ENTO 330 Final: INSECT BIOLOGY LAB 3.docx
4 May 2015
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True flies have only one pair of wings, hind wings reduced to halteres (balancing organs). Different sucking mouthparts: piercing-sucking (e. g. mosquitoes, stable flies), cutting-sponging (e. g. mouthparts: piercing-sucking (e. g. mosquitoes, stable flies), cutting-sponging (e. g. horse flies, black flies, biting midges), sponging (e. g. house flies, blow flies). Blood feeders: biting midges ceratopogonidae: small, slender to moderately robust. Male with pedicel enlarged and containing a specialized johnston"s organ. Eyes approximate or meeting in the middle: black flies - simuliidae: small, humpbacked appearance, wing broad without hairs or scales, wing veins thicker anteriorly. Antennae with 7-9 flagellomeres, shorter than head, thick, arising at middle of eye. Male with large eyes that meet in the middle (holoptic eyes): mosquitoes - culicidae: wing veins and wing margins with scales, often some present on body as well. Antennae plumose on males: horse flies, deer flies -tabanidae: distinct shape - large head, concave posteriorly, broad abdomen,
