Taxonomy

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Taxonomy
Introduction to Arthropod classification
Arthro jointed pod - foot

• Interdisciplinary
• Science 40S

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Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

• Suggested a system of classification that could
  be used all over the world
• Had been confusion since some organisms had
  different names in different countries

• binomial nomenclature (both names in Latin)

• Every organism has its own name
• Ex. Canis familiaris

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Linnaean Hierarchy
Now make up your own!
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
King Phillip Cuts Open Five Green Snakes
Keen Paleontologists Can Only Find Good
Specimens
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Arthropod Success
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Major Classes of Phylum Arthropoda

• Arachnida (uh-RAK-nud-duh) spiders, scorpions
• Chilopoda (ky-LAHP-uh-duh) centipedes
• Crustacea (krus-TAY-shee-duh) lobsters, crabs
• Diplopoda (duh-PLAHP-uh-duh) millipedes
• Insecta (ihn-SEHT-uh) moths, beetles

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Class Insecta Hierarchy
House fly Mosquito
Kingdom Animalia Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Arth
ropoda Class Insecta Insecta Order Diptera
Diptera Family Muscidae Culicidae Genus Musc
a Culex Species Domestica Pipiens
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Characteristics Used to Classify Insects

• Presence of exoskeleton hard covering on the
  outside of the body (Invertebrates)
• Presence of three body segments head, thorax,
  and abdomen
• Presence of 6 legs three pairs one pair is
  attached to each segment of the thorax
• Presence of two antennae sense organs
• Type of mouthparts piercing, sucking, sponging,
  siphoning, and chewing
• Presence/absence of wings (type number)

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Label the parts
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head
thorax
abdomen
antenna
Cmpnd eye
wings
Walking legs
spiracles
Answers
antenna
coxa
trocanter
Cmpnd eye
femur
Simple eye
gena
frons
clypeus
maxilla
mandible
tibia
labrum
maxillary palps
hypophranyx
tarsis
labial palp
claw