Entomology is the branch of zoology that focuses on the scientific study of insects, including their classification, physiology, behavior, ecology and interactions with humans and other organisms.
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Founded YearDated to Ulisse Aldrovandi's De Animalibus Insectis (1602), commonly cited as the foundational modern text of scientific entomology. Central QuestionWhat accounts for the extraordinary diversity of insects, estimated at more species than all other animal groups combined, and how do they mediate the pollination, decomposition and disease transmission on which the rest of the biosphere depends? 1 ScopeEntomology is the scientific study of insects, the largest class of animals on Earth by species count, covering their classification, physiology, behavior, ecology and relationship to human agriculture and disease. 1 SignificanceEnglish entomologist William Kirby, whose 1815 to 1826 work An Introduction to Entomology helped popularize the subject, is often called the father of British entomology; the field grew rapidly in the nineteenth century alongside the broader rise of systematic natural history. 1 Connections
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1. Entomology (Wikipedia)
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is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects
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However scientific study in the modern sense began only relatively recently, in the 16th century.
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This was the practical result of a friendship formed in 1805 with William Spence and appeared in four volumes between 1815 and 1826.
E. O. Wilson (Wikipedia)
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Infobox fields: Tree list Entomology Myrmecology tree list/end
Hayk Mirzayans (Wikipedia)
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Infobox fields: entomology
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Hayk Mirzayans (; ; 1920-2 April 1999) was an Iranian Armenian entomologist.
View the SourceGopal Chandra Bhattacharya (Wikipedia)
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Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya (1 August 1895-8 April 1981) was an Indian entomologist and naturalist who spent most of his career at Bose Institute, Kolkata.
Karl Bleyl (Wikipedia)
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Karl Bleyl (4 December 1908 - 28 April 1995) was an amateur German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera.
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