Avanços em taxonomia de insetos: da metodologia tradicional à integrativa

Abstract

Taxonomy is a field of biology that aims to identify, describe and name species. In the last 20 years, advances in taxonomy methods were based on the development of biotechnology and the improvement of Artificial Intelligence. In this work, a narrative review was carried out based on a qualitative survey, in the CAPES, PubMed and Google Scholar databases, on the new methodologies used in taxonomy and systematics, as well as the subsequent advances of the ones that already exist. There is a great discrepancy of opinion among authors about the need to teach and learn taxonomy based exclusively on the external morphology of insects, since the new methods are faster and less stressful for the researcher. Bearing in mind that more recent studies conclude that integrative methods are fundamental for modern taxonomy, the present study considers important the use of current technological advances in the area as auxiliary study tools, specifically Artificial Intelligence, inspired by the creation of databases of high resolution image data in different educational institutions, so that they can be applied in the morphological study of insects, even without the presence of species in the classroom.