Session: Student Competition for the President's Prize, SEB: Phylogenetics and Evolution (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Monday, December 14, 2009: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM

Room 104, First Floor (Convention Center)

Moderators:

John Wenzel
Ainsley Seago

8:30 AM

8:35 AM

Description and phylogeny of a new Neotropical genus of Acalyptini associated with cyclanth inflorescences (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae)

Juliana Cardona-Duque, University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez ; Nico Franz, University of Puerto Rico

8:47 AM

0458

Paridris and Trichoteleia: Pandora’s Taxonomic Box

Elijah Talamas, The Ohio State University ; Norman Johnson, The Ohio State University ; Lubomir Masner, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

8:59 AM

0459

Factors contributing to the dear enemy phenomenon between two invasive ant species, the Argentine ant and the Asian needle ant

Eleanor Spicer, North Carolina State University ; Jules Silverman, North Carolina State University

9:11 AM

0460

Evolution of contrasting defensive strategies within the North American Asidini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Aaron D. Smith, Michigan State University ; Anthony, I. Cognato, Michigan State University

9:23 AM

0461

The contribution of morphology to a phylogenetic analysis of Crambidia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae): a preliminary investigation

Clare H. Scott, University of Florida ; Marc Branham, University of Florida

9:35 AM

Break

9:47 AM

0462

Evolution of cannibalism in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, in response to a host-plant shift?

Karyn Collie, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York ; Mitchell Baker, The City University of New York - Queens College

9:59 AM

0464

Phylogeny and and evolution of sexual morphology in Argia (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Ryan Caesar, The Ohio State University ; John W. Wenzel, The Ohio State University

10:11 AM

0465

Exploring the evolution and diversity of Hawaii's endemic seed bugs, Nysius (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)

Jesse A. Eiben, University of Hawaii-Manoa ; Daniel Z. Rubinoff, University of Hawaii at Manoa

10:23 AM

0466

Evolution of katydids, a preliminary molecular phylogeny of the family Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera)

Joseph D. Mugleston, Brigham Young University ; Hojun Song, Brigham Young University ; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University

10:35 AM

0467

Comparative transcriptomics and the evolution of sociality in bees

Brielle J. Fischman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; S. Hollis Woodard, University of Illinois ; Kranthi Varala, University of Illinois ; Sydney A. Cameron, University of Illinois ; Matt E. Hudson, University of Illinois ; Gene E. Robinson, University of Illinois ; Andrew G. Clark, Cornell University

10:47 AM

Concluding Remarks

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