INSECT  MORPHOLOGY

 

UNIT-1
PRINCIPLES,UTILITY AND RELEVANCE:INSECT BODY WALL STRUCTURE, CUTICULAR  OUT GROWTHS,COLOURATION.
SPECIAL INTEGUMENTARY STRUCTURES IN INSECTS,BODY TAGMATA,SCLERITES AND SEGMENTATION.

UNIT -2

HEAD-ORIGIN,STRUCTURE AND MODIFICATIONS.
TYPES OF MOUTH PARTS AND ANTENNAE
TENTORIUM AND NECK SCLERITES

UNIT-3

THORAX- AREAS AND SUTURES OF TERGUM,STERNUM AND PLEURON,PTEROTHORAX
WINGS- STRUCTURE AND MODIFICATION, VENATION AND WING COUPLING APPARATUS.
LEGS ; STRUCTURE AND MODIFICATION

UNIT 4

ABDOMEN- SEGMENTATION AND APPENDAGES
GENITALIA  AND THEIR MODIFICATIONS
TYPES OF METAMORPHOSIS
INSECT SENSE ORGANS

EDITED  BY – ARPIT MISHRA (M.Sc. Entomology)  &  SHANI RAJ (M.Sc. Vegetable Science)