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FIG. 1. Carolus Linnreus (Carl Linne). Born at Rashult, Sweden, May 23, 1707;
died ncar Upsala, Sweden, January 10,1778. Linn.-cus, the first greaL modern systematic
botanist and ZOOIOgl"t, established an exact syslem of naming all living natural
objects known as the binomial system of nomenclature in which he assigned every
plant and animal to a particular class, order, genus, and species. His methoc\, whieh
was quickly adopted, began a new era in the study and appreciation of naLure. lie
devoted a great deal of his husy life to naming and describing insects, and consequently
his name or the abbreviations L. and Linn. are attached to gl'eat numbers
of the cOmmonest and most important species Df the entire WDrld. His first great important
general publication, Systema Natur;e, ed. 1, appeared in 1785 and contained
the first list of the Linmcan orders of insects: COLEOPTERA, HEMIPTERA,
ANGIOPTERA, and APTERA, which were grouped according to the form and
structure of the wings. His seven Drders of insects: COLEOPTER fl., HEMlPTERA,
LEPIDOPTERA, NEUROPTERA, HYMENOPTERA, DIPTERA, and AP­
TERA were established in 1758 and were not materially altered or enlarged upon
for many yeats.
His system of classifying insects is known as the alary or wing system, So im"
portant were his contributions that by common agreement the zoologists of the
world have accepted the tenth edition Df S),slcma Nalur