3. Based on the following classification scheme, which two organisms are most cl

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3. Based on the following classification scheme, which two organisms are most closely phylogenetically related? Why? Organism1 Organism3 Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Organism4 Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Sitophilus zeamaize Maize weevil Organism 2 Kingdom Phylum Class Order Genus Specific epithet Common name Animalia Arthopoda Insecta Coleoptera Caulophilus Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Sitophilus oryzae Rice weevil Latheticus oryzae Longheaded oryzae Broadnosed grain weevil flour beetle Taxonomy: Classifying and Naming Organisms 241

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Organism 2 and organism 4 are closely related as they belong to the same genus group.

Binomial numenclature is used to give scientific names to the organisms in which genus and species name are put in italics or underlined. The family can be divided then into subfamilies.

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