Resources for Week 5, February 16, 18, 20

"Polyneopteran" Order Overviews (continued)

Phasmatodea

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 7, pp 211-217

Tree of Life Phasmatodea pages.

Dermaptera

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 7, pp 217-221

Tree of Life Dermaptera pages.

Grylloblattodea

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 7, pp 222-224

Tree of Life Grylloblattodea pages.

Mantophasmatodea - a NEW ORDER of insects discovered in Africa in 2002!

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 7, pp 224-227

Tree of Life Mantophasmatodea pages.
Klass, K.-D., et al. 2002. Mantophasmatodea: a new insect order with extant members in the Afrotropics. Science 296: 1456-1459. (requires password to access).

The Dictyoptera - Are termites social cockroaches?

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 7, pp 227-230

Tree of Life Dictyoptera pages.

Blattaria

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 7, pp 230-238

Tree of Life Blattaria pages.

Isoptera

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 7, pp 238-252

Tree of Life Isoptera pages. [See the link to the termite pages at the University of Toronto, lots of information and images].
Comparison of social behavior in termites and Hymenoptera (from Wilson, E.O. 1971. The Insect Societies. Belknap Press, Harvard University. Cambridge, MA.).

Mantodea

REQUIRED READING
G&E, Chapter 7, pp 252-260

Tree of Life Mantodea pages. [These pages and the ones on cockroaches below have some excellent color illustrations of mantids and roaches].

SPECIAL LAB: Overview of pinning and labeling specimens; how to make a kill jar.