Orders and Families of Insects
Entomology, Bio441, Fall 2011
Planned Taxa that we will cover in LAB. You will be accountable for ALL these taxa for the cumulative Lab Practical Final and for the Lecture Final Examination
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Key to abbreviations:
P: Phylum
sP: Subphylum
C: Class
sC: Subclass
O: Order
sO: Suborder
SF: Superfamily
F: Family
G: Genus
P: Arthropoda
sP: Trilobita (trilobites)
sP: Chelicerata
C: Arachnida
O: Scorpiones (scorpions)
O: Araneae (spiders)
O: Opiliones (daddy-long-legs)
O: Acari (mites, ticks)
O: Pseudoscorpiones (pseudoscorpions)
O: Solifugae (wind scorpions)
sP: Crustacea (crayfish, sowbugs, crabs)
sP: Atelocerata
C: Diplopoda (millipedes)
C: Chilopoda (centipedes)
C: Hexapoda
sC: Entognatha
O: Protura (proturans)
O: Collembola (springtails)
O: Diplura (diplurans)
sC: Insecta (insects)
O: Microcoryphia (bristletails)
O: Thysanura (silverfish)
O: Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
O: Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
sO: Anisoptera (dragonflies)
F: Gomphidae (club-tails)
F: Aeshnidae (darners)
F: Libellulidae (skimmers)
sO: Zygoptera (damselflies)
F: Calopterygidae
(broad-winged damselflies)
F: Coenagrionidae
(narrow-winged damselflies)
F: Lestidae
(spreadwinged damselflies)
O: Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, etc:)
F: Acrididae (grasshoppers)
F: Tettigoniidae (katydids)
F: Gryllidae (crickets)
O: Phasmatodea (walkingsticks)
O: Grylloblattodea (icebugs)
O: Mantophasmatodea (gladiatorbugs)
O: Dermaptera (earwigs)
F: Forficulidae (common earwig)
O: Plecoptera (stoneflies)
O: Embiidina (webspinners)
O: Zoraptera (zorapterans)
O: Isoptera (termites)
O: Mantodea (praying mantids)
F: Mantidae
O: Blattodea (cockroaches)
F: Blattidae
(Oriental & American cockroaches)
F: Blattellidae
(German and wood cockroaches)
O: Hemiptera (true bugs)
sO: Heteroptera
F: Gerridae (water striders)
F: Belostomatidae (giant water bugs)
F: Corixidae (water boatmen)
F: Naucoridae (creeping water bugs)
F: Notonectidae (backswimmers)
F: Saldidae (shore bugs)
F: Reduviidae (assasin bugs)
F: Miridae (leaf bugs)
F: Nabidae (damsel bugs)
F: Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
F: Scutelleridae (shield bugs)
F: Berytidae (stilt bugs)
F: Lygaeidae (seed bugs)
F: Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs)
F: Rhopalidae (boxelder bugs)
sO: Auchenorrhyncha
F: Cicadidae (cicadas)
F: Cercopidae (spittle bugs)
F: Membracidae (treehoppers)
F: Cicadellidae (leafhoppers)
SF: Fulgoroidea (planthoppers)
sO: Sternorrhyncha
F: Aphididae (aphids)
SF: Coccoidea (scale insects)
O: Thysanoptera (thrips)
O: Psocoptera (booklice)
O: Phthiraptera (lice)
O: Coleoptera (beetles)
sO: Adephaga
F: Carabidae (ground beetles)
sF: Cicindelinae (tiger beetles)
F: Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)
F: Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles)
sO: Polyphaga
F: Hydrophilidae
(water scavenger beetles)
F: Silphidae (carrion beetles)
F: Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
F: Lucanidae (stag beetles)
F: Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles)
F: Buprestidae
(metallic wood-boring beetles)
F: Elateridae (click beetles)
F: Lampyridae (fireflies)
F: Cantharidae (soldier beetles)
F: Dermestidae (carpet beetles)
F: Cleridae (checkered beetles)
F: Coccinellidae (ladybird beetles)
F: Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles)
F: Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)
F: Meloidae (blister beetles)
F: Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
F: Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
F: Curculionidae (weevils)
O: Neuroptera
F: Corydalidae (dobsonflies)
F: Raphidiidae (snakeflies)
F: Mantispidae (mantisflies)
F: Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)
F: Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
F: Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
O: Hymenoptera (wasps and bees)
F: Tenthredinidae (sawflies)
F: Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps)
F: Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps)
F: Sphecidae (sphecid wasps)
F: Halictidae (sweat bees)
F: Megachilidae (leaf-cutting bees)
F: Apidae (honey bees and bumble bees)
F: Mutillidae (velvet ants)
F: Pompilidae (spider wasps)
F: Vespidae
(yellowjackets, paper wasps)
F: Formicidae (ants)
O: Trichoptera (caddisflies)
O: Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
F: Hesperiidae (skippers)
F: Papilionidae (swallowtails)
F: Pieridae (sulfur butterflies)
F: Lycaenidae (coppers, blues)
F: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
sF: Danainae (milkweed butterflies)
sF: Satyrinae (wood-nymphs)
F: Geometridae (geometers)
F: Saturniidae (giant silkworm moths)
F: Sphingidae (sphinx moths)
F: Noctuidae (noctuid moths)
F: Arctiidae (tiger moths)
O: Siphonaptera (fleas)
O: Mecoptera (scorpionflies)
O: Strepsiptera (twisted-wing parasites)
O: Diptera (flies)
sO: Nematocera
F: Tipulidae (crane flies)
F: Chironomidae (aquatic midges)
F: Culicidae (mosquitoes)
sO: Brachycera
F: Stratiomyidae (soldier flies)
F: Tabanidae (deer flies, horse flies)
F: Asilidae (robber flies)
F: Bombyliidae (bee flies)
F: Syrphidae (hover flies)
F: Calliphoridae (blow flies)
F: Muscidae (house flies)
F: Tachinidae (Flower flies)
F: Tephritidae (fruit flies)
F: Drosophilidae (pomace flies)
F: Chloropidae (grass flies)
Version: 2011, seen on 22-24 Southern Utah trip
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