Monday, 15 November 2004: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM

251 F (Salt Palace L-2)

Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section A3. Systematics, Morphology and Evolution

Moderator(s): Sonja J. Scheffer
James B. Woolley
8:30 AM0026A phylogenetic analysis of the “Chaoboriform” genera (Diptera: Chaoboridae)
Joshua R. Ogawa, Darlene D. Judd
8:42 AM0027A phylogenetic analysis of world Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) and the position of the family within the nematoceran flies
Scott J. Fitzgerald
8:54 AM0028Revision of the New World species of Craspedochaeta Czerny (Diptera: Clusiidae)
Owen Lonsdale, Stephen Marshall
9:06 AM0029Phylogeny of Clitellariinae: Gateway to the Stratiomyidae (Diptera)
Colin A. Brammer, Carol Von Dohlen
9:18 AM0030The dance fly (Diptera: Empididae) composition of Mount Timpanogos, Utah, USA
Todd James Anderson, C. Riley Nelson
9:30 AM0031Systematic revision of Spelobia spuler (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)
Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi, Stephen A. Marshall
9:42 AM0032Investigating the evolution of asymmetrical male genitalia in beetle species from the fraterna complex of the genus Phyllophaga (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini) by incorporating female morphology and phylogenetic data
Maxi Polihronakis
9:54 AMBreak
10:06 AM0033PCR survey of bacteria associated with the armored scale insects (Homoptera:Diaspididae)
Matthew E. Gruwell, Benjamin B. Normark
10:18 AM0034Trichomycetes in larval black flies of the Caucasus: does symbiote endemism reflect host endemism?
Mark Patrick Nelder, Peter H. Adler, Eugenie A. Kachvorian
10:30 AM0035The fauna of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera of Missouri state parks with notes on biomonitoring, mesohabitat associations, and distribution
Michael Ferro, Robert W. Sites
10:42 AM0036The ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Alabama
Jason A. Forster, Michael L. Williams
10:54 AM0037Species diversity and community structure of Trichoptera (caddisflies) in northern Florida ravine ecosystems
Andrew K. Rasmussen, Manuel L. Pescador, Steven C. Harris
11:06 AM0038Bark beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) diversity in the Ecuadorian rain forest canopy
Stephanie A. Stephens, Anthony I. Cognato
11:30 AM0039Geographic variations of cuticular hydrocarbons among populations of Dolomedes triton
Kelly C. Kissane

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