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For the Love of Longicornia: Cerambycid Workers Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room A4, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Ann M. Ray
Amy Berkov


1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
0804
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
Duane McKenna, Harvard University ; Steven W. Lingafelter, USDA, Systematic Entomology Laboratory ; Brandon Geller, Harvard University ; Brian Farrell, Harvard University
1:55 PM
0805
Identifying habitat requirements for two longhorned beetles, Gaurotes cyanipennis and Urgleptes querci
Shulin Yang, Purdue University ; Jeffrey D. Holland, Purdue University ; Kapil Raje, Purdue University
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:15 PM
0806
Endemicity and biogeography of Cerambycidae in a biodiversity hotspot: The California Floristic Province
Ian P. Swift, Placerita Canyon Nature Center
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:35 PM
0807
Longhorned beetle gut microcosms and cellulose digestion
Kelli Hoover, Pennsylvania State University ; Scott Geib, Pennsylvania State University ; Ming Tien, Pennsylvania State University
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:55 PM
Break
3:10 PM
0808
Cerambycidae of the Atlantic Rainforest
Marcela Monné, Museu Nacional
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:30 PM
0809
Cerambycid beetles associated with the Brazil nut family in disjunct Neotropical forests
Amy Berkov, The City College of New York, CUNY
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:50 PM
0810
Volatile pheromones of cerambycine longhorned beetles
Ann M. Ray, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign ; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside ; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Audio File Recorded presentation
4:10 PM
0811
Coleopteran jujitsu and sub-elytral mating territories: Sexual selection in the giant harlequin beetle and its phoretic pseudoscorpion
Jeanne Zeh, University of Nevada, Reno
Audio File Recorded presentation
4:30 PM
Discussion
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