George Japoshvili

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In traditional taxonomy, can a species image be prepared based on only one half and mirrored the other half in photoshop?

Recently, people working in faunal research have practice to photomontage when identifying a species (in most cases they are not professional taxon experts), and they make a mirror image of one...

22 March 2024 6,639 8 View

Does anyone know which articles deal with comb. nov. in International Code of Zoological Nomenclature?

Though I know what Comb. nov. means, I need to know if this is regulated by ICZN and which article regulates it.

25 December 2013 8,515 7 View

Can we make parallels between Monophyly and Synapomorphy, Paraphyly and Plesiomorphy, Poliphyly and Homoplasy?

One is genetic relation, another morphological. Can they be discussed as equals?

16 December 2013 5,595 6 View

Can an insect fly 1000 km over sea?

It's known that some insects can migrate quite far on land, but can they fly such distances over sea? How many days will they need to cover this distance without stopping?

07 December 2013 4,391 25 View

Does DNA really help a taxonomy? Is morphology insufficient to define species?

I think that morphology provides all the necessary data to define a species. DNA data is useless unless you don't know the exact species name.

26 November 2013 6,851 97 View

What differentiates the distinct species in insects? Is there any exact definition for this differentiation?

26 November 2013 3,381 6 View

Does anyone have information about use of trained wasps (or insects) for searching drugs in airports or in customs?

There are some studies abut training some insects. So how can they be used in practice?

26 November 2013 9,626 2 View