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12692 Zoology of Arthropods - Five-year degree in Biology

Center

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Departament

Zoology

Lecturers in charge

G1104 - JAVIER LLUCH TARAZONA

Met. Docent

Non-obligatory theory classes and obligatory practical classes.

Met. Avaluació

Final examination - -

Bibliografia

JESÚS SELFA i JULI PUJADE VILLAR. 2002. Fonaments de Zoologia dels Artròpodes. Col·lecció Educació. Materials 53. Universitat de València.
GULLAN, P.J. & P.S. CRANSTON, 1994.- The Insects. An Outline of Entomology. Chapman & Hall., 491 pág.
GILLOTT, C., 1982.? Entomology. Plenum Press, New York, 729 págs.
NIETO, J.M. y M.P. MIER, 1985.? Tratado de Entomología. Omega, Barcelona, 599 págs.

Continguts

SYLLABUS:
GENERALITIES. Introduction. Definition and origin of arthropods. General characters .Tegument. Segmentation and tagmosis. Appendages. Ideas on arthropod phylogenia. Crustacea. Chelicerata. Myriapoda. Importance of the hexapods. The science of Entomology. Skeleton and muscular system: shape and function. Head. Thorax. Wings and flight. The abdomen. Nervous system and sensorial organs. Endocrine system. Digestive system. Excretor, respiratory and circulatory systems. Reproductive system. Reproduction and development. Life cycles. Bases on insect ecology. Introduction to applied entomology. ARTHROPOD DIVERSITY: Hexapod diversity. Main classification systems and critical valuation.

OBJETIVES:
The arthropods constitute the most numerous and diverse animal group in nature. This subject is an approach to the study of arthropods and more specifically hexapods. On completion of this course the students should be able to know the entomological terminology, the groups of insects, their importance and their interaction with the environment. To achieve this, we will study the two main basic areas of Entomology (Insect Morphology and Systematic Entomology) and a brief introduction to the Ecology of insects and Applied Entomology.