1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Practicum	15
Seminar	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

To learn about the main groups of insects that transmit many diseases to humans and animals, to learn about their life cycles and the life cycles of the causative agents of certain diseases themselves, and to learn about the main areas of habitat and distribution of insect vectors of diseases.

1. Introduction, basic overview of parasitic insects and their morphological adaptations
2. Representatives of the insect orders Blattodea and Phthiraptera and the diseases they transmit
3. Representatives of the insect order Hemiptera and the diseases they transmit
4. Representatives of the insect order Siphonaptera and the diseases they transmit
5. Representatives of the insect orders Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera and the diseases they transmit
6. Representatives of the insect order Diptera and an overview of all families that transmit diseases
7. Representatives of the insect order Diptera, family Culicidae ? Vectors and distribution
8. Representatives of the insect order Diptera, family Culicidae ? Malaria
9. Representatives of the insect order Diptera, family Culicidae ? Other diseases
10. Representatives of the insect order Diptera, other families and the diseases they transmit
11. Representatives of the insect order Diptera ? Myiasis
12. Other arthropod pathogens in humans and animals
13. Insects as causes of minor physiological disorders (pain, allergies, psychological conditions, etc.)
14. Forensic entomology
15. Insects and human health and socio-economic impact

Exercises:
1. Morphological adaptations of parasitic insects
2. Overview of representatives of the orders Blattodea and Phthiraptera
3. Overview of representatives of the order Hemiptera
4. Overview of representatives of the order Siphonaptera
5. Overview of representatives of the order Hymenoptera
6. Overview of representatives of the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera
7. Overview of representatives of the order Diptera
8. Overview of representatives of the family Psychodidae
9. Overview of representatives of the family Culicidae
10. Overview of representatives of the family Ceratopogonidae
11. Overview of representatives of the family Simuliidae
12. Overview of representatives of the families Tabanidae, Muscidae, Glossinidae
13. Overview of representatives of the superfamily Hippoboscoidea
14. Overview of representatives of the subclass Acarina
15. Overview of representatives of the orders Araneae and Scorpiones

1. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Mullen GR, Durden LA, Elsevier, Inc., 2009.

Izborni kolegiji - Regular study - Ecology and Nature Preservation