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Classification Scheme Overview

Classification Scheme Overview. Insects & Diseases. Classification Overview. K ingdom P hylum C lass O rder F amily G enus S pecies. How do you remember that? Using a mnemonic (memory) device. K ing P hillip C ame O ver F rom G ermany S wimming.

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Classification Scheme Overview

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  1. Classification Scheme Overview Insects & Diseases

  2. Classification Overview Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

  3. How do you remember that? • Using a mnemonic (memory) device.

  4. King Phillip Came Over From Germany Swimming

  5. Classification of the Honey Bee: • Kingdom: Animal • Phylum: Arthropoda • Class Insecta (Hexapoda) • Order There are +/- 30 orders 5+ major orders of concern to us Hymenoptera • Family Apidae • Genus Apis • Species mellifera There are super- and sub- orders, genera, etc.

  6. Proper insect names include: Genus species Author No capital letters in common names unless the name contains a proper noun: Japanese beetle honey bee Common names written as two words if species belongs to classification: Japanese beetle honey bee

  7. Common names written as one word if not within classification: sawfly About 1 million species of insects have been described - maybe 10 times that many unidentified! Most are known only by their scientific names – common names given to: Pests Economically important Pretty

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