Livestock Entomology ID/Knowledge Quiz 1

What class do wood ticks belong to?
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What class do wood ticks belong to?
Arachnida
What order do dung beetles belong to?
Coleoptera
Crabs, arachnids, and bees belong to which phylum?
Arthropoda
What order do fleas belong to?
Siphonaptera
What order does bed bugs belong to?
Hemiptera
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Arachnida:

- 3 pairs of legs
- Cephalothoraax and abdomen
- No anntenae or wings
- 1 pair of mouthparts- chelicerae
3 pairs of legs
___________________ is the science dealing with insects and related arthropods that parasitize or otherwise affect domestic animals, especially livestock raised in food production systems.
Livestock Entomology
Mosquitoes belong to which order?

- Siphonaptera
- Hemiptera
- Pthiraptera
- Diptera
Diptera
Who is responsible for the development of the Latin binomial classification system?
Carl Linnaeus
Which life cycle type is consider a "complete life cycle"?

- Holometabolous
- Ametabolous
- Paurometablous
- Hemimetabolous
Holometabolous
The molting process is _______ plus _____apolysis; ecdysisTheobald Smith and F.L. Kilborne established that the arthropod that caused Texas Cattle Fever was ___________________? - Boophilus annulatus - Amblyomma americanum - Culex tarsalis - Dermecenter variabilisBoophilus annulatusWhat part of the digestive system does most of the digestion and absorption of food occur? - Foregut - Midgut - Hindgut - Peritrophic MatrixMidgutWhat structure in insects functions most like the kidneys in humans?Malpighian tubulesWhat is the most basic functional unit of the nervous system?Neuron