Primary Insect Orders

Question 1

What order and metamorphosis do butterflies and moths go through?

Answer 1

1. Lepidoptera
2. Complete metamorphosis

Question 2

What order and metamorphosis do bees and wasps go through?

Answer 2

1. Hymenoptera
2. Complete metamorphosis

Question 3

What order and metamorphosis do mayflies go through?

Answer 3

1. Ephemeroptera
2. Incomplete metamorphosis

Question 4

What order and metamorphosis do grasshoppers and crickets go through?

Answer 4

1. Orthoptera
2. Incomplete metamorphosis

Question 5

What order and metamorphosis do aphids and cicadas go through?

Answer 5

1. Hemiptera (true bugs)
2. Incomplete metamorphosis

Question 6

What order and metamorphosis do beetles go through?

Answer 6

1. Coleoptera
2. Complete metamorphosis

Question 7

What order and metamorphosis do flies go through?

Answer 7

1. Diptera
2. Complete metamorphosis

Question 8

What type of metamorphosis is also called “holometabolous”

Answer 8

Complete metamorphosis

Question 9

What type of metamorphosis is also called “hemimetabolous”

Answer 9

Incomplete Metamorphosis

Question 10

What is a signifier for complete metamorphosis?

Answer 10

A pupae stage

Question 11

What is a species?

Answer 11

A species can be defined as a taxonomic unit or a theoretical concept

Question 12

How can a species be a taxonomic unit?

Answer 12

Species are used as a basis for enumerating and classifying diversity

Question 13

How can a species be a theoretical concept?

Answer 13

A species is a way to identify groups of organisms that are affected by (or are the result of) biological processes

Question 14

What taxonomic level always ends in the suffix “-idae”?

Answer 14

Family

Question 15

What is the difference between a phylogenetic tree and dichotomous key?

Answer 15

1. Phylogenetic trees are usually done by common descent
2. Dichotomous keys are usually based on physical characteristics

Question 16

What are the seven levels of classification?

Answer 16

1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species

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Question 17

Linnaeus established and popularized the binomial naming system which requires which classification levels?

Answer 17

Genus + Species
ex: Musca (Genus) domestica (Specific epithet) Linnaeus (author)

Note: Genus is capitalized. Species is not. Both genus and species are either underlined or capitalized.

Question 18

What is a holotype?

Answer 18

A single individual that has been selected to act as the name-bearing type; usually selected by original describer.

Question 19

Which two scientists founded the Theory of Evolution?

Answer 19

Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace