Question

General entomology true or false.

True or false (12 pts) All holometabolous orders are endopterygote Odonata and Ephemeroptera are the only paleopterous orders among modern insects 3. Isoptera is more closely related to Phasmatodea than to Hemiptera Thysanoptera is more closely related to Hemiptera than to Hymenoptera Psocodca is more closely related to Phtivatera. than to Orthoptera Embioptera and Zoraptera are the only two insect orders with tarsal silk glands The coastal brace found on the Ephemeroptera wings is indicative of an ancestral condition 8. Mayfly naiads are unique by the presence of thoracic gills 9. Ephemeroptera and Plecoptera are useful bioindicators 10. Males of Mantophasmatodca attracts females by drumming their abdomen against the substrate 11. In adult Thysanoptera, the two mandibles are modified into styles 12. Mantopbasmatessa are typically found in the Rocky Mountains

Answer 1

1. true, as Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all insects in the superorder Endopterygota.

2.true

3.true

4.true

5.true

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