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The science of entomology is the study of insects and allied organisms. These animals belong to the Phyla Arthropoda. Within the Phyla, there are two classes, 1. the Arachnida, and 2. the Insecta.
1 PHYLUM ARTHROPODA (arthos = joint; poda = foot) The arthropods consist of the insects, millipedes, centipedes, Crustacea, and arachnids. This is an extremely successful group consisting of millions of species occupying nearly every niche within the environment.
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Arthropoda from canopy tropical deciduous forest was sampled. Tweny four major taxa were found. Collembola was the most abundant group (95% of total abundance), followed by Acarida (1.25%) and Hymenoptera (0.90%).
Phylogenetic analysis of arthropods using two nuclear protein-encoding genes supports a crustacean + hexapod clade JeĦrey W. Shultz1* and Jerome C. Regier2 1Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA ( js314@umail.umd.
1 Arthropods Chapter 12 Taxa as a percentage of life on Planet Earth insects flowing plants algae, fungi & ferns non-insect arthropods other invertebrates vertebrates bacteria & protozoa Phylum Arthropoda " Most successful Phylum " Over 2,000,000 species known " Our worst pest & valuable helpers "
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Arthropods are the most diverse group of organisms on our planet and the tropical rainforests represent the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems.