Introduction to Entomology - MB170P127

• Title: Introduction to Entomology
• Czech title: Úvod do entomologie
• Guaranteed by: Department of Zoology (31-170)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2023 to 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: winter s.:written
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Jakub Prokop, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): RNDr. Jiří Hadrava, Ph.D.; doc. RNDr. Jakub Prokop, Ph.D.; Mgr. Jakub Straka, Ph.D.; Mgr. Petr Šípek, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : MB170P126, MB170P79
• Is incompatible with: MB170P126
• Is complex co-requisite for: MB170C12

Annotation

Last update: Ing. Jindřiška Peterková (04.05.2023)

Insects make up about half of the known diversity on the Earth and are considered as essential part of all terrestrial
ecosystems. The goal of this course is to provide basic knowledge on insects and improve the insight into their
diversity. Lectures are focused on various aspects of entomology, such as systematic entomology and insect
phylogeny, as well as ecology, ethology, and morphology of insects. This course does not require any previous
knowledge of the subject and is thus recommended for bachelor students, including foreign ones. The whole
course is English (for the Czech alternative, see Úvod do entomologie, MB170P126).

Syllabus

Last update: Ing. Jindřiška Peterková (04.05.2023)

1. Introduction to Entomology, brief history of the subject and overview on methodological aspects of studies of insects, introduction into phylogenetic perspective on systematical entomology

2. Importance of insects for people, insects as pests and biological control, parasitology, conservation

3. Introduction into evolutionary history of insects, paleoentomology. overview of most important morphological adaptations of insects (body segmentation, development)

4. Physiology of insects (cuticle and ecdysis, organ systems in insects, neuroethology)

5. Apterous Hexapoda and Palaeoptera (evolution and diversity)

6. Polyneoptera (evolution and diversity)

7. Paraneoptera (evolution and diversity)

8. Hymenoptera + Lepidoptera + Trichoptera (evolution and diversity)

9. Coleoptera + Strepsiptera + Neuropterida (evolution and diversity)

10. Diptera + Mecoptera (evolution and diversity)

11. Ecology of insects (biodiversity, biogeography, abiotic factors, interactions with other organisms)