Monday, December 11, 2006: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room 104 (Convention Center)
Student Competition for the President's Prize, Section A4. Systematics, Morphology, and Evolution
Moderator(s):	Nico Franz Katharina Dittmar
8:30 AM			Introductory Remarks
8:35 AM	0240		Hydropsychid phylogeny and evolution of the phallic apparatus (Trichoptera) Christy Jo Geraci, Karl M. Kjer, John C. Morse
8:47 AM	0241		Phylogeny of the caddisfly subfamily Protoptilinae (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae)   Desiree R. Robertson, Ralph W. Holzenthal, Karl M. Kjer
8:59 AM	0242		Phylogeny of Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and the evolution of locust phase polyphenism   Hojun Song
9:11 AM	0243		Mitochondrial genome evolution and phylogeny of Orthoptera   J. Daniel Fenn, Stephen Cameron, Michael F. Whiting
9:23 AM	0244		Genetic variation of color polymorphic western flower thrips in California   Cheryle A. O'Donnell
9:35 AM			Break
9:47 AM	0245		Characterization of microbial symbionts from Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), western flower thrips Lisa J. Chanbusarakum, Diane Ullman
9:59 AM	0246		Host use evolution and diversification in Phytomyza leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae)   Isaac S. Winkler, Sonja J. Scheffer, Charles Mitter
10:11 AM	0247		Phylogenetic relationships of the nematocerous Diptera inferred from molecular and morphological characters   Matthew Bertone, Greg Courtney, Brian Wiegmann
10:23 AM	0248		Taxonomic revision of the genus Schildia (Aldrich, 1923) (Diptera: Asilidae) with descriptions of new extant and fossil species   Torsten Dikow, Keith Bayless
10:35 AM	0249		Towards the phylogeny of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) - Evidence from morphology of the imagines   Torsten Dikow

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