A phylogenetic tree is a diagram that represents a hypothesi

A phylogenetic tree is a diagram that represents a hypothesis about the evolutionary history of a group of organisms and the relationship between them. Reading a phylogenetic tree This is one possible phylogenetic tree representing the relationships between some members of phylum Arthropod. Use this phylogenetic tree and your knowledge of determine the relationships between these species Rank the species from most closely related to horseflies to muse distantly related to horseflies. If two species are equally close in their relatedness to horseflies them.

Solution

In such phylogenetic tree, the most related one would be who shares same branch. Distance of relationship increases with increase of branching, that’s why dragonfly and mayfly are more distant than Katydid/ human body louse.

Horsefly> Flea> Katydid/ human body louse >dragonfly/ mayfly >silverfish