2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB3. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy

Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB3. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy

Moderators:

Yves Alarie and Terry Erwin

Introductory Remarks

A revision of the braconid subfamily Euphorinae
C. Andy Boring, University of Kentucky

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A Madagascan explosion of species: The genus Trichoteleia (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
Elijah Talamas, The Ohio State University; Norman F. Johnson, The Ohio State University

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Evolution of nocturnal velvet ants (Hymentoptera: Mutillidae): Driven by Neogene vicariance or Pleistocene climate change?
Joseph S. Wilson, Utah State University; James P. Pitts, Utah State University

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A revisionary study of the genus Dasychela (Diptera: Tabanidae) with reference to the evolution of extreme morphologies
Keith Bayless, North Carolina State University

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Towards a revision of the entire-eyed owlflies (Ascalaphidae: Haplogleniinae)
Joshua R. Jones, Texas A&M University

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Revision of the North American Asidini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Aaron D. Smith, Michigan State University

Progress towards a revision of Camptocerus Dejean (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Sarah M. Smith, Michigan State University; Anthony I. Cognato, Michigan State University

Break

A controversial evolutionary oddball: Life table analysis of the wekiu bug (Nysius wekiuicola), a unique high alpine desert scavenger lygaeid from Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Jesse A. Eiben, University of Hawaii - Manoa; Dan Rubinoff, University of Hawaii - Manoa

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A generic revision of ichneutine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Ray Fisher, University of Kentucky; Michael J. Sharkey, University of Kentucky; Ashley P. G. Dowling, University of Arkansas

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Phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Stenamma: Uncovering the evolutionary origins of Mesoamerican taxa
Michael G. Branstetter, University of California, Davis

Nesocyrtosoma (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): A classic Greater Antillean/Montserrat distribution
Katie J. Hopp, Montana State University; Michael Ivie, Montana State University

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Rapid evolution of hybrid male sterility in the phytophogous insect, Dendroctonus ponderosae
Ryan Bracewell, Utah State University; Barbara J. Bentz, USDA Forest Service; Karen Mock, Utah State University; Michael Pfrender, Utah State University

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When the small beetles tell the story of the big world: Towards the monograph of the rove beetle genus Hyperomma (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
Andrea M. Schomann, SNM, Zoologisk Museum; Alexey Y. Solodovnikov, SNM, Zoologisk Museum

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Evolution of horny weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)

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