Thursday, July 22, 2010

This is a combination of American and English classifications .... wing antenna

Order Adults small to medium; head prognathous, elongated, tapering posteriorly; biting mouthparts; antennae filiform; prothorax elongated, cylindrical; 2 pairs of similar elongated wings, held rooflike over abdomen in repose; female with long, slender ovipositor. Adult wing expanse 3079 mm; head small, closely set on prothorax; antennae long, filiform; costal areas of wings not broad. Adults small to large; antennae filiform or moniliform (beadlike); posterior wings shorter than anterior; elongated larvae with jaws straight or curved. Family Adults medium to large; head wider than long; antennae filiform, short; 3 ocelli; wings often with brown markings; claws with many teeth. ( , stinkflies) Adults small to medium, yellowish, green, or gray, sometimes with markings; wing expanse 3165 mm; head small, antennae long, filiform; iridescent golden eyes. Small, slender; antennae long, filiform; wings hairy, sometimes with seedlike scales; larvae thysanuriform, with short, straigh! t jaws. Family Adults small to large; wing expanse 1055 mm; antennae short; prothorax greatly elongated; wings narrow; forelegs predatory. Larvae have 2 forms; 1st stage with squarish head; antennae with 35 joints; short, straight jaws; labial palpi with 3 or 7 joints; legs with 2 claws and empodium; active hunters; in presence of food reserves, larvae become white, parasitic grubs with small heads and atrophied legs. Larval antennae long, filiform; jaws incurved; mandibles with or without internal teeth; with or without an elongated neck formed by anterior portion of prothorax; if present, neck may be thin, cylindrical, 3 times length of head; remainder of thorax and abdomen broad, flattened; legs long, with 2 curved claws, empodium absent; free-living in dust, some cave-dwelling. Family Adults large, dragonfly-like species, 4050 mm in length; some rapid fliers; antennae long, slender, strongly clavate distally; eyes large, divided; head with long, fine hairs. Adult wing e! xpanse 310 mm; antennae long, filiform; wings similar or poste! rior wings reduced; wing venation reduced. wing antenna

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