Based on the following classification scheme, which two organisms are most closely phylogentically related? Why? 3. Based on the following classification scheme, which two organisms are most closely phylogenetically related? Why? Organism 4 organism 3 Organism 2 organism 1 Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Kingdom Arthropoda Arthropoda Arthropoda Arthopoda Phylum Insecta Insecta. Insecta Insecta Class Coleoptera Coleoptera Coleoptera Coleoptera Order Sitophilus Latheticus Sitophilus Caulophilus Genus zeamaize oryzae oryzae Specific epithet oryzae Maize weevil Longheaded flour Rice weevil Broad nosed grain Common name beetle weevil Taxonomy: Classifiing and Naming organisms 213 Solution Two organisms which are more closely related phylogenetically are; Sitophilus oryzea (Rice weevil) and Sitophilus zeamaize (Maize weevil). They both are weevils and both beling to the same genus hence they are closely related..

1. Based on the following classification scheme, which two organisms are most closely
phylogentically related? Why? 3. Based on the following classification scheme, which two
organisms are most closely phylogenetically related? Why? Organism 4 organism 3 Organism 2
organism 1 Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Kingdom Arthropoda Arthropoda Arthropoda
Arthopoda Phylum Insecta Insecta. Insecta Insecta Class Coleoptera Coleoptera Coleoptera
Coleoptera Order Sitophilus Latheticus Sitophilus Caulophilus Genus zeamaize oryzae oryzae
Specific epithet oryzae Maize weevil Longheaded flour Rice weevil Broad nosed grain Common
name beetle weevil Taxonomy: Classifiing and Naming organisms 213
Solution
Two organisms which are more closely related phylogenetically are;
Sitophilus oryzea (Rice weevil) and Sitophilus zeamaize (Maize weevil).
They both are weevils and both beling to the same genus hence they are closely related.