Characteristics of the Insect Order
Order by
18 terms
Sundanese | English |
|---|---|
| Lepidoptera |  4 membranous wings, mostly covered with scales, has a proboscis, a sucking tube, complete meta |
| Hymenoptera | 4 membranous wings which have very few veins, have long antennae, chewing mouthparts, narrow waist, complete meta |
| Neuroptera | 4 membranaous wings with many veins, front and back wings are the same size, long antennae, complete meata |
| Coleoptera | front wings are hard and leathery, antennae have many segments, chewing mouthparts are very large, complete meta |
| Diptera | 2 membranous wings, have halteres, antennae are short, large compound eyes, complete meta |
| Odonata | 4 membranous wings with veins, antennae are very short, bristle like, incomplete meta |
| Isoptera | small, soft bodied |
| Isphonaptera | small and wingless, body laterally flatened, long legs, complete meta |
| Dermaptera | flatened soft body, front wintgs are thick and leathery, picner liek structure, "cerci", gradual meta |
| Ephemeroptera | front wings are large, triangular, hind wings are very small, very soft bodied, small to medium sized, incomplete meta |
| Thysanura | elongated soft body, wingless, antennae are lonng |
| Orthoptera | hind legs are very lnog, two pairs of wings, antennae are long, gradual meta |
| Hemiptera | front wings are thick, hind wings are membranous, have triangles on back |
| homoptera | wings have same texture throughout |
| Mecoptera | long faced, soft body, reddish brown to dark brown, transparent wings, wings are long and narrow, complete meta |
| Blattodea | oval flattened body, usually brown or black, head covered by the thorax, long antennae, has a short apical cerci, gradual meta |
| Mantodea | bery elongated and cylindrial, large triangular head, large eyes, has short cerci, gradual meta |
| Phasmotodea | resembles twigs or sticks, small head with small eyes, wingless, legs are long and very slender, gradual meta |
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