2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008: Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section SEB5. Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiverstiy

Higher-level phylogeny of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) based on larval and pupal morphology: Importance of immatures in interpreting evolution in a mycophagous beetle family
Floyd W. Shockley, University of Georgia; Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia

0539

Population genetic structure of a native fruit pest, the plum curculio beetle (Conotrachelus nenuphar)
Samuel N Crane, American Museum of Natural History

0540

On the longhorned beetles of the world: A phylogeny based on molecular data
Eugenio H. Nearns, University of New Mexico; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico; Ian P. Swift, Placerita Canyon Nature Center

0541

The effects of Quarternary ice ages on the historical demography of a North American species group of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)
Daniel P. Duran, Vanderbilt University; Daniel J Funk, Vanderbilt University

0542

AFLP, mtDNA, and microsatellite analysis of emerald ash borer populations from Asia and North America
Alicia M. Bray, Michigan State University; Leah S. Bauer, USDA Forest Service; Robert A. Haack, USDA Forest Service; Therese M. Poland, USDA Forest Service; James J. Smith, Michigan State University

0543

mtDNA barcoding for taxonomic identification within the genus Agrilus
John Shukle, Purdue University; Jeffrey D. Holland, Purdue University

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0544

Assessing the effects of primer specificity on eliminating numt contamination in DNA barcoding
Matthew J. Moulton, Brigham Young University; Hojun Song, Brigham Young University; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University

0546

Phylogeography, evolution and cryptic diversity of pine-feeding Chionaspis (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) across North America
Rodger Gwiazdowski, University of Massachusetts; Benjamin B. Normark, University of Massachusetts

0547

Molecular phylogeny of the Gracillarioidea: Preliminary evidence from eight genes
Akito Y. Kawahara, University of Maryland; Jerome C. Regier, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute; Donald R. Davis, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution; Atsushi Kawakita, Kyoto University; Charles Mitter, University of Maryland; Issei Ohshima, National Institute for Basic Biology; Jurate De Prins, Royal Museum for Central Africa; Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique; David L. Wagner, University of Connecticut

0548

Phylogenetic investigation of mimicry complexes in Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
Kevin A. Williams, Utah State University; James P. Pitts, Utah State University

0549

A tale of two species: Parthenogenetic and sexual populations of the genus Haploembia Verhoeff found in California
Alicia M Hodson, University of New Mexico; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico