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Language: English
Pages: 179
Author: TNAU
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Course Outline: Insect Morphology and Systematics (ENTO – 231)
- History of Entomology in India.
- Factors for insects abundance
- Classification of phylum Arthropoda upto classes. Relationship of class Insecta with other classes.
MORPHOLOGY:
- Structure and functions of insect cuticle and moulting.
- Body segmentation. Structure and modifications of insect antennae, mouth parts and legs. Wing venation, modifications and wing coupling apparatus. Sensory organs.
- Metamorphosis and diapause in insects.
- Types of larvae and pupae.
- Structure and functions of digestive system.
- Circulatory
- Excretory
- Respiratory
- Nervous
- Reproductive systems in insects.
- Types of reproduction in insects.
SYSTEMATICS:
- Taxonomy – importance, history and development and binomial nomenclature. Definitions of Biotype, Sub-species, Species, Genus, Family and Order.
- Classification of class Insecta upto Orders.
- Orthoptera-Acrididae
- Dictyoptera-Mantidae
- Odonata
- Isoptera-Termitidae
- Thysanoptera-Thripidae
- Hemiptera – Pentatomidae, Coreidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Lygaeidae, Cicadellidae, Delphacidae, Aphididae, Coccidae, Aleurodidae, Pseudococcidae
- Neuroptera-Chrysopidae
- Lepidoptera-Noctuidae,Sphingidae,Pyralidae,Gelechiidae, Arctiidae
- Coleoptera-Coccinellidae, Chrysomelidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionidae, Bruchidae, Scarabaeidae
- Hymenoptera-Tenthridinidae, Apidae, Trichogrammatidae, Ichneumonidae, Braconidae
- Diptera-Cecidomyiidae, Trypetidae, Tachinidae, Agromyziidae.
