Explain the stages in taxonomic procedures - Gamma Taxonomy

This phase of taxonomy is also called biological taxonomy and is concerned with the study of speciation. It is included primarily with the analysis of intra specific variations which leads to the study of origin, evolution and determination of biological species and its subspecies.

These three phases of taxonomy have been described to you separately though in practice they are not that clearly demarcated as they tend to overlap and intergrade.

Systematic studies in most of the groups of animals have not yet progressed beyond the alpha and beta taxonomy. It is only among a few insect orders such as Lepidoptera (months and butterflies) and vertebrates especially birds that any real progress have been made at the gamma level of taxonomy.