B6760 Entomology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Rozkošný, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Rozkošný, DrSc.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Rudolf Rozkošný, DrSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
B1030 Syst. & phyl. of invertebrates
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Structure, function and systematic position of insects. Cuticle and moulting. Segmental plan and modification of appendages. Basic anatomic structures (muscular system, alimentary canal, respiratory system and breathing, circulation of haemolymph, nervous system and sense organs, reproduction). Embryology and development. Recent classification and the main representatives of systematic groups, their economic importance.
Syllabus
  • General Entomology 1. Insects in the systems of animals,ideal body organisation scheme (protentomon), origin and history of insects, habitus, size and numbers. 2. Body segmentation,integument a its sclerotization, colouring. Head, head capsule and tentorium, special forms of head. 3. Antennae, mouthparts, special adaptations in mouthparts. Position of mouthparts and a type of head capsule, cervix.uď, její stavba a členění. Vývoj neokřídleného segmentu, vývoj okřídleného segmentu, vnitřní kostra hrudi, velikostní poměr hrudních článků. Hmyzí noha a její vývoj, úpravy praetarsu. Zvláštní případy utváření končetin. 4. Thorax, its structure and segmentation. Development of a wingless segment, development of a winged segment, inner framewoth of thorax, proportion of thoracic segments. Insect leg and their development, organisation of pretarsus. Adaptations in legs. 5. Wing, structure, wing fields and veins. Basal elements of wing, axillary area. Modifications of wings, wing coupling, reduction and polymorphy. Movements of wings, frequency and amplitude of wingbeat, wing folding and resting. 6. Abdomen, structure, segmentation and appendages. Styli and coxal vesicles, cerci and filum terminale Larval abdominal legs. External genital appeandages of males and females, ovipositors and their modifications. Sound-producing organs. 7. Excretory organs, glands, secretory cell,cutaneous and salivary glands, sting of Aculeata. Musculuture, physiology of muscular activity. 8. Alimentary canal and its parts, stomodeum, mesenteron, proktodeum, histology of gut, physiology of digestion, absorption and nutrition,filter chamber. Food preference and sources of food. 9. Brething organs, structure of tracheal system, spiracles, tracheae and tracheoles. Developmen of tracheal system, number and arrangement of spiracles. Outer and inner breathing, cutaneous respiration. 10. Sinuses and haemolymph, circulatory system, circulation of blood. Fat body, pericardial cells and oenocytes. Luminiscence. 11. Central nervous system, insect brain and ventral chain of segmental ganglia, visceral nervous system, Nerve cell and histology od nerves. Endocrine system. 12. Sense organs, sensory seta, scolopidium. Mechanoreceptors, auditory organs, chemoreceptors, visual organs. Behaviour. 13. Reproductive system of males ans speratogenesis. Reproductive organs of females and oogenesis, sperm transfer. Sexual dimorphism. 14. Embryonal development, cleavage and blastoderm formation,differentiation of blastoderm,embryo segmentation and extraembryonic organes, blastokinesis. Organogenesis, criteria of proper segments and conditions of embryogenesis. 15. Postembryonic development, types of metamorphosis, developmental stages, endopterygote larvae, pupae.
Literature
  • Lehrbuch der Entomologie. Edited by Konrad Dettner - Werner Peters. 1. Aufl. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1999, xx, 921. ISBN 3437259202. info
  • GULLAN, P. J. and P. S. CRANSTON. The insects : an outline of entomology. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999, xvi, 470. ISBN 0632053437. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001.
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