Syllabus
Timetable for 2024: 21.2. Introduction to Chelicerata, Scorpiones (F. Šťáhlavský) 28.2. Introduction to spiders: anatomy, morphology, Spider evolution overview (V. Opatová) 6.3. Mesothele, Mygalomorphae, Filistatidae, Hypochilidae (V. Opatová) 13.3. Synspermiata -> Palpimanoidea, UDOH grade (V. Opatová) 20.3. RTA clade excluding Oval Calamistrum clade (V. Opatová) 27.3. Oval Calamistrum clade + bioindication (P. Dolejš) 3.4. Eresidae, Araneioidea I (V. Opatová) 10.4. Araneioidea II (V. Opatová) 17.4. Opiliones (P. Dolejš) 24.4. Pseudoscorpiones + small arachnid orders (F. Šťáhlavský) 15.5. Acari (J. Mourek)
The lectures are followed by a practical lab session. Personal participation is mandatory for this part (non-participation in a maximum of two lab sessions is tolerated). However, the absence can be supplemented by independent work after prior agreement with the relevant lecturer.
Excursion: 1 day, voluntary (the date will be specified later)
Annotation
The course is given in English. It provides an overview of Arachnid orders (both fossil and extant) and their phylogeny, biogeography and systematics.
It focuses in detail on morphological, ecological and ethological characterization of each group.