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Systematics and Diversity of Coleoptera

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room A5, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer:
M. Fran Keller


1:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:05 PM
1146
The genus Neatus LeConte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in North America, with the description of a new and widespread “cryptic” species
Warren E. Steiner, Smithsonian Institution
Audio File Recorded presentation
1:20 PM
Break
1:25 PM
1147
Diversity of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea)
Michael Ivie, Montana State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
1:40 PM
Break
1:45 PM
1148
300+ ways to tumble in the canopy: A look at the Mordellidae of Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
Christy Jo Geraci, Smithsonian Institution ; Terry Erwin, Smithsonian Institution
2:00 PM
Break
2:05 PM
1149
Phylogeny of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera): Are we making any progress?
Adam Slipinski, CSIRO Entomology ; Wioletta Tomaszewska, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences ; J. Adriano Giorgi, University of Georgia
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:20 PM
Break
2:25 PM
1150
Diversity and status of Stenomorpha Solier 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Asidini)
M. Fran Keller, University of California, Davis
Audio File Recorded presentation Recorded presentation
2:40 PM
Intermission
2:55 PM
1151
How are new taxa discovered, with case histories from Tenebrionidae
Charles A. Triplehorn, The Ohio State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:10 PM
Break
3:15 PM
1152
Diversity of Paussinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Wendy Moore, California Academy of Sciences
3:30 PM
Break
3:35 PM
1153
Diversity and evolution of Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Stylianos Chatzimanolis, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga ; Alexey Solodovnikov, University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum ; Alfred F. Newton, Field Museum of Natural History ; Michael S. Engel, University of Kansas
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:50 PM
Break
3:55 PM
1154
Systematics and diversity of Nitidulidae (Coleoptera)
Andrew R. Cline, CDFA
4:10 PM
Break
4:15 PM
1155
Systematics, diversity and biogeography of the Anamorphinae (Coleoptera: Endomychidae), with additional comments about the neotropical genus Bystus
Floyd W. Shockley, University of Georgia
Audio File Recorded presentation
4:30 PM
Concluding Remarks
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