Category:Subfields of zoology. Herpetology. Category:Entomology. Entomology is the scientific study of insects. The definition is sometimes widened to include the study of other terrestrial arthropods, such as spiders. Subcategories This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. Pages in category "Entomology" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total.
This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). Arthropodology. Entomology. An insect resembling a leaf Entomology (from Greek ἔντομος, entomos, "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and -λογία, -logia[1]) is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology, which in turn is a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was more vague, and historically the definition of entomology included the study of terrestrial animals in other arthropod groups or other phyla, such as arachnids, myriapods, earthworms, land snails, and slugs.
This wider meaning may still be encountered in informal use. At some 1.3 million described species, insects account for more than two-thirds of all known organisms,[2] date back some 400 million years, and have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth. History of entomology[edit] Plate from Transactions of the Entomological Society, 1848. Identification of insects[edit] Entomology in Pest Control[edit] Taxonomic specialization[edit] Part of a large beetle collection. Ichthyology.