"Taxonomy is described sometimes as a science and sometimes as an art, but really it’s a battleground." - Bill Bryson (A Short History of Nearly Everything)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic Taxonmic Structure Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
mnemonics: King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain King Philip Cuts Open Five Green Snakes King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach King Penguins Come Over For Good Surfing
Phylum Arthropoda Key Characteristics Taggmosis - evolved segmentation in functional regions Jointed appendages Exoskeloton of Chiton Ecdysis Metamorphosis - body transforms from larval to adult stage
Subphylum Chelicerata Key Characteristics Two main body regions No antennae Six pairs of appendages: § 1 pair Chelicerae § 1pair pedipalps § 4 pairs of legs (all on cepholothorax)
Includes Hoseshoe crabs, sea spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and spiders Spiders: Class: Arachnida, Order Aranea
Subphylum Crustacea Key Characteristics 2 body regions (cephalothorax, abdomen) 2 pair of antenna (1 antenna pair and 1 antennula pair) Biramous appendages (two branches) 5 or more pairs of legs 1 pair mandibles (lower jaw) 2 pair maxillae (upper jaw) 1st leg is Cheliped (claw)
Includes Brine shrimp, copepods, crabs, lobsters, isopods, barnacles
Subphylum Uniramia Includes Millipedes, centipedes, and insects
Insects: Class Insecta 3 main body regions 3 pairs of legs 1 pair of antenna
Insect Orders Order Thysanura - Microcoryphia - Bristletails Order Thysanura - Zygentoma - Silverfish Order Ephemeroptera - Mayflies Order Odonata - Dragonflies and Damselflies Order Plecoptera - Stoneflies Order Embiidina - Webspinners Order Phasmida - Walkingsticks Order Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids Order Notoptera - Rock Crawlers Order Dermaptera - Earwigs Order Mantodea - Mantids Order Blattodea - Cockroaches and Termites Order Zoraptera - Zorapterans Order Psocodea - Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice Order Hemiptera - True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies Order Thysanoptera - Thrips Order Megaloptera - Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies Order Raphidioptera - Snakeflies Order Neuroptera - Antlions, Lacewings and Allies Order Coleoptera - Beetles Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies Order Trichoptera - Caddisflies Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths Order Mecoptera - Scorpionflies, Hangingflies and Allies Order Diptera - Flies Order Strepsiptera - Twisted-winged Insects Order Siphonaptera - Fleas Order Protorthoptera