BIOL 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Hymenopus Coronatus, Myriapoda, Hexapoda
31 Jan 2016
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Jewel wasp: lays eggs inside cockroach, developed adults from eggs eat from the inside out, sting their venom to specific parts of cockroach"s brain to control, it becomes a zombie it. Orchid mantis displays excellent camouflaging for predation. Subphylum cherlicerta: 2 tagmata: prosoma, opisthosoma, spiders, mites, ticks. Subphylum crustacea: 2 tagmata: cephalothorax (fusion of head and thorax), abdomen, lobsters, copepods, shrimp. Subphylum myriapoda: 2 tagmata: head, trunk, millipedes, centipedes. Subphylum hexapoda: 3 tagmata: head, thorax, abdomen, insects. Major characteristic for sorting taxa different tagmata. 4 pairs of head appendages: antenna, first maxilla, second maxilla, maxilliped with poison fang. Slow moving moves in waves, pairs of legs move together. Bright colours to warn predators: class chilopoda. Complex mouthparts for feeding: chewing most parts small, lapping dissolving juices, extended labium, sucking out of flowers, extended maxillae, biting searches under skin for blood vessel, extended mandible and maxillae. 3 pairs of legs (6 = hex: class insecta.
