Wednesday, December 13, 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 202 (Convention Center)

Symposium: Darklings into Light: A Celebration of Tenebrionid Beetle Diversity

Organizer(s): M. Fran Keller, mfkeller@ucdavis.edu
Ian A. Foley, ifoley@montana.edu
8:00 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:10 AM1002Towards a phylogenetic revision of the North American Asidini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) or “what’s in a genus”?
Aaron D. Smith, smit1024@msu.edu
8:30 AM1003Just as elusive as Stenomorpha...wait, am I the only woman working on tenebrionids?  [ Recorded presentation ]
M. Fran Keller, mfkeller@ucdavis.edu
8:50 AM1004Evolution of the tenebrionid subfamily Phrenapatinae, with an emphasis on pupal characters  [ Recorded presentation ]
Pat Bouchard, bouchardpb@agr.gc.ca
9:10 AMBreak
9:25 AM1005Recent surveys of Bahamian Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera)  [ Recorded presentation ]
Warren E. Steiner, steinerw@si.edu
9:45 AM1006Diversity, biodiversity and conservation in Tenebrionidae: An overview
Rolf Aalbu, raalbu@comcast.net
10:05 AM1007Behind the scenes with the systematics and nomenclature of Eleodes: The rest of the story, with apologies to Paul Harvey
Charles A. Triplehorn, Ctriplhrn@aol.com
10:25 AMConcluding Remarks

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