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The common denominator among most deposits of fossil insects and terrestrial plants is the lake environment. Those insects that became preserved were either living in the fossil lake (autochthonous) or carried into it from surrounding habitats by winds, stream currents, or their own flight (allochthonous).
It proposed “ Natural classes and genera are based not only on the mouthparts, the wings or the antennae, but on careful observation of the entire structure, even of the smallest differences". Jean Victoire Audouin (1797–1841) born. 1798 Edward Donovan An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China published in London. It is a ...
Entomology, the scientific study of insects and closely related terrestrial arthropods, has been impelled by the necessity of societies to protect themselves from insect-borne diseases, crop losses to pest insects, and insect-related discomfort, as well as by people's natural curiosity. This timeline article traces the history of entomology.
John Curtis' insect collection is divided between the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History (via Trinity College Dublin, 7,656 specimens purchased by Thomas Coulter) [citation needed] and Museums Victoria [1] in Melbourne, Australia, which purchased the John Curtis Collection of British and Foreign Insects—comprising 38,031 specimens ...
Harris' study of insects was a result of his having interacted with William D. Peck while a student at Harvard. Harris lectured on various topics related to his work as a naturalist while he was Harvard librarian, and originated the Harvard Natural History Society for the students.
First part of An introduction to the modern classification of insects. ( 1839–1840) published. John Forbes Royle Illustrations of the Botany and Other Branches of the Natural History of the Himalayan Mountains, and of the Flora of Cashmere published. This work resembles 18th century works in its sumptuous illustration.
There has also been a history of people becoming entomologists through museum curation and research assistance, [11] such as Sophie Lutterlough at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Insect identification is an increasingly common hobby, with butterflies [12] and (to a lesser extent) dragonflies being the most popular. [13]
Insects form a clade, a natural group with a common ancestor, among the arthropods. [15] A phylogenetic analysis by Kjer et al. (2016) places the insects among the Hexapoda , six-legged animals with segmented bodies; their closest relatives are the Diplura (bristletails).