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SEB2 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity

Sunday, November 16, 2008: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Room A9, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Moderators:
Daniel J. Funk
Sibyl R. Bucheli
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
0316
Canopy fogging reveals diversity of Scolytinae (Coleotera: Curculionidae) in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Stephanie Dole, Michigan State University; Anthony Cognato, Michigan State University; Terry Erwin, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Audio File
1:47 PM
0317
Multiple introductions of the invasive root weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) from the Caribbean into the United States
Marina Ascunce, University of Florida; DeWayne Shoemaker, USDA - ARS; Herb Nigg, University of Florida
Audio File
1:59 PM
0318
Predatory and parasitic mites associated with mosquitoes in New Jersey
Anwar L. Bilgrami, Department of Mosquito Control; Peter Bosak, Department of Mosquito Control
2:11 PM
0319
Fecal case -associated maternal effects promote postmating isolation between Neochlamisus bebbianae host forms
Daniel J. Funk, Vanderbilt University; Scott P. Egan, Vanderbilt University
2:23 PM
0320
Native, hybrid and invasive fire ants (Solenopsis spp.) in northeastern Mexico
Sergio R. Sanchez-Peña, Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro; Manuela C. Chacón-Cardosa, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon; Diana Resendez-Perez, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
2:35 PM
0321
Re-investigation of cuticular hydrocarbons in imported fire ants: Evidence for a second type of hybrid Solenopsis fire ant?
Li Chen, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Henry Y. Fadamiro, Auburn University
Audio File
2:47 PM
0322
Behavioral flexibility and repertoire expansion in the ant: Testing the hypothesis?
Marc A. Seid, University of Scranton
2:59 PM
Break
3:11 PM
0323
Task and venom specialization in workers and alates of Termitopone commutata
Justin Schmidt, Southwestern Biological Institute; William Overal, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Audio File
3:23 PM
0324
Resetting the path integrator during tunnel excavation by the Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Paul Bardunias, State University of New York; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida
Audio File
3:35 PM
0325
Larval performance, adult behavior, and the colonization of alfalfa by Lycaeides melissa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Matthew Forister, University of Nevada; Chris C Nice, Texas State University, San Marcos; James A. Fordyce, University of Tennessee; Zachariah Gompert, University of Wyoming
3:47 PM
0326
Measuring temporal and spatial dynamics in tropical butterfly communities
Gloria M. Luque, Université Paris Sud; John W. Wenzel, The Ohio State University; Philip De Vries, University of New Orleans
3:59 PM
0327
Population structure of the potato tuberworm Phthorimaea operculella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the United States
Raul F. Medina, Texas A&M University; Silvia I. Rondon, Oregon State University
Audio File
4:11 PM
0328
Pathway analysis of the Mediterranean fruit fly using mitochondrial DNA
Norman Barr, USDA - APHIS
4:23 PM
0329
Wormholes, sensory nets, and hypertrophied tactile setae: The extraordinary defense strategies of Brenthia caterpillars
Jadranka Rota, Smithsonian Institution; David L. Wagner, University of Connecticut
4:35 PM
0330
Wind tunnel selection for an evolutionary change in pheromone blend ratio specificity in male moths
Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky; Jeremy Allison, Louisiana State University
4:47 PM
0331
Caterpillars and casualty: Working a death scene in Galveston, TX
Sibyl R. Bucheli, Sam Houston State University; Joan A. Bytheway, Sam Houston State University
4:59 PM
0332
Fitness costs of insect resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis
Aaron J. Gassmann, Iowa State University; Yves Carrière, University of Arizona; Bruce E. Tabashnik, University of Arizona
Audio File
5:11 PM
Concluding Remarks
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