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Entomology, the study of insects, has roots in ancient Greek and Latin, with significant contributions from figures like William Kirby and Hem Singh Pruthi. Important milestones in entomology include the establishment of various acts and organizations, as well as the publication of foundational texts from the 18th century onwards. The document outlines key historical events, contributions, and institutions that have shaped the field of entomology in India and globally.

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Entomology, the study of insects, has roots in ancient Greek and Latin, with significant contributions from figures like William Kirby and Hem Singh Pruthi. Important milestones in entomology include the establishment of various acts and organizations, as well as the publication of foundational texts from the 18th century onwards. The document outlines key historical events, contributions, and institutions that have shaped the field of entomology in India and globally.

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ENTOMOLOGY

 Entomology: Derived from 2 Greek words (Entomon: Insect and


Logia: Knowledge)
 Arthropoda: Derived from 2 Greek words (Arthro: Jointed and Pod:
Foot),
 Insect: Derived from Latin word (Insectum: Animal with a notched or
divided body)
 Father of British Entomology/Modern Entomology/Applied
Entomology: William Kirby
 Father of Indian Entomology: Hem Singh Pruthi
 Father of Forensic Entomology: Megnin

IMPORTANT YEARS AND ACTS
1. Origin of man: 1 million years ago
2. Origin of insects: 350-500 million years ago
3. Insects (72% of all living animals)
4. Total no species of insects till now ( Approx,. 9-15 lakh)
5. Entomology in India started in: 1900-1950
6. Plant quarantine Act: 1912
7. DIPA (Destructive Insects and Pests Act) : 1914
8. Central Insecticide Act: 1968 (Came in to force on 15t January 1971)
9. Insecticidal rules: 1971
10. National Food Safety and Standard Act: 2006
11. Prevention of Food Adulteration Act: 1954
12. Domestic Quarantine Act: 1971
13. Madras Agricultural Pests and Diseases Act: 1919
14. Food quality protection Act (FQPA) : 1996
15. Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA) : 1972

NBAIR: National Bureau of Agriculturaldnsect Resources


1977: AICRP on Biological control of Crop Pests and Weeds
1993: PDBC (Project Directorate of Biological Control
ANCIENT BOOKS OF ENTOMOLOGY
1. 1st Edition of Systema Naturae: 1735
2. 10th Edition of Systema Naturae: 1758
3. 10 th Edition of "Systema nature" (28 species of Indian insects) by Carl
Linnaeus: 1758 (Modern era of Indian Entomology)
4. Account of Lac Insects: Dr. Kerr (Laccifer lacca Kerr) 1782
5. Monograph on Cochineal insects: Dr. J. Anderson (1791)
6. A catalogue of the lepidopteran insect in the museum of the East India
Company Dr. Horsfield(2 volumes; 1857 and 1858-59)
7. Book on cultivation of lac and sericulture in India: Buchanan (1800)

CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF


ENTOMOLOGY
1. first detailed classification of insects: By Umaswati (0-100 AD)
2. First classification of bees: Charaka (1200-200 AD)
3. Classification of ants, flies and mosquitoes: Sushruta (100-200 AD)
4. First entomologist who worked extensively on Indian insects: J.C.
Fabricius (Classified insects in to 13 orders based on mouth parts)
5. Collector of insects from coromandel and southern peninsular India:
J.G. Koenig (Red cotton bug) 1767-1779
6. An epitome of the natural history of insects of India and the islands in
the Indian seas (1st pictorial documentation on the insects): Edward
Denovan and revised by West wood
7. Commencement of " Fauna of British India": W.T. Blandford (1883)
8. Entomological part of the "Fauna of British India" (First 4 volumes on
the moths of India) : Geroge Hampson
9. After moths of India it was followed by Hymenoptera section:
Bingham
10. Earliest record of biological pest control in India (Red ants feed on
white ants that are the pests of stationary
11.First entomologist to the Government of India: Lionel de Nicevelle
(1901)
12. Second entomologist to the Government of India: Maxwell Lefroy
(1902)
13. First Government entomologist to Madras state: T.B. Fletcher (1914)
049
14. Second Government entomologist to Madras state: Hem Singh Pruthi
(1934)
15. 1st entomologist of Emperical Agricultural Research Institute:
Maxwell Lefroy (1st Emperical Entomologist)
16. First Imperical Forest Entomologist: E.P. Stebbing (1914)
17. First Forest Zoologist in FRI, Dehradun: E.P. Stebbing (1916)
18. First President of Entomological Society of India: Afzal Hussain
19. First Vice-president of Entomological Society of India: Hem Singh
Pruthi
20. Founder of Entomological Society of India: Hem Singh Pruthi
21. Authority of Thysanoptera : T.N. Ananthakrishnan
22. First plant protection advisor to government of India: Hem Singh
Pruthi

ANCIENT BOOKS OF ENTOMOLOGY


1.Book " Indian Insect Pests" : Maxwell Lefroy (1906)
2. Book " Indian Insect Life" : Maxwell Lefroy (1909)
3. Book " Text book of Agricultural Entomology" : Hem Singh Pruthi
4. Book " Handbook of Economic Entomology of South India" : Dr. T.V.
Ramakrishna Ayyar
5. Book " The ecology and control of the forest Insects of India
Neighbouring countries" : C.F.C. Beeson (1941)
6. Book "Some South Indian Insects" : T.B. Fletcher (1914)
7. Book " Indian Forest Insects of Economic Importance: Coleoptera" :
E.P. Stebbing
8. Book "General Entomology" : M.S. Mani
9. Book "General and applied entomology": K.K. Nayar, T.N.
Ananthakrishnan, B. Vasantharaj David
10. Book "Elements of Economic Entomology" : B. Vasantharaj David
and V.V. Ramamurthy
11. Book "Tropical Forest Insect Pests Ecology, Impact and
Management" : S.S. Nair
12. Monograph " The Desert Locust in India" : Y. Ramachandra Rao
13. Monograph " Indian Thysanoptera" : T.N. Ananthakrishnan

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTES


1.Locust Warning organization, Jodhpur: 1939
2. Plant Protection Directorate (14 Central Plant Protection Centres) :
1957
3. DPPQS, Faridabad: 1946
4. Asiatic Society of Bengal (Calcutta) : 1785
5. Entomological Society of India: 1938
6. Official publication of Entomological Society of India : Indian joural
of Entomology
7. Zoological Survey of India (Previously Natural History Section of
Indian Museum): 1916
8. Indian Lac Research Institute, Namkun: 1925
9. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata: 1916
10. NPPTI, Hyderabad (National Plant Protection Training Institute):
1966
11. NCIPM, New Delhi: 1988
12. NBAIR, Bengaluru: 1993
13. ICZN (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature): 1895
14. Imperical Forest Research Institute, Dehradun: 1916
15. Bombay Natural History Society: 1883

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