PRINCIPLES OF INSECT TAXONOMY
PRINCIPLES OF INSECT TAXONOMY Grouping all living things into series of sets and subsets based on similarities and naming them is called taxonomy. It is essential to correctly identify an organism. Systematics It is defined as study of diversity of organisms and their inter-relationship. It includes description of new species, identification of previously known species and their evolutionary relationship Taxonomy The practice of identifying, describing and naming organisms based on the rules of Zoological Nomenclature and assigning them into particular groups is called taxonomy. Classification It is the arrangement of organisms into taxonomic groups. Nomenclature It involves naming of organisms, the rules and procedures to be adapted in such naming. The current rules are in the latest edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) Hierarchy It is