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

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 7:00 AM-1:30 PM

Exhibit Hall 3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Distribution and morphological variation in Bahamian grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Sherilyn G. F. Smith, Le Moyne College; David L. Smith, Le Moyne 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; Rob R. Dunn, North Carolina State University; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

D0511

A new method for distinguishing colony social forms of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

DeWayne Shoemaker, USDA - ARS; Marina Ascunce, University of Florida

D0512

Woodland encroachment and ant communities of the Great Basin

James McIver, Oregon State University

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; John Drake Johnson, Texas A&M University; Therese A. Catanach, Texas A&M

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, Settore Fitosanitario e Servizi Tecnico-scientifici; Alberto Alma, University of Turin

D0515

Genetic characterization of U.S. feral honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations using mitochondrial and microsatellite markers

Deborah A. Delaney, Washington State University; Walter S. Sheppard, Washington State University

D0516

The bees of Puerto Rico with notes on the Antillean fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

Julio A Genaro, York University; Nico Franz, University of Puerto Rico

D0517

Molecular diagnostics of Hawaiian Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera) using species-specific oligonucleotide primers and multiplex PCR

Richard Stouthamer, University of California; Paul Rugman-Jones, University of California; Robin Bromley, University of California Riverside; Fahriye Sumer, Erciyes Üniversitesi

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

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

D0520

The species of the Old World genus Platyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)

Charuwat Taekul, The Ohio State University; Johnson Norman, The Ohio State University

D0521

Arachnophilia... the Cyphacolus Priesner (Scelionidae: Baeini): Review of the Afro-Oriental-Australasian species

Alejandro A. Valerio, The Ohio State University; Andrew Austin, University of Adelaide; Lubomir Masner, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

D0522

Musculature of the maxillo-labium and hypopharynx in lepidopteran larvae

Francesca Vegliante, Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen, Museum fuer Tierkunde

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

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; Fangneng Huang, Louisiana State University

D0525

Oviposition preference of Megathymus yuccae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): Effects of host plant and microhabitat variables

Bret M. Boyd, University of Georgia; Matthew D. Trager, University of Florida; Jaret C. Daniels, University of Florida; J. Akers Pence, University of Florida

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

D0527

The biodiversity of the Castniinae (Lepidoptera:Castniidae)

Jacqueline Miller, University of Florida

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

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

D0530

Diversity of male sex scales on wings of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera)

Sangmi Lee, Arizona State University; Richard L. Brown Brown, Mississippi Entomological Museum

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

D0532

A preliminary phylogeny of the Noctuinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Matthew J. Flom, University of North Dakota; G. Philip Hughes, University of North Dakota; Janna L. Mabey, University of North Dakota; Rebecca B. Simmons, University of North Dakota

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, The State University of New Jersey

D0534

Survey of sharpshooters (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) in Oklahoma vineyards and nurseries

Lisa M. Overall, Oklahoma State University; Eric Rebek, Oklahoma State 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; Jerry J. Mozoruk, Florida Atlantic University

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

D0537

Seasonal life history of Corimelaena incognita (Hemiptera: Thyreocoridae) in New Mexico

C. Scott Bundy, New Mexico State University; JE. McPherson, Southern Illinois University

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

D0539

Observations on the 2008 emergence of the periodical cicadas in southwestern Ohio

Gene Kritsky, Mount St. Joseph University; Andrew T. Hoelmer, College of Mount St. Joseph; Margaret Noble, College of Mount St. Joseph

D0540

Mitochondrial DNA divergence in Lygus lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Prasad Burange, North Dakota State University; Richard L. Roehrdanz, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Mark A. Boetel, North Dakota State University; Sheila G Sears, USDA-ARS-RRVARC

D0541

Phylogeny and morphological evaluation of the genus Aphis (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Doris Lagos, University of Illinois; David Voegtlin, University of Illinois; Rosanna Giordano, University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey; Felipe N. Soto-Adames, University of Illinois

D0542

Around the world with black locust and the aphid Appendiseta robiniae (Gillette)

Gary L. Miller, USDA - ARS; AG. Wheeler, Clemson University

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