Arachnology - MB170P05

• Title: Arachnology
• Czech title: Arachnologie
• Guaranteed by: Department of Zoology (31-170)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2023 to 2023
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 1 [days]
• Capacity: 22
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: RNDr. František Šťáhlavský, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): RNDr. Petr Dolejš, Ph.D.; RNDr. Jan Mourek, Ph.D.; RNDr. Věra Opatová, Ph.D.; RNDr. František Šťáhlavský, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

Last update: RNDr. Věra Opatová, Ph.D. (23.01.2023)

The course is given in English. It provides an overview of Arachnid orders (both fossil and extant) and their phylogeny, biogeography and systematics. It focuses in detail on morphological, ecological and ethological characterization of each group.

Literature

English

Last update: RNDr. Věra Opatová, Ph.D. (23.01.2023)

Foelix R. F. 1996. Biology of Spiders. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Polis G.A. 1990: The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press. Stanford.

Weygoldt, P. 1969. The Biology of Pseudoscorpions. Harvard Univ. Press.

Pinto-da-Rocha R., Machado G. & Giribet, G. 2007. Harversmen: The Bilogy of Opiliones. Harvard Univ. Press.

Kůrka A., Řezáč M., Macek R. & Dolanský J. 2015: Spiders of The Czech Republic. Academia, Praha.

Czech

Last update: RNDr. Věra Opatová, Ph.D. (23.01.2023)

Buchar J. & Kůrka A. 1998. Naši pavouci. Academia, Praha.

Foelix R. F. 1996. Biology of Spiders. Oxford University Press. Oxford.

Polis G.A. 1990: The Biology of Scorpions. Stanford University Press. Stanford.

Weygoldt, P. 1969. The Biology of Pseudoscorpions. Harvard Univ. Press.

Pinto-da-Rocha R., Machado G. & Giribet, G. 2007. Harversmen: The Bilogy of Opiliones. Harvard Univ. Press.

Kůrka A., Řezáč M., Macek R. & Dolanský J. 2015: Pavouci České republiky. Academia, Praha.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: RNDr. František Šťáhlavský, Ph.D. (14.02.2024)

The requirements:

I) attendance (80%) and active participation in the laboratory practices, II) oral exam (two parts: 1) determination of presented taxa (including characterization of the families) and 2) general topics)

Požadavky:

I) docházka (80%) a aktivní účast na praktiku, II) ústní zkouška ze dvou částí: 1) determinace prezentovaných taxonů (včetně charakteristiky čeledí), 2) obecné otázky

Syllabus

Last update: RNDr. František Šťáhlavský, Ph.D. (14.02.2024)

Timetable for 2024:

21.2. Introduction to Chelicerata, Scorpiones (F. Šťáhlavský)

28.2. Introduction to spiders: anatomy, morphology, Spider evolution overview (V. Opatová)

6.3. Mesothele, Mygalomorphae, Filistatidae, Hypochilidae (V. Opatová)

13.3. Synspermiata -> Palpimanoidea, UDOH grade (V. Opatová)

20.3. RTA clade excluding Oval Calamistrum clade (V. Opatová)

27.3. Oval Calamistrum clade + bioindication (P. Dolejš)

3.4. Eresidae, Araneioidea I (V. Opatová)

10.4. Araneioidea II (V. Opatová)

17.4. Opiliones (P. Dolejš)

24.4. Pseudoscorpiones + small arachnid orders (F. Šťáhlavský)

15.5. Acari (J. Mourek)

The lectures are followed by a practical lab session. Personal participation is mandatory for this part (non-participation in a maximum of two lab sessions is tolerated). However, the absence can be supplemented by independent work after prior agreement with the relevant lecturer.

Excursion: 1 day, voluntary (the date will be specified later)