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Agriculture · Q379

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 379

Q379

Following is an example for secondarily wingless insect

A.
Blister beetle
B.
Head louse
Answer
C.
Collembolan
D.
Silver fish

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Secondarily wingless insect is Head louse.
Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the human scalp and feed exclusively on human blood.
Adult head lice are small (2.5 - 3 mm long), dorsoventrally flattened (see anatomical terms of location), and wingless.