For the Love of Longicornia: Cerambycid Workers Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room A4, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Ann M. Ray
Amy Berkov
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)
Duane McKenna, Harvard University; Steven W. Lingafelter, National Museum of Natural History; Brandon Geller, Harvard University; Brian Farrell, Harvard University
1:55 PM
Identifying habitat requirements for two longhorned beetles, Gaurotes cyanipennis and Urgleptes querci
Shulin Yang, Purdue University; Jeffrey D. Holland, Purdue University; Kapil Raje, Purdue University
2:35 PM
Longhorned beetle gut microcosms and cellulose digestion
Kelli Hoover, Pennsylvania State University; Scott Geib, USDA - ARS; Ming Tien, Pennsylvania State University
2:55 PM
Break
3:10 PM
3:50 PM
Volatile pheromones of cerambycine longhorned beetles
Ann M. Ray, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois
4:30 PM
Discussion
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