Bi8763 Identification of terrestrial invertebrates - lab course

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/4/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Fri 10:00–13:50 D36/223
Prerequisites
Bi1030 Inverteb. phylog. & divers.
A good overview of the system (phylogeny) of invertebrates, mainly arthropods, and their morphology, is very useful but does not necessarily require formal education as a prerequisite.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 14 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 8/14, only registered: 0/14, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/14
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to make the students acquainted, by means of our foremost specialists, with the diversity of our terrestrial invertebrate fauna, its taxonomy and identification (available literature - identification keys and how to use them, characters). The selection of presented taxa focuses on those that are not covered by other special courses (e.g. entomology - nevertheless several groups of insects, the by far most speciose group of animals have been included).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to identify common terrestrial representatives (on species level or that of higher taxa, depending on the difficulty of the given taxon) of invertebrate groups, important in terms of their ecological function or bioindication, such as: Annelida: Lumbricidae, Enchytraeidae; Gastropoda; Isopoda, Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Opiliones, Araneae (selected families), Cicadomorpha, Heteroptera, Caelifera, Ensifera, Formicidae, Coleoptera (selected families).
Syllabus
  • Annelida: Lumbricidae, Enchytraeidae; Gastropoda; Isopoda, Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Opiliones, Araneae (selected families), Cicadomorpha, Heteroptera, Caelifera, Ensifera, Formicidae, Coleoptera (selected families). The selection of groups presented in a given year can undergo minor changes depending on the availability of specialists for the individual groups.
Literature
  • Klíče zvířeny ČR 1 - 5.
  • SEIFERT, Bernhard. Die Ameisen Mittel- und Nordeuropas. Tauer: lutra Verlags- und Vetriebsgesellschaft, 2007, 368 s. ISBN 9783936412031. info
  • HŮRKA, Karel. Beetles of the Czech and Slovak Republics. 1st ed. Zlín: Kabourek, 2005, 390 s. ISBN 8086447111. info
  • KOČÁREK, Petr, Jaroslav HOLUŠA and Ľubomír VIDLIČKA. Blattaria, Mantodea, Orthoptera & Dermaptera České a Slovenské republiky :[ilustrovaný klíč]. 1st ed. Zlín: Kabourek, 2005, 348 s. ISBN 8086447057. info
  • BUCHAR, Jan. Klíč k určování bezobratlých. 1. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 1995, 285 s. ISBN 80-85827-81-6. info
  • PFEFFER, Antonín. Zentral- und westpaläarktische Borken- und Kernkäfer : (Coleoptera: Scolytidae, Platypodidae). Illustrated by Miloš Knížek, Photo by Václav Zumr. Basel: Pro Entomologia, c/o Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, 1995, 310 s. ISBN 3952084069. info
  • HŮRKA, Karel. Střevlíkovití (Carabidae). Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1992, 192 s. ISBN 8020004300. info
Teaching methods
laboratory exercises
Assessment methods
Credits are given for active participation in the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: podzimní semestr lichých let (2015, 2017, ...).
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2012 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2021.
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