Biological classification is a method of scientific taxonomy used to group and categorize organisms into groups such asgenus or species. These groups are known as taxa.
Bionomial name : Tenebrio Molitor ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks.
The mealworm beetle scientific classification is the following:
Meaning:
Kingdom: Animalia are multicellular eukaryotes
Phylum: Arthropoda have jointed limbs and exoskeletons
Class: Insecta 3 body segments, 3 pair of jointed legs
Order: Coleoptera bettles (sheated wing)
Family: Tenebrionidae darkling beetles
Genus: Tenebrio means "lover of darkness"
Species: Tenebrio molitor hardly, with difficulty
Reference:
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mealworm
(2) http://isite.lps.org/tmullen/web/documents/MealwormVsSuperworm.pdf
(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_classification
(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tenebrio_molitor_MHNT.jpg
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