Session: Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, SysEB: Morphology, Physiology, and Character Evolution (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Monday, December 13, 2010: 9:20 AM-12:00 PM

Ascot (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)

Organizer:

Moderator:

Susan J. Weller

9:20 AM

Introductory Remarks

9:25 AM

0546

Age and dietary conditions influence male insemination success in the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens)

James F. Harwood, University of California, Davis ; Kehui Chen, University of California, Davis ; Hans-Georg Müller, University of California, Davis ; Jane-Ling Wang, University of California, Davis ; Amy E. Morice, University of California, Davis ; James R. Carey, University of California, Davis

9:37 AM

0548

Does the thistledown velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) mimic Creosote bush seeds? A phylogenetic approach

Kevin A. Williams, Utah State University ; Joseph S. Wilson, University of Nevada, Reno ; James P. Pitts, Utah State University

9:49 AM

0549

The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in Dendroctonus bark beetles

Ryan Bracewell, University of Montana ; Diana Six, College of Forestry and Conservation ; Barbara Bentz, USDA Forest Service

10:01 AM

0550

The evolution of bioluminescence within the firefly genus Phausis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Alicia M Hodson, University of Florida ; Marc A. Branham, University of Florida

10:13 AM

Break

10:28 AM

0551

Separating the sexes: Sexual dimorphism in the genus Coccinella and the implications for conservation research

Leo Stellwag, Cornell University ; John E. Losey, Cornell University

10:40 AM

0552

Tackling the caste problem: A new morphological tool for the termites (Isoptera) of the southeastern United States

Charles DR Stephen, Auburn University ; Xing P Hu, Auburn University ; Charles H Ray, Auburn University

10:52 AM

0553

Geographic differences in body size in the big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala

Bill D. Wills, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign ; Andrew V. Suarez, University of Illinois

11:04 AM

0554

Matrix key to the Reticulitermes spp. (Rhinotermitidae) found in Georgia, USA

Su Yee Lim, University of Georgia ; Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia ; Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia ; Brian T. Forschler, University of Georgia

11:16 AM

0555

Identification of larvae of the wireworm complex (Coleoptera: Elateridae) collected from wheat and barley crops in Montana

Morales-Rodriguez Anuar, Montana State University ; Aracely Ospina, Montana State University ; Kewin W. Wanner, Montana State University

11:28 AM

0556

Phylogenetic diversity and trait conservation in Bombus communities in North America

Alexandra N. Harmon-Threatt, UC Berkeley

11:40 AM

Concluding Remarks

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