Entomology Entomology () is the science, scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such ...

, the scientific study of

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...

s and closely related terrestrial

arthropod Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...

s, has been impelled by the necessity of societies to protect themselves from

insect-borne disease In epidemiology, a disease vector is any living agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen to another living organism; agents regarded as vectors are organisms, such as parasites or microbes. The first major discovery of a disease vec ...

s, crop losses to

pest insects Economic entomology is a field of entomology, which involves the study of insects that benefit or harm humans, domestic animals, and crops. Insects that cause losses are termed as pests. Some species can cause indirect damage by spreading diseases ...

, and insect-related discomfort, as well as by people's natural curiosity. This timeline article traces the history of entomology.

Timelines of entomology

* Timeline of entomology – prior to 1800 *

Timeline of entomology – 1800–1850 19th century 1800 – an arbitrary date but it was around this time that systematists began to specialise. There remained entomological polyhistors – those who continued to work on the insect fauna as a whole. From the beginning of the cent ...

Timeline of entomology – 1850–1900 1850 *Edmond de Sélys Longchamps . 6:1–408. *Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky . I. ''Insecta Carabica''. Russian beetles, Carabidae, Moscow: Gautier, published. 1851 *Johann Fischer von Waldheim and Eduard Friedrich Eversmann publish (vol.5 ...

* Timeline of entomology – post 1900

History of classification

Many different classifications were proposed by early entomologists. It is important to realise that whilst many early names survive, they may be at different levels in the phylogenetic hierarchy. For instance, many families were first published as genera, as for example the genus ''Mymar'', proposed by

Alexander Henry Haliday Alexander Henry Haliday (1806–1870, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday, Alexis Heinrich Haliday, or simply Haliday) was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Thysanoptera, but worked on ...

in 1829, is now represented by the family

Mymaridae The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family (biology), family of chalcid wasp, chalcidoid wasps found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. The family contains around 100 genera with 1400 species. F ...

History of forensic entomology

References

*Carpenter, Mathilde M., 1945 Bibliography of Biographies of Entomologists ''The American Midland Naturalist'':33 No.

*Carpenter, Mathilde M., 1953. Bibliography of Biographies of Entomologists (Supplement) ''American Midland Naturalist'':50, No. 2 :257-348. *Chou Io, 1990. ''A history of Chinese entomology''. translated by Wang Siming revised by Chou Io, Lu Kinsheng & Kang Shusen *Derksen, W. Scheiding-Göllner, U. 1965–1975. ''Index litteraturae entomologicae''. Serie II: Die Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie von 1864 bis 1900. 5 vols. Deutsche Akademie der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften, Berlin *Gaedike, R. 1985. Berichtigungen und Ergänzungen zu P. Gilbert: A compendium of biographical literature on deceased entomologists. ''Beitr. Ent''. 35: 368–408. *Gilbert, P. 1977. ''A compendium of the biographical literature on deceased entomologists''. Xiv + 455 pp. British Museum (Natural History), London *Hagen, H. A. 1862–1866. ''Bibliotheca entomologica''. Die Litteratur über das ganze Gebiet der Entomologie bis zum Jahre 1862. 2 vols. W. Engelmann, Leipzig. *Horn, W. & Schenkling, S. 1928–1929. ''Index litteraturae entomologicae. Serie: Die Welt-Literatur uber die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive 1863''. 4 vols. W. Horn, Berlin-Dahlem. *Musgrave, A. 1932. ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775-1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors''. R. Zool. Soc. New South Wales, viii + 380 pp. *Nissen, C. 1966-1969 ''Die zoologische Buchillustration. Ihre Bibliographie und Geschichte''.Stuttgart, Anton Hiersemann, 8 Lief., 1–666. Bibliographical reference work of the illustrated zoological rom antiquity to the 20th century *Sherborn, C. D. & Woodward, B. B. 1901. Notes on the dates of publication of the natural history portions of some French voyages. — Part I. 'Amérique méridionale'; 'Indes orientales': 'Pôle Sud' ('Astrolabe' and 'Zélée'); 'La Bonite'; 'La Coquille'; and 'L'Uranie et Physicienne'. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' 7 7: 388–392 * oulsby, B. H.1933. ''A catalogue of the works of Linnaeus and publications more immediately relating thereto preserved in the libraries of the British Museum (Bloomsbury) and the British Museum(Natural History) (South Kensington).'' 2nd ed. xii + 246 + 68 pp. British Museum, London. *Stafleu, F. A. & Cowan, R. S. 1976–1988. ''Taxonomic Literature.A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and type''s. 2nd Edition. Vol. 1: A-G, xl+ 1136 pp. (1976); II: H-Le, xviii + 991 pp. (1979); III:Lh-O, xii + 980 pp. (1981); IV: P-Sak, ix + 1214 pp. (1983); V: Sal-Ste, i +1066 pp. (1985); VI: Sti-Vuy, i +926 pp. (1986); VII: W-Z, lvi + 653 pp. (1988). Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht.

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