Sunday, November 16, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM

Room A9, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Ten-Minute Papers, Section SEB2 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity

Moderator(s): Daniel J Funk
Sibyl Bucheli
1:30 PM Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM0316Canopy fogging reveals diversity of Scolytinae (Coleotera: Curculionidae) in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Stephanie Dole, Anthony Cognato, Terry Erwin
1:47 PM0317Multiple introductions of the invasive root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) from the Caribbean into the United States
Marina Ascunce, DeWayne Shoemaker, Herb Nigg
1:59 PM 0318Predatory and parasitic mites associated with mosquitoes in New Jersey
Anwar L. Bilgrami, Peter Bosak
2:11 PM 0319Fecal case -associated maternal effects promote postmating isolation between Neochlamisus bebbianae host forms
Daniel J. Funk, Scott P. Egan
2:23 PM 0320Native, hybrid and invasive fire ants (Solenopsis spp.) in northeastern Mexico
Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña, Manuela C. Chacón-Cardosa, Diana Resendez-Perez
2:35 PM0321Re-investigation of cuticular hydrocarbons in imported fire ants: Evidence for a second type of hybrid Solenopsis fire ant?
Li Chen, Henry Y. Fadamiro
2:47 PM 0322Behavioral flexibility and repertoire expansion in the ant: Testing the hypothesis?
Marc A Seid
2:59 PM Break
3:11 PM0323Task and venom specialization in workers and alates of Termitopone commutata
Justin Schmidt, William Overal
3:23 PM0324Resetting the path integrator during tunnel excavation by the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Paul Bardunias, Nan-Yao Su
3:35 PM 0325Larval performance, adult behavior, and the colonization of alfalfa by Lycaeides melissa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Matthew L Forister, Chris C Nice, James A Fordyce, Zachariah Gompert
3:47 PM 0326Measuring temporal and spatial dynamics in tropical butterfly communities
Gloria Luque, John W. Wenzel, Philip De Vries
3:59 PM0327Population structure of the potato tuberworm Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the United States
Raul F Medina, Silvia I. Rondon
4:11 PM 0328Pathway analysis of the Mediterranean fruit fly using mitochondrial DNA
Norman Barr
4:23 PM 0329Wormholes, sensory nets, and hypertrophied tactile setae: The extraordinary defense strategies of Brenthia caterpillars
Jadranka Rota, David L. Wagner
4:35 PM 0330Wind tunnel selection for an evolutionary change in pheromone blend ratio specificity in male moths
Kenneth Haynes, Jeremy Allison
4:47 PM 0331Caterpillars and casualty: Working a death scene in Galveston, TX
Sibyl, R. Bucheli, Joan Bytheway
4:59 PM0332Fitness costs of insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis
Aaron J. Gassmann, Yves Carrière, Bruce E. Tabashnik
5:11 PM Concluding Remarks

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