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Identification Keys

Tools for identifying organisms based on characteristics.

Bestiaries

Historical texts depicting animals, often with symbolism.

Zoological Nomenclature

Systematic naming of animals established in mid-1700s.

Linnaeus

Developed binomial classification system in 1758.

Systema Naturae

Linnaeus' work, foundational for biological classification.

Dichotomous Key

A two-choice identification tool for organisms.

Jean Baptiste Lamarck

Created first modern dichotomous key in 1778.

Arthropods

Segmented animals, useful for morphological descriptions.

Morphological Features

Physical characteristics used for organism identification.

Tarsal Segments

Segments of an insect's leg used in identification.

Plecoptera

Order of insects commonly known as Stoneflies.

Family Nemouridae

A family within the order Plecoptera.

Family Perlodidae

Another family within the order Plecoptera.

Key-like Tables

Early systematic tables for identifying plants.

Historia Plantarum

John Ray's 1686 work on plant identification.

Specimen Preservation

Methods to maintain biological specimens for study.

Visible Gill-Tufts

Characteristic feature in some Stonefly nymphs.

Wing-buds

Developing wings seen in mature Stoneflies.

Cerci

Paired appendages found on the rear of insects.

Tibia

Segment of an insect leg between femur and tarsus.

Coxa

The basal segment of an insect leg.

Trochanter

Segment connecting coxa to femur in insect legs.

Tarsal Claw

Claw at the end of an insect's tarsus.