A specialist zoologist who studies cockroaches is called an entomologist. However, narrow-profile scientists are also involved in the study of this pest.
Science and its fields of study
Entomology (translated from ancient Greek as “I speak of insects”) is a section of zoology that studies various types of such creatures, body structure and body development, and habitat.
Interesting!
Despite its ancient origin, and cockroaches have existed for many millions of years, this scientific section as an independent was determined only in the middle of the 17th century.
According to biologists, in those years the appearance of works on zoology devoted to various insects, attempts to classify them, were associated with the active development of crop production, agriculture and beekeeping. At the moment in the world there are over 3 million, and 4600 cockroach species. Therefore, it is not surprising that entomology is divided into narrower branches:
- apiology - devoted to the study of bees;
- blatteropterology in which cockroach specialist zoologists work;
- dipterology - studies mosquitoes and flies;
- hymenopterology - is engaged in the study of hymenoptera;
- coleopterology - beetles;
- lepidopterology - butterflies;
- another section that studies cockroaches is dictiopterology, however, scientists are also involved in the activities of mantis and termites.
In addition to the above industries, it is also worth mentioning myrmecology (ants), odonatology (dragonflies), orthopterology (grasshoppers, crickets, locust) etc.
The specifics of the work of an entomologist
This profession is to study the life of insects during a certain time period, their structure and determine the place in the food chain. Such scientists identify and classify new species, then determine their value or, conversely, the degree of futility.
Specialists of narrower areas of science are engaged in the search for stimulation of the development of their varieties and the safest methods of pest control.
Thus, the science that studies cockroaches has several names - dictiopterology, blatteropterology. However, the most correct, if you don’t know a specific profile, is to use the word entomology, which covers all possible activities associated with various insects in our lives.
