Wednesday, 29 October 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

205/207 (Convention Center (Second Floor))

Ten-Minute Papers, Section A. Systematics, Morphology, and Evolution

Moderator(s): Sonja J. Scheffer
John W. Wenzel
8:00 AM0834Adaptation of Rhagoletis completa to novel environmental conditions: is variability in diapause length correlated with genetic diversity?
Yolanda H. Chen, Susan B. Opp, Stewart Berlocher, George Roderick
8:12 AM0835Geographic distribution of Hessian fly (Diptera:Cecidomyiidae) mitochondrial haplotypes in the United States
Alisha J. Johnson, Richard H. Shukle, Brandi Schemerhorn
8:24 AM0836Genetics of feeding on a novel host plant by a specialist herbivore
Keith R. Hopper
8:36 AM0837Population genetics of Dendroctonus valens LeConte introduced to China
Anthony I. Cognato, Donald Owen, Jianghua Sun, Miguel Anducho
8:48 AM0838What is Coptitarsia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)? Mistaken identity, misplacement, and other quandaries
Rebecca B. Simmons, Michael G. Pogue, Sonja J. Scheffer
9:00 AM0839Species boundaries of the Pulex irritans/simulans complex (Siphonaptera)
Katharina Dittmar de la Cruz, Michael F. Whiting
9:12 AM0840Interpreting sperm storage patterns: fickle females or bumbling males?
Ann H. Fritz
9:24 AM0841Evolution of congeneric inquilines in Tamalia galling aphids
Donald G. Miller, Bernard J. Crespi
9:36 AM0842Two new species of bee-associated soft scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Myzolecaniinae)
Takumasa Kondo, Michael L. Williams
9:48 AM0843A preliminary phylogeographic analysis of the North American Enchenopa binotata species complex (Hemiptera: Membracidae)
Chung-Ping Lin, Reginald B. Cocroft
10:00 AM0844The Enchenopa binotata species complex: local adaptation and trade-offs in a long term field study
Frank W. Stearns, Reginald B. Cocroft, Thomas K. Wood
10:12 AMBreak
10:24 AM0845A molecular phylogeny of Cicadomorpha (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea, Cercopoidea, and Membracoidea)
Jason R. Cryan
10:36 AM0846Relationships of Ferrisia (Pseudococcidae) and the identity crisis of the striped mealybug Ferrisia virgata
Penny J. Gullan, Douglas A. Downie, Shawn A. Steffan
10:48 AM0847Character systems and phylogeny of Eurytomidae: entering the belly of the beast
Michael W. Gates
11:00 AM0848Exploring larval chaetotaxy of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): clarity or confusion?
Alexey Yu. Solodovnikov
11:12 AM0849Caudal processes (urogomphi) and shield architecture in the Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Caroline Chaboo
11:24 AM0850The unbearable lightness of being monophyletic: clade stability and the addition of data -- a case study from erigonine spiders
Jeremy Miller, Gustavo Hormiga
11:36 AM0851The prevalence and importance of paraphyletic species
Daniel J. Funk, Kevin E. Omland
11:48 AM0852The Phylocode does not lead to stability and is not useful
John W. Wenzel

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