Session: SEB4 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity (2008 ESA Annual Meeting, November 16-19, 2008)

SEB4 Ten-Minute Papers, Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity

Wednesday, November 19, 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

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

Moderators:

Stephen Cameron
Matthew L. Buffington

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:05 AM

Evolution of eusociality in termites driven by carbon-nitrogen imbalance

Yutaka Kobayashi, University of Florida; Paul Bardunias, State University of New York; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida

8:17 AM

Caste in the swarming wasps: Queenless societies in highly social insects

Fernando Noll, UNESP; John W. Wenzel, The Ohio State University

8:29 AM

The mass departure of a honey bee (Apis mellifera) swarm from its parental nest: Triggering signals, identity of signalers, and functional organization

Juliana Rangel, North Carolina State University; Thomas D. Seeley, Cornell University

8:41 AM

Determinants and scaling of body size and fecundity in the sexual and asexual generations of the gall former Belonocnema treatae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)

Glen Hood, Texas State University - San Marcos; James R. Ott, Texas State University

8:53 AM

Divergence estimates of the Cynipoidea: Insights into the evolution of gall induction

Matthew L. Buffington, USDA - ARS; Seán Brady, Smithsonian Institution

9:05 AM

Development of Melittobia digitata Dahms (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Jorge M. Gonzalez, California State University; S. Bradleigh Vinson, Texas A&M University; Martin Aluja, Instituto de Ecología

9:17 AM

Taxonomic study on the genus Coccobius Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), with description of three new species from Georgia

George Japoshvili, Agricultural University of Georgia; Ismail Karaca, Suleyman Demirel University

9:29 AM

Break

9:41 AM

Pan trap color preference for Hymenoptera in a forest clearing

Robert Kula, USDA - ARS

9:53 AM

Diversity of North American Pogonognathellus (Collembola: Tomoceridae)

Ernest C. Bernard, University of Tennessee; K.L. Felderhoff, North Carolina State University; Kyung-Hwa Park, Chonbuk National University; John K. Moulton, University of Tennessee

10:05 AM

The dance flies of Madagascar: Revealing an unknown diversity

Whitney Swink, North Carolina State University

10:17 AM

Molecular phylogeny of the horse flies: A framework for renewing tabanid taxonomy

Shelah I. Morita, University of Stellenbosch; Keith M. Bayless, North Carolina State University; Brian M. Wiegmann, North Carolina State University

10:29 AM

Population and community structure of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) at a former aluminum processing center

Meaghan Sutherland, The Ohio State University

10:41 AM

Distribution and relative abundance of economically important Anobiidae (Coleoptera) in Wisconsin forests and structures

Rachel Ann Arango, USDA - Forest Service; Dan Young, University of Wisconsin

10:53 AM

Long-term metapopulation dynamics of Bahamian ants

Lloyd Morrison, Missouri State University

11:05 AM

Revision of Cliniodes genus (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

James Hayden, Cornell University

11:17 AM

Concluding Remarks

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