The Institute of Entomology is a scientific institution of basic and applied research in areas, in which insects are either in focus of attention (insect pests, species useful for environment monitoring etc.) or serve as suitable models for the solution of general biological problems.
The Institute is located in the town of Ceské Budejovice, about 160 km south of Prague, the capital of the Czech Repuplic.
The more than seventy-five Institute's researchers and PhD students conduct research in a variety of fields, ranging from molecular biology to ecology.
The Institute co-publishes the European Journal of Entomology (EJE).
Focus on
14. 2. 2012
Freeze-tolerant larvae of Drosophila melanogaster
Surprisingly simple laboratory manipulations can change the chill susceptible drosophila larva to the freeze tolerant one.
9. 1. 2012
The current paper, published by PNAS, has finally brought conclusive evidence for the JH receptor role of Met.
5. 12. 2011
Genetic origin of industrial melanism in the peppered moth, Biston betularia
The results, published in Science, demonstrate that the carbonaria morph of Biston betularia was seeded by a single recent mutation, which is controlled...
23. 8. 2011
New fossil species and family from the insect group Ephemerida
New fossil species Mickoleitia longimanus is described from the Lower Cretaceous limestone in Brazil. It is attributed to a new family Mickoleitiidae and...
Publications
Bod A. L., Rakhshani E., Talebi A. A., Lozan A., Žikić V. (2011)
New records of Cheloninae (Förster, 1862) and Braconinae (Nees, 1811) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran.
Check List 7, 632-634
Bagheri Matin E.S., Shahrokhi S., Starý P. (2010)
Report on Praon gallicum (Hym.: Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from Iran.
Appl. Ent. Phytopath. 78, 33
Blažková L., Provazník J., Hodková M. (2011)
Journal of Insect Physiology 57, 529-535
Contact
Biology Centre AS CR, v. v. i.
Institute of Entomology
Branisovska 31
CZ-370 05 Ceske Budejovice
Czech Republic
| Phone: | +420 385 310 350 |
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| Fax: | +420 385 310 354 |
| E-mail: | entu@entu.cas.cz |
Ant beetle (Thanasimus formicarius)
