1. Economically the most important beetle family is a. Scarabaeidae b. Curculion

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1. Economically the most important beetle family is

a. Scarabaeidae

b. Curculionidae

c. Cerambycidae

d. Chrysomelidae

e. Carabidae

2. Cryptonephric Malpighian tubules

a. are found in some larval Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.

b. allows for the consumption of extremely dry food items.

c. have their distal ends embedded in the rectal wall.

d. Two of the above

e. All of the above

3. The coleopteran suborder that contains the greatest number of species is

a. Polyphaga

b. Myxophaga

c. Archostemata

d. Adephaga

e. None of the above

4. The Holometabola include the following orders:

a. Lepidoptera, Psocoptera, and Coleoptera

b. Coleoptera, Thysanoptera, and Neuroptera

c. Neuroptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera

d. Diptera, Phthiraptera, and Coleoptera

e. None of the above

Ccurculionidae family contains some economically important beetles. They have large hemora used for flight.

Some include bark beetle, spotted cucumber beetle, cereal leaf beetle etc.

Option b is the answer

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