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Insects & Diseases. Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Classification Overview.

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1 Insects & Diseases

2 Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Classification Overview

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)  OrderThere 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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