Professor Dr. Caleb Califre Martins

Description
History of Taxonomy and Systematics (Major historical milestones and development of the discipline) Taxonomic Categories (Hierarchical levels of biological classification) Species Recognition and Species Concepts (Different concepts (morphological, biological, phylogenetic, etc.)) Zoological Nomenclature (Rules and principles of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN)) Evolution and Phylogeny of Insects (Classification of major groups, Phylogenetic history of the class Insecta) Taxonomic Characters (Nature of characters, Relationship between characters and classification, Characters and adaptation, Types of characters, Analysis of character variation, Non-genetic and genetic variations) Importance of Entomological Collections (Main types of collections and their applications, primary Brazilian collections) Insect Collections: Methods and Techniques (Techniques for collecting, mounting, and preserving insects) Biosystematics of Major Insect Groups (Modern approaches to classification) Classification of the Main Insect Groups (General structure of the systematics of the class)

References

• • ALMEIDA, L.M., RIBEIRO-COSTA, C.S. & MARINONI, L. 1988. Manual de coleta, conservação, montagem e identificação de insetos. Holos, Ribeirão Preto.
  • COSTA, C., IDE, S. & SIMONKA, C.E. Insetos Imaturos, Metamorfoses e Identificação. Holos Editora, Rbierão Preto, 2006, 249p.

  COSTA-LIMA, A. Insetos do Brasil. 12 volumes. (http://www.acervodigital.ufrrj.br/insetos/insetos.htm%E2%80%8E)

  CAMARGO, A.J.A.; OLIVEIRA, C.M.; FRIZZAS, M.R.; SONODA, K.C. & CORRÊA, D.C.V. 2015. Coleções entomológicas: legislação brasileira, coleta, curadoria e taxonomia para as principais ordens. Ed. EMBRAPA, Brasília. 118p

  • GALLO, D. et al. 2002. Entomologia Agrícola. Ceres, São Paulo. Ed. FEALQ, Piracicaba, 920p.
  • GRIMALDI, D. & ENGEL, M.S. Evolution of Insects. Cambridge University Pres: New York, 2005. 775p
  • GULLAN, P.J. & CRANSTON, P.S. 2017. Insetos, fundamentos da entomologia. 5a ed., Editora Guanabara Koogan, Rio de Janeiro. 912 p
  • HAMADA, N.; THORP, J.H.; ROGERS, D.C. 2018. Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates: Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda. 4a ed., Vol. III., Ed. Academic Press: Elsevier, London, 838p.
  • PAPAVERO, N. (Org.) Fundamentos práticos da taxonomia Zoológica. Edunesp: São Paulo, 1994. 285p
  • RAFAEL, J.A., MELO, G.A.R., CARVALHO C.J.B., CASARI S.A. & CONSTANTINO, R. 2024. Insetos do Brasil: diversidade e taxonomia. 2a ed., Ed. INPA, Manaus, 894 p.
  • TRIPLEHORN, C.A. & JOHNSON, N.F. 2011. Estudo dos Insetos (tradução de Borror and Delong’s introduction to the study of Insects) (7a ed.). 2a ed, Ed. CENGAGE Learning, São Paulo. 774p

Credits: 8 

Workload: 120h

Evaluation Criteria: Evaluation Criteria: Theoretical exams, practical class reports, and entomological collection with insects identified to the family level