Insect 1 : Vespula flavopilosa Insect 2: Vespula rufa
Insect 3: Callicera rufa

(a) Insects 1 and 2 are more closely related to each other than to insect 3.
(i)Explain how the binomial names indicate that insects 1 and 2 are more closely related.
(i)Explain how the appearance of the three inswcts suggest that insects 1 and 2 are more closely related.

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(i) Because they share the same genera, Vespula.

(ii) Because Morphologically, insects 1 and 2 are more alike than insect 3.

Explanation:

(i) Explain how the binomial names indicate that insects 1 and 2 are more closely related.

In taxonomy, many categories are used to aggregate organisms according to their evolutive relationship. These are Domain, Kindom, Clase, Order, Family, Genera, Species, Subspecies. All species might be recognized by their common name and their scientific name, which is more reliable. The binomial names of living beings indicate the scientific name by which the organisms can be recognized. A species scientific name is composed of two parts:

- Generic name or genera: correspond to many species that share common characteristics. In the example, Vespula is the genera

- Specific epithet: useful to identify each species in particular and differentiate organisms that are included in the same superior taxes. In the example, flavopilosa and rufa are the epithets that differentiate one species from the other.

According to this, we might assume that species 1 and 2 are more closely related because they share the same genera: Vespula. This suggests that they share more characteristics in common with each other than with Callicera.

(ii) Explain how the appearance of the three insects suggests that insects 1 and 2 are more closely related.

Morphologically, insects 1 and 2 are more alike than insect 3. Traits such as body shape, pigmentation pattern, antenna, wings, total body size, among others, are very similar in species 1 and 2. On contrary, species 3 is smaller, with a thinner antenna, different pigmentation patterns, different wings size and shape.