Journal of Science (Ohio Academy of Science) Ohio Journal of Science: Volume 38, Issue 3 (May, 1938) 1938-05 The Alimentary Canal of the Aphid Prociphilus

More information

Zoology Exercise #13: Chelicerata Lab Guide

Zoology Exercise #13: Chelicerata Lab Guide Zoology Exercise #13: Chelicerata Lab Guide Arthropods are diverse phylum that includes chelicerates (spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks), crustaceans, myriapods (millipedes & centipedes), and hexapods (insects).

More information

Positional information around the segments of the cockroach leg

Positional information around the segments of the cockroach leg /. Embryol. exp. Morph. Vol. 59, pp. 281-313, 1980 281 Printed in Great Britain Company of Biologists Limited 1980 Positional information around the segments of the cockroach leg By VERNON FRENCH 1 From

More information

ANNOTATIONES ZOOLOGICAE JAPONENSES. Volume 55, No. 2-June Published by the Zoological Society of Japan

ANNOTATIONES ZOOLOGICAE JAPONENSES. Volume 55, No. 2-June Published by the Zoological Society of Japan ANNOTATIONES ZOOLOGICAE JAPONENSES Volume 55, No. 2-June 1982 Published by the Zoological Society of Japan AOKI and Mr. H. HARADA, Yokohama National University, in Eastern Kalimantan, Borneo. Included

More information

THE PASSALIDAE OF PERU: A FREQUENCY AND DIVERSITY STUDY Melissa Ann Faretta

THE PASSALIDAE OF PERU: A FREQUENCY AND DIVERSITY STUDY Melissa Ann Faretta THE PASSALIDAE OF PERU: A FREQUENCY AND DIVERSITY STUDY Melissa Ann Faretta INTRODUCTION The importance of the role played by insects, not just as pests, but as an important value to humanity is becoming

More information

I. Ethology of Insects II. Patterns of Behavior III. Modifications IV. Operation V. Genetic Basis VI. Life History

I. Ethology of Insects II. Patterns of Behavior III. Modifications IV. Operation V. Genetic Basis VI. Life History Insect Behavior I. Ethology of Insects II. Patterns of Behavior III. Modifications IV. Operation V. Genetic Basis VI. Life History I. Ethology of Insects Ethology is the comparative study of behavior We

More information

Structure, Development, and Evolution of Insect Auditory Systems

Structure, Development, and Evolution of Insect Auditory Systems MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE 47:380 400 (1999) Structure, Development, and Evolution of Insect Auditory Systems DAVID D. YAGER* Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

More information

The external anatomy of the horse-fly (Tabanus atratus Fab. diptera; tabanidae)

The external anatomy of the horse-fly (Tabanus atratus Fab. diptera; tabanidae) University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014 1924 The external anatomy of the horse-fly (Tabanus atratus Fab. diptera; tabanidae) W. Stanley Bromley

More information

Biol Ecology Labs. Christopher J. Lortie. York University

Biol Ecology Labs. Christopher J. Lortie. York University Biol2050 1 Ecology Labs. Christopher J. Lortie. York University lortie@yorku.ca Biol2050 2 Try to see the world as an ecologist and be a Marcovaldo. The first page from Marcovaldo by Italo Calvino. Biol2050

More information

Recommended Resources: The following resources may be useful in teaching this

Recommended Resources: The following resources may be useful in teaching this Unit B: Anatomy and Physiology of Poultry Lesson 2: Skeletal Structure of Poultry Student Learning Objectives: Instruction in this lesson should result in students achieving the following objectives: 1.

More information

The Skeletal System. Mosby items and derived items 2010, 2006, 2002, 1997, 1992 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.

The Skeletal System. Mosby items and derived items 2010, 2006, 2002, 1997, 1992 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc. The Skeletal System Functions of Skeletal System Provides internal framework that supports the body Protects internal organs Helps fight disease by producing white blood cells 2 Functions of Skeletal System

More information

GOMPHUS PARVIDENS, A NEW SPECIES OF DRAGON-

GOMPHUS PARVIDENS, A NEW SPECIES OF DRAGON- GOMPHUS PARVIDENS, A NEW SPECIES OF DRAGON- FLY FROM MARYLAND. By Bertha P. Currie, 0/ the Bureau of Entomology, United.States Department of Agriculture, Washington. The new species described herein was

More information

Bone Composition. Bone is very strong for its relatively light weight The major components of bone are:

Bone Composition. Bone is very strong for its relatively light weight The major components of bone are: Human Bones Bone Composition Bone is very strong for its relatively light weight The major components of bone are: Calcium carbonate Calcium phosphate Collagen Water Cortical Bone Spongy Bone Medullary

More information

Food Habits of Peromyscus and Reithrodontomys in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma Anthony J. Stancampiano¹ and William Caire

Food Habits of Peromyscus and Reithrodontomys in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma Anthony J. Stancampiano¹ and William Caire 45 Food Habits of Peromyscus and Reithrodontomys in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma Anthony J. Stancampiano¹ and William Caire Department of Biology, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond,

More information

Chapter 7: Skeletal System: Gross Anatomy

Chapter 7: Skeletal System: Gross Anatomy Chapter 7: Skeletal System: Gross Anatomy I. General Considerations A. How many bones in an average adult skeleton? B. Anatomic features of bones are based on II. Axial Skeleton A. Skull 1. Functionally

More information

Ventilatory Mechanism and Control in Grasshoppers 1

Ventilatory Mechanism and Control in Grasshoppers 1 AMER. ZOOL., 37:73-81 (1997) Ventilatory Mechanism and Control in Grasshoppers 1 JON F. HARRISON Dept. of Zoology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1501 SYNOPSIS. Grasshoppers exhibit a diversity

More information

A LOCUST WIND AND OCELLAR BRAIN NEURONE

A LOCUST WIND AND OCELLAR BRAIN NEURONE J. exp. Biol. (1980), 85, 281-294 28l With 6 figures Printed in Great Britain A LOCUST WIND AND OCELLAR BRAIN NEURONE BY PETER SIMMONS* Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CBz T,EJ {Received

More information

A featherwing beetle without wings: re-discovery and second species of Rioneta (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) from the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania

A featherwing beetle without wings: re-discovery and second species of Rioneta (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) from the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania Zootaxa 1732: 45 53 (2008) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Copyright 2008 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) A featherwing beetle without wings: re-discovery

More information

or underwater Toronto, Ontario M5S A BY MARGARET C. PARSONS AND ROSEMARY J. Hwsor CRYPHOCRICOS NAUCORIDAE HETEROPTERA

or underwater Toronto, Ontario M5S A BY MARGARET C. PARSONS AND ROSEMARY J. Hwsor CRYPHOCRICOS NAUCORIDAE HETEROPTERA PLASTRAL RESPIRATORY DEVICES IN ADULT CRYPHOCRICOS NAUCORIDAE HETEROPTERA BY MARGARET C. PARSONS AND ROSEMARY J. Hwsor Department o Zoology University o Toronto Toronto, Ontario M5S A INTRODUCTION Adult

More information