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Insect Taxonomy—Basics to Barcoding

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The integration of new knowledge and methods of population biology, phylogenetics, and other evolutionary disciplines into taxonomy is warranted (Sites and Marshall, Trends Ecol Evol 18:462–470, 2004). The analysis and interpretation of data used to delimit species have profound implications in taxonomic research. Integrative taxonomy gives priority to species delineation over the creation of new species names. The integration of all possible taxonomic approaches abridging the gaps of each in arriving at correct species delimitation is the need of the hour in the light of biodiversity inventory. Taxonomy needs to be pluralistic to improve species discovery and description, and to develop novel protocols to produce the much-needed inventory of life in a reasonable time. Insects, being vast and diverse on earth , need much more integrative taxonomic attention than other life systems. The unique characters of an organism that unravels the diagnostic character differences that delimit the species have to be assessed holistically.

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    K. Sreedevi, Naresh Meshram & P. R. Shashank

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Sreedevi, K., Meshram, N., Shashank, P. (2015). Insect Taxonomy—Basics to Barcoding. In: Chakravarthy, A. (eds) New Horizons in Insect Science: Towards Sustainable Pest Management. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2089-3_1

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