2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Display Presentations, Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity Section

D0509

Distribution and morphological variation in Bahamian grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Sherilyn G. F. Smith, Le Moyne College; David L. Smith, Siena College; Nancy B. Elliott, Siena College; Michelle R. Severson, New York College of Chiropractic

D0510

Phylogeography of the odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile)
Sean Menke, North Carolina State University; Warren Booth, North Carolina State University; Robert R Dunn, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

D0522

Musculature of the maxillo-labium and hypopharynx in lepidopteran larvae
Francesca Vegliante, Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Museum fuer Tierkunde

D0534

Survey of sharpshooters (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) in Oklahoma vineyards and nurseries
Lisa M. Overall, Oklahoma State University; Eric Rebek, Oklahoma State University

D0511

A new method for distinguishing colony social forms of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta
DeWayne Shoemaker, USDA ARS; Marina Ascunce, USDA ARS

D0523

Surveys of Lepidoptera and Odonata at Kings Mountain National Military Park, and both Kings Mountain and Crowders Mountain State Parks in Clemson University's Creative Inquiry Program
Joseph D. Culin, Clemson University

D0535

The complete mitochondrial genome of the blue-green sharpshooter, Graphocephala atropunctata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Laura E. Hunnicutt, North Carolina State University; Wayne B. Hunter, USDA ARS U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory; Jerry J. Mozoruk, Florida Atlantic University

D0512

Woodland encroachment and ant communities of the Great Basin
James McIver, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center - Oregon State University

D0524

Mating success and reproduction of Cry1Ab -susceptible and –resistant sugarcane borer
Jin Liu, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Abner Hammond, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Mukti Ghimire, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; B. Rogers Leonard, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Fangneng Huang, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

D0536

How simple bioacoustic techniques help to resolve taxonomic problems: The case of birch-feeding Oncopsis-leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Europe
Roland Mühlethaler, National Museum of Wales; Michael R. Wilson, National Museum of Wales

D0513

Impact of Solenopsis invicta on prairie insects essential for the survival of the endangered Attwater’s prairie-chicken
Alejandro A. Calixto, Texas A&M University; Bart Drees, Texas A&M University; Mike Morrow, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge; Donna Roach, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge; Johhnny Johnson, Texas A&M University; Therese Catanach, Texas A&M University

D0525

Oviposition preference of Megathymus yuccae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): Effects of host plant and microhabitat variables
Bret M. Boyd, University of Florida; Matthew D. Trager, University of Florida; Jaret C. Daniels, University of Florida; J. Akers Pence, University of Florida

D0537

Seasonal life history of Corimelaena incognita (Hemiptera: Thyreocoridae) in New Mexico
Scott Bundy, New Mexico State University; J. E. McPherson, Southern Illinois University

D0514

Classical biological control of the Asian chestnut gall wasp in Italy by the introduction of Japanese-sourced Chinese parasitoid, Torymus sinensis Kamijo, since 2003
Seiichi Moriya, National Agricultural Research Center; Ambra Quacchia, University of Turin; Chiara Gerbaudo, University of Turin; Giovanni Bosio, Phytosanitary Service-Piemonte Region; Alberto Alma, University of Turin

D0526

Caterpillars at the beach!: Biology of Brephidium pseudofea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and physiological adaptations of larvae to tidal inundation
Valerie C. McManus, University of Florida; Jaret C. Daniels, University of Florida; Daniel A. Hahn, University of Florida

D0538

The planthopper genus Pentagramma (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in the United States: Morphology of the male and female genitalia
Stephen W. Wilson, University of Central Missouri; Megan M. Zeller, University of Missouri

D0515

Genetic characterization of U.S. feral honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations using mitochondrial and microsatellite markers
Deborah A. Delaney, North Carolina State University; Walter S. Sheppard, Washington States University

D0527

The biodiversity of the Castniinae (Lepidoptera:Castniidae)
Jacqueline Miller, University of Florida

D0539

Observations on the 2008 emergence of the periodical cicadas in southwestern Ohio
Gene Kritsky, College of Mount St. Joseph; Andrew Hoelmer, College of Mount St. Joseph; Margaret Noble, College of Mount St. Joseph

D0516

The bees of Puerto Rico with notes on the Antillean fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Julio A. Genaro, York University; Nico M. Franz, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

D0528

Confounding coneworms: Delimiting species in the 'raised-scale' groups of Dioryctria
Amanda D. Roe, University of Alberta; Daniel R. Miller, USDA Forest Service; Susan J. Weller, University of Minnesota

D0540

Mitochondrial DNA divergence in Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae)
Prasad S. Burange, North Dakota State University; Richard L. Roehrdanz, USDA ARS RRVARC; Mark A. Boetel, North Dakota State University; S. G. Sears, USDA ARS RRVARC

D0517

Molecular diagnostics of Hawaiian Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera) using species-specific oligonucleotide primers and multiplex PCR
Richard Stouthamer, University of California, Riverside; Paul Rugman-Jones, University of California, Riverside; Robin Bromley, University of California Riverside; Fahriye Sumer, Erciyes Üniversitesi

D0529

Phylogenetic supermatrix analysis of obtectomeran Lepidoptera: Total evidence from 7 genes and 1796 species
Akito Y. Kawahara, University of Maryland; Adam L. Bazinet, University of Maryland; Michael P. Cummings, University of Maryland; . The LepTree Team, Numerous International Institutions

D0541

Phylogeny and morphological evaluation of the genus Aphis (Homoptera: Aphididae)
Doris Lagos, University of Illinois; David Voegtlin, Illinois Natural History Survey; Rosanna Giordano, Illinois Natural History Survey; Felipe Soto-Adames, Illinois Natural History Survey

D0518

Revision of the species of the Neotropical genus Pseudoheptascelio Szabó (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), parasitoids of eggs of Acrididae (Orthoptera)
Luciana Musetti, The Ohio State University; Norman Johnson, The Ohio State University

D0530

Diversity of male sex scales on wings of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera)
Sangmi Lee, Mississippi Entomological Museum; Richard L. Brown Brown, Mississippi Entomological Museum

D0542

Around the world with black locust and the aphid Appendiseta robiniae (Gillette)
Gary Miller, USDA, ARS; A. G. Wheeler, Clemson University

D0519

Systematics of world species of the genus Scelio (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of Acrididae (Orthoptera)
Norman Johnson, The Ohio State University; Musetti Luciana, The Ohio State University; Yoder Matthew J., The Ohio State University; Valerio Alejandro A., The Ohio State University; Talamas Elijah, The Ohio State University

D0531

A comparative survey of proboscis morphology and associated structures in fruit-piercing and blood-sucking moths in the subfamily Calpinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Jennifer M. Zaspel, University of Florida; Marc A. Branham, University of Florida

D0520

The species of the Old World genus Platyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
Charuwat Taekul, The Ohio State University; Johnson Norman, The Ohio State University

D0532

A preliminary phylogeny of the Noctuinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Matthew J. Flom, University of North Dakota; Jared J Hughes, University of North Dakota; Janna L. Mabey, University of North Dakota; Rebecca B. Simmons, University of North Dakota

D0521

Arachnophilia... the Cyphacolus Priesner (Scelionidae: Baeini): Review of the Afro-Oriental-Australasian species
Alejandro A. Valerio, Ohio State University; Andrew Austin, University of Adelaide; Lubomir Masner, Agriculture Canada

D0533

Detection of host-associated differentiation of Acrobasis vaccinii in a native fruit system
Kyle Harrison, Texas A&M University; Raul F Medina, Texas A&M University; Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers University