HEMIPTEROID ORDERS PSOCOPTERA PHTHIRAPTERA THYSANOPTERA (booklice, bark lice) PHTHIRAPTERA (lice) THYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Neoptera Holometabola Apterygotes Entognatha Archaeognatha Hexapoda Zygentoma = Thysanura Ephemeroptera Insecta Odonata Plecoptera Embiodea Pterygota Zoraptera Dermaptera Grylloblattodea ? Mantophasmatodea Orthoptera Phasmatodea Blattaria Isoptera Mantodea Neoptera Psocoptera Phthiraptera Thysanoptera Hemiptera Coleoptera Rhaphidioptera Megaloptera Neuroptera Hymenoptera Holometabola Mecoptera Siphonaptera Diptera Apterygotes Strepsiptera Trichoptera Paleoptera Lepidoptera Hemimetabolous Holometabolous
Both mandibles modified HEMIPTEROID CLASSIFICATION Parasitic Phthiraptera - lice Mandibles present Lacinia - a rod Free living Psocoptera - book lice Sucking mouthparts Thysanoptera - thrips Right mandible lost Mandibles + lacinia = stylets Hemiptera- true bugs Both mandibles modified
Hexapod Orders Psocoptera Psoco - gnaw, ptera - wings Number of Species 3200 Common names Book lice, bark lice Typical habitats leaf litter, under stones, under bark only modification of mouthparts Lacinia is a rod Distinguishing characteristics -eat any organic material -damage stored material - books, specimens Other features
Psocoptera - Bark Lice
Psocoptera - Damage
Hexapod Orders Phthiraptera Phthir - louse, aptera - wingless Number of Species 5,500 Common names Lice Typical habitats Ectoparasites of birds and mammals Distinguishing characteristics -wingless -modified fore tarsi Other features Reduced sense organs -sucking & biting forms
Classification of lice Classification schemes have been: Order - Mallophaga - biting and chewing lice Order - Siphunculata - sucking lice Order - Phthiraptera Suborder - Mallophaga Suborder - Siphunculata Order - Phthiraptera Suborder - Amblycera Suborder - Ischnocera Suborder - Anoplura Suborder - Rhynchophthirina
Classification of lice Biting/chewing lice Sucking lice Elephant lice
Amblycera and Ischnocera
Anoplura
Rhychnophthirina
Generalized Life Cycle Eggs (nits) on hair or feathers Adult on host Three nymphal instars
Host Specificity Bird hosts Mammal hosts Rhynchophthirina Ischnocera Amblycera
Among the more famous Anoplura Phthirus pubis -crab lice
Among the more famous Anoplura Head and body lice - Pediculus humanus
Lice Infestation
Hexapod Orders Thysanoptera Thysano - fringed, ptera - wing Number of Species 4500 Common names Thrips Typical habitats Vegetation (flowers) Distinguishing characteristics -fringed wings Other features -haploid/diploid
Thysanoptera Mouthparts a. Labrum b. Mandible c. Food canal d. Maxilla e. Hypopharynx f. Salivary canal g. Labium
Thysanoptera - wings
Thysanoptera - Life cycle
Thysanoptera - Plant Damage