Entomology - for pest management and conservation

MSc Lectures: Entomology and IPM introduction  
Introduction to pest management
Apterygota and Ephemeroptera
Orthoptera 1: taxonomy and biology
Orthoptera 2: locusts and grasshoppers
Hemiptera 1: Introduction and the Heteroptera
Hemiptera 2: Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha
Thysanoptera
Isoptera: control of termites
Biological and Chemical Control Methods (BCCM)

Classification: the main orders and some web links

'Apterygote' Orders

Hexapod Arthropoda

Collembola
Protura
Diplura

 

True Insects ...

Archaeognatha

 
Thysanura
'Paleoptera'
Ephemeroptera
UK recording scheme
First Nature

Odonata

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Neoptera:
'Orthopteroid' Orders

Orthoptera (sensu stricto)
Lectures:
1. Orthoptera taxonomy& biology

2. Pest management issues
Locusts and the pesticide referee group (HD/GAM)

Songs (N American orthoptera and ciciadas)
Cornish Orthoptera

Phasmida
http://phasmida.orthoptera.org/Database.aspx

Dictyoptera


Mantodea

 

Isoptera
Termite Identification:
Uni. Guelph, NCSU, UKY
Termite species database
Termite Control: DIY1, DIY2, DIY (against)
Insecticides: borates, pyrethroids, OPs, etc.
chlorfenapyr, fipronil, sulfuryl fluoride (fumigant)
IGRs: hexaflumuron, diflubenzuron, noviflumuron

UNEP: alternatives to POP pesticides

Blattaria



Plecoptera
Embiidina (Embioptera)
Mantophasmatodea
Grylloblatodea

Zoraptera
Dermaptera



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Hemipteroid Orders

Hemiptera (classification)

Note: don't be diverted by (computer) bug sites on the web!

Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha (lecture)
Taiwanese species (photos)
A sycamore aphid ...


Heteroptera (lecture)



Thysanoptera
Lecture: taxonomy, biology & control

Psocodea (Psocoptera)
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Endopterygota
Megaloptera
Raphidioptera  

Neuroptera (classification)

An attractive new species of lacewing has recently been discovered in Malaysia: a good example of public participation in scientific research, where the initial discovery was made after an amateur photographer posted a picture on an online photo-sharing site.

Coleoptera (classification)

Coleoptera.org

 

Strepsiptera

Diptera (classification)

Pest Management
Mosquito control
The American Mosquito Control Association
WHO Vector control site

Mecoptera
Siphonaptera  

Trichoptera

Freshwater Recording Schemes - for Caddisflies, Mayflies & Stoneflies

Lepidoptera: classification, food plants

Agricultural and other pests: Uni Freiburg, NCSU
pheromones

Hymenoptera
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Class Arachnida
Phylogenetic relationships

Sub-class Acari (Acarina: mites)
Amblypygi (tail-less whip scorpions)  
Araneae (spiders)

Opiliones (harvestmen)

Palpigradi

Pseudoscorpionida

Ricinulei

Schizomida

Scorpiones
scorpion

Solifugae (sun spiders)

 

Thelyphonida (vinegaroons or whip-tail scorpions)
vinegaroon
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version 20/8/2012