Glossary
Taxonomy and Systematics
- ametabolous
- neoptera
- cerci
- hemimetabolous
- tagma
- tegmen
- saltatorial
- holometabolous
- furcula
- hemelytra
- raptorial
- apterygota
- tenaculum
- elytra
- ootheca
- exopterygota
- collophore
- haltere
- naiad
- endopterygota
- stigma
- hamuli
- subimago
- paleoptera
External Anatomy
- basement membrane
- tormogen cell
- vertex
- pleural wing process
- epidermis
- tentorium
- corona
- procuticle
- labrum
- occiput
- endocuticle
- mandibles
- cibarium
- indirect flight muscles
- exocuticle
- maxillae
- thorax
- direct flight muscles
- epicuticle
- labium
- notum
- epiproct
- cuticulin layer
- hypopharynx
- sternum
- paraproct
- wax layer
- scape
- pleuron
- aedeagus
- cement layer
- pedicel
- furca
- paramere
- sclerites
- flagellum
- pleural apophysis
- phallobase
- sutures
- flagellomeres
- coxa
- stylets
- apodeme
- ocelli
- trochanter
- subgenital plate
- apophyses
- coronal suture
- femur
- valvifers
- setae
- frontal suture
- tibia
- valvulae
- scales
- epistomal suture
- tarsus
- bursa copalatrix
- spines
- frons
- pretarsus
- ovipositor
- spurs
- gena
- tarsomeres
- tergum
- pile
- frenulum
- clypeus
- spiracles
- trichogen cell
- dorsal-ventral flight muscles
- dorso-longitudinal flight muscles
Development
- periplasm
- germ band
- eclosion
- scarabaeiform
- chorion
- gastrula
- instar
- elateriform
- micropyle
- imaginal disc
- molting
- vermiform
- aeropyle
- serosa
- apolysis
- exarate
- cleavage energids
- öosome
- ecdysis
- obtect
- germ cells
- ectoderm
- sclerotization
- coarctate
- vitelline membrane
- mesoderm
- campodeiform
- chrysalis
- blastoderm
- endoderm
- eruciform
- imago
- ovipary
- yolk
- fertilization
- cytoplasmic reticulum
- embryogenesis
- differentiation
- morphogenesis
- superficial cleavage
- pharate
- teneral
Internal Anatomy and Physiology
- endocrine system
- corpora cardiaca
- ecdysone
- chitin synthetase inhibitors
- neurosecretory cells
- corpora allata
- ventral ganglia
- ecdysone analogues
- brain hormone (PTTH)
- juvenile hormone
- eclosion hormone
- juvenile hormone analogues
- hormone
- prothoracic glands
- bursicon
- anti-juvenile
- hormones
- open circulatory syst
- tracheoles
- proventriculus
- ileum
- aorta
- ventilation
- stomodaeal valve
- colon
- blood sinuses
- plastron
- intima
- rectum
- hydrostatic pressure
- gills
- mesenteron
- rectal pads
- catabolism
- excretion
- gastric caecae
- diverticulae
- tracheal system
- stomodaeum
- peritrophic membrane
- fermentation chamber
- tracheal trunks
- pharynx
- proctodaeum
- salivary glands
- taenidia
- esophagus
- pyloric valve
- salivary reservoirs
- air sacs
- crop
- malpighian tubules
- neurohemal organ
Behavior
- behavior
- ethology
- overt behavior
- innate behavior
- heritable
- stereotypic
- inflexible
- consummate
- ethogram
- reflex
- sensory neuron
- motor neuron
- association neuron
- orientation behaviors
- kinesis
- taxis
- light compass reaction
- fixed action pattern
- supernormal stimulus
- behavioral cascade
- consummatory act
- appetative behavior
- learned behavior
- nonheritable
- extrinsic
- permutable
- adaptable
- progressive
- heritable
- intrinsic
- habituation
- classical conditioning
- instrumental learning
- latent learning
- imprinting
- complex behavior
- diel periodicity
- diurnal
- nocturnal
- crepuscular
- matinal
- vespertine
- circalunar rhythms
- circannual rhythms
- entrainment
- exogenous entrainment
- endogenous entrainment
- circadian rhythms
- zeitgeber
- communication
- dance language
- tactile communication
- acoustic communication
- frequency
- amplitude
- periodicity
- audio transducer
- tympanic membrane
- mechanoreceptors
- stridulation
- semiochemicals
- pheromones
- allelochemicals
- allomones
- kairomones
- synomones
- infochemicals
- passive signals
- active signals
- social behavior
- eusocial
- presocial
- subsocial<
- solitary
- communal
- quasisocial
- semisocial
- worker caste
- soldier caste
- reproductive caste
- budding
Ecology
- insect ecology
- interrelationships
- abiotic world
- biotic world
- biocenose
- food chain
- trophic level
- producers consumers
- decomposers
- herbivores
- primary carnivores
- food web
- phytophagy
- phytophagous
- monophagous
- oligophagous
- polyphagous
- feeding guild
- carnivores
- zoophagy
- predators
- parasites
- parasitoids
- hyperparasites
- autoparasites
- brood parasites
- social parasites
- saprophages
- faunal succession
- migration
- trivial movements
- diapause
- poikilotherms
- torpor
- quiescence
- parthenogenesis
- arrhenotoky
- thelytoky
- morph
- polymorphism
- alternation of generations
- thanatosis
- autotomy
- osmeteria
- protective coloration
- cryptic coloration
- mimesis
- aposematic coloration
- mimicry
- Batesian mimicry
- Müllerian mimicry
- mimicry rings
- Red Queen's Hypothesis
- cohort
- biotic potential
- replacement rate
- poikilotherms
- developmental threshold
- day-degrees
- physiological time
Applied Entomology
- injury
- damage
- economic injury level
- economic threshold
- cultural control
- crop rotation
- intercropping
- phenological asynchrony
- managed application
- compensatory growth
- sanitation
- biological control
- biocontrol agents
- importation
- conservation
- augmentation
- resurgence
- antibiosis
- antixenosis
- tolerance
- physical control
- mechanical control
- autocidal control
- semiochemicals
- sex pheromones
- mating disruption
- chemical control
- chemosterilants
- insect growth regulators
- chitin inhibitors
- molting hormone analogues
- juvenile hormone analogues
- anti-juvenile hormones
- systemic insecticides
- toxicity
- dose response curve
- adjuvants
- formulations
- systemic insecticides
- hormoligosis
- biochemical resistance
- physiological resistance
- behavioral resistance
- class resistance
- cross resistance
- integrated control
- biorational pest control
- sustainable agriculture
- dose response curve
- homogeneous
- heterogeneous
- resistance management
- zoonosis
- biocenosis
- management by saturation
- management by moderation
- management by multiple attack
- integrated pest management
