Università Roma Tre

PART 1) BASIC AND APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY. ARTHROPOD PHYLOGENY. ORIGIN, CAUSES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INSECT SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY. INTEGUMENT; STRUCTURE OF THE INTEGUMENT AND CUTICLE; COLORS. BODY REGIONS; SCLERITES; SEGMENTS, APPENDICES AND WINGS. MUSCULATURE AND ENDOSCHELETON; ADAPTATION TO THE MOVEMENT IN AERIAL AND ACQUATIC ENVIROMENTS. RESPIRATORY APPARATUS AND RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION IN WATER. EXCRETION. CEPHALIC APPENDAGES AND MOUTHPARTS; ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING STRATEGIES. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND BLOOD. REPRODUCTION: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF SEGMENTS AND GENITAL TRAITS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS; EGGS; SPERMS. EMBRYONIC AND POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: HORMONS AND ENDOCRIN ORGANS. HEXOCRIN GLANDS. NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS. SIMPLE AND COMPOUND EYES. PRODUCTION OF LIGHT AND SOUNDS. CRIPTISM AND MIMICRY. PHEROMONS AND COURTSHIP; PARENTAL CARES; INSECT SOCIETIES. PREDATION; PARASITISM; SYMBIOSIS. ORIENTATION; MIGRATIONS; DISPERSION. INSECT BIOGEOGRAPHY. INSECT CONSERVATION.

P.J. Gullan & P.S. Cranston “Lineamenti di Entomologia” Zanichelli
R.G. Davies “Lineamenti di Entomologia” Zanichelli

G. Grimaldi “Evolution of the Insects”
R.F. Chapman “The Insects: structure and function” Hodder & Stoughton, London
C. Gillot “Entomology” Plenum Press, New York
O.W. Richards & R.G. Davies “Imm’s general textbook of entomology” Chapman & Hall, London Vol. I e II
M. Chinery “Guida agli insetti d’Europa” Muzzio

Office Hours: every day of the week by appointment by email (andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it)

PART 1) BASIC AND APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY. ARTHROPOD PHYLOGENY. ORIGIN, CAUSES AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INSECT SUCCESS AND DIVERSITY. INTEGUMENT; STRUCTURE OF THE INTEGUMENT AND CUTICLE; COLORS. BODY REGIONS; SCLERITES; SEGMENTS, APPENDICES AND WINGS. MUSCULATURE AND ENDOSCHELETON; ADAPTATION TO THE MOVEMENT IN AERIAL AND ACQUATIC ENVIROMENTS. RESPIRATORY APPARATUS AND RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION IN WATER. EXCRETION. CEPHALIC APPENDAGES AND MOUTHPARTS; ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDING STRATEGIES. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND BLOOD. REPRODUCTION: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF SEGMENTS AND GENITAL TRAITS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS; EGGS; SPERMS. EMBRYONIC AND POSTEMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: HORMONS AND ENDOCRIN ORGANS. HEXOCRIN GLANDS. NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS. SIMPLE AND COMPOUND EYES. PRODUCTION OF LIGHT AND SOUNDS. CRIPTISM AND MIMICRY. PHEROMONS AND COURTSHIP; PARENTAL CARES; INSECT SOCIETIES. PREDATION; PARASITISM; SYMBIOSIS. ORIENTATION; MIGRATIONS; DISPERSION. INSECT BIOGEOGRAPHY. INSECT CONSERVATION.

P.J. GULLAN & P.S. CRANSTON “LINEAMENTI DI ENTOMOLOGIA” ZANICHELLI
or
R.G. DAVIES “LINEAMENTI DI ENTOMOLOGIA” ZANICHELLI

OTHER TEXTBOOKS (THE CHOICE HAS TO BE DISCUSSED WITH THE PROFESSOR):
G. GRANDI “ISTITUZIONI DI ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALE” EDIZIONI CALDERINI
V.B. WIGGLESWORTH “LA VITA DEGLI INSETTI” GARZANTI
R.F. CHAPMAN “THE INSECTS: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION” HODDER & STOUGHTON, LONDON
C. GILLOT “ENTOMOLOGY” PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK
O.W. RICHARDS & R.G. DAVIES “IMM’S GENERAL TEXTBOOK OF ENTOMOLOGY” CHAPMAN & HALL, LONDON VOL. I AND II
GENERAL INSECT GUIDES (STUDENT CHOICE) ARE RECOMMENDED FOR BOTH LAB AND FIELD ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS FOR THE STUDY OF THE SYSTEMATIC PART OF THE COURSE.

Office Hours: every day of the week by appointment by email (andrea.digiulio@uniroma3.it)