Syllabus

1. Methods for collection and conservation of arthropods and parasitic Crustacea (Branchiura, Copepoda)

2. Toxic claws (Scorpionidea, Aranea), ticks (Metastigmata, Argasidae)

3. Ticks (Metastigmata: Ixodidae)

4. Other parasitic mites (Mesostigmata, Prostigmata, Astigmata), storage pests (Acaridae and Glyciphagidae), allergenic mites and atopic allergies (allergenic mites test)

5. Phthiraptera (mainly Anoplura, Amblycera, Ischocera)

7. Hemiptera (Cimicidae, Reduviidae)

7. Aphaniptera

8. Diptera: Nematocera (Phlebotominae, Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae)

10. Diptera: Nematocera (Culicidae)

10. Diptera: Brachycera (Tabanidae, Stomoxidae, Glossinidae, Hippoboscidae, Nycteribiidae), larvae myiases (Hypodermatidae, Oestridae, Cuterebridae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae)

11. Dissection of selected representatives of blood-feeding arthropods: morphology of the stinging-suction system, anatomy of the digestive system, reproductive organs

12. Excursion to the breeding ground of mosquitoes and other blood-feeding arthropods