2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Heteropterists Conference

Heteropterists Conference

Organizers:

Scott Bundy and Jeffrey Bradshaw

Welcoming Remarks

Potential taxonomic value of the male naughty bits of Murgantia, based on comparison of M. histrionica, M. varicolor, and M. violascens (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
J. E. McPherson, Southern Illinois University; Imtiaz Ahmad, University of Karachi

The higher classification of the Rhyparochromidae (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea)
Merrill Sweet, Texas A&M University

Tur pod bugs (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Clavigrallini) in India
Paula Levin Mitchell, Winthrop University; Reetika Gupta Hegde, University of Delhi; Ashok Kumar Singh, University of Delhi

The first New World representative of Chorosoma (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae): A contribution in honor of Michail Josifov
Carl W. Schaefer, University of Connecticut; J. D. Lattin, Oregon State University; M. D. Schwartz, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Mo' Molecules

Break

Revisionary work on the New World phylinae genus Reuteroscopus (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Randall T. Schuh, American Museum of Natural History; Christine Johnson, American Museum of Natural History

Ant mimicry in the Miridae: Occurrence across subfamilies, general habits, and novel morphological characteristics
Thomas J. Henry, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA-ARS

Feeding, nutrition and ovarian development in closely-related, cohabiting species: Orius insidiosus and Orius pumilio (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)
Jeffery Shapiro, USDA ARS; Paul D. Shirk, USDA ARS

Quo vadis, Heteroptera: Progress in true bug cladistics during the past two decades
Christiane Weirauch, University of California Riverside

Concluding Remarks

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