For On-campus and Distance Education Sections - ENY 4161/6166
The following Internet links will take you to a variety of resources that should help you with your exercises and general understanding of issues in Insect Classification. You may be expected to be able to discuss the contents and merits of these sites. Also, these will help you answer many of the questions in written exercises that you will be required to turn in.
Web sites are fleeting, so if you find a broken link here please notify me at once so I can correct the problem. YOu may also try Googling the topic to see if the website has simply been renamed.
General Information - wide range of topics dealing with most aspects of entomology
Comprehensive list of Entomology Internet Links - Iowa State, wide variety of topics
Entomology on the World Wide web - Comprehensive site, University of Colorado site
Evolutionary History of Organisms
Darwin's Origin of Species - online version of book
Tree of Life - ..." the project provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny ), and characteristics."
Collecting insects
Collecting issues for winter insects - how do they survive?
Suppliers of collecting equipment - Insect collecting information
Insects for sale - (it is not recommended you use these to make your collection!!!)
Insects for sale - a reputable dealer with large inventory of exotic insects
Insect label making software - add these to your Microsoft Word template folder; written by Steve Lasley, Entomology and nematology Dept, University of Florida. Right click on the file and choose save to disk on your computer.
Windows 2000 and later - contains template for vial labels as well
Taxonomic lists
Nomina Nearctica - A complete (supposedly current) list of all of the Nearctica insect species. The species name listed is the most currently accepted one for the tax on. A name in parentheses after the species name is the genus in which the species was originally described. While none of the current names have author names in parentheses, if the generic name in parentheses differs from that of the currently accepted name, the correct listing for the current name would include the author name in parentheses.
Insect Checklists - A wide variety of checklists, various regions of the world represented.
Florida Resources
University of Florida Libraries - links to variety of literature databases
Florida Entomologist - online
Florida State Collection of Arthropods - many online publications, list of experts for various taxa
Department of Entomology and Nematology - Publications list, University of Florida
Writing
Writing Scientific Papers - Complete discussion of the mechanics behind writing good scientific papers
Bio control glossary of terms - includes discussion of the use and misuse of several terms that we all hear and see in print, especially "endemic"
Glossary of a few entomology terms - PDF file
Journal Titles and Abbreviations - Lists many journals with their abbreviations, emphasis is on biological journals or journals that you may encounter in entomology.
Code of Zoological Nomenclature
Phylogeny
Cladistics - Journal of the Willi Hennig Society
Basics of Cladistic analysis - PDF file
Phylogeny Programs - Over 300 software applications used for inferring phylogenies
Phylogenetic systematics - online course content
Zoogeography
Hot Topics
New Order of insects discovered
Zoological Code of Nomenclature vs. Phylocode
Phylocode described - full detailed document
Linnean naming system faces challengers
NOTE: This page will be updated as additional appropriate information is located. If you have suggestions for additions to this site, please email me.
Paul Choate - August 2011