Session: SEB1 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room A5, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)

Moderators:

Hojun Song
Christiane Weirauch

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

Phylogeny, homoplasy and divergence estimates within Libelluloidea (Anisoptera: Odonata): An exploration of the usefulness of molecular and morphological characters

Jessica L. Ware, American Museum of Natural History; Michael L. May, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Karl M. Kjer, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Audio File

8:17 AM

0724

ITS2 structure, species-specificity and implications for insect genetics and evolution

Michael W. Ruhl, University of Georgia; Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia

8:29 AM

0725

A review of delphacid planthopper systematics (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with emphasis on the New World

Charles Bartlett, University of Delaware

Audio File

8:41 AM

0726

Fossils, systematic methods, and heteropteran classification

Randall T. Schuh, American Museum of Natural History; Gerry Cassis, University of New South Wales

Audio File

8:53 AM

0727

Assassin to bloodsucker: Unraveling higher-level phylogenetics of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

Christiane Weirauch, University of California; James Munro, University of California-Riverside

Audio File

9:05 AM

0728

Systematics and phylogeny of the plant bug tribe Orthotylinae: Austromirini (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Gerry Cassis, University of New South Wales

9:17 AM

0729

Effects of natal environment on male-male competitive success in the cactus bug Narnia femorata (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

Fae A. Nageon de Lestang, University of Florida; Christine W. Miller, University of Florida

9:29 AM

0730

The advantage of calling second: Influence of vibrational masking on male mating success in the leafhopper Macropsis fumipennis

Randy Hunt, Indiana University Southeast

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9:41 AM

Break

9:53 AM

0731

Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the grassland leafhopper tribe Chiasmini (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)

James N. Zahniser, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

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10:05 AM

0733

Systematics, biogeography and conservation of the Pheidole roosevelti group (Hymenoptera: formicidae) in Fiji

Eli M. Sarnat, University of California, Davis; Corrie S. Moreau, University of California-Berkeley

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10:17 AM

0734

Phylogeny and taxonomy of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and close relatives

John S. LaPolla, Towson University; Seán Brady, Smithsonian Institution; Steven O. Shattuck, CSIRO

10:29 AM

0735

Phylogeny of xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) inferred from multiple genes

Anthony Cognato, Michigan State University; Jiri Hulcr, North Carolina State University; Stephanie Dole, Michigan State University; Bjarte Jordal, University of Bergen

10:41 AM

0736

Reassessment of critical type species in the Entiminae: Eustylini, with phylogenetic considerations (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Nico Franz, University of Puerto Rico

10:53 AM

0737

Phylogeny of the tribe Athetini Casey, 1910 and its position in the subfamily Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Hallvard Elven, University of Oslo; Vladimir Gusarov, University of Oslo

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11:05 AM

0738

A reconstructed phylogeny and geographical history of the tribe Omophronini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)