The Long and Short of Longicorns: Cerambycid Workers Symposium

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM
Room 207, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Organizers:
Ann M. Ray
Amy Berkov
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:45 AM
The impact of canopy microclimate on branch colonization by Neotropical cerambycid beetles
Christina Lee, The City College of New York-CUNY; Amy Berkov, City College of New York
9:05 AM
Elytroleptus Dugés (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): the mean, mimetic, killing machines
Traci L. Grzymala, University of New Mexico; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico
9:25 AM
Break
9:35 AM
Ecological and molecular perspectives on the pheromones of the Cerambycinae
Robert F. Mitchell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside; Hugh M. Robertson, University of Illinois; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois
9:55 AM
The role of pheromones in the mate location and recognition behavior of Mallodon dasystomus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Matthew D. Ginzel, Purdue University; Nathan M. Schiff, USDA - Forest Service; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside; Annie Spikes, Purdue University
10:15 AM
Potential for management of Prionus californicus (Cerambycidae: Prioninae) in hop using female sex pheromone
Elin Maki, USDA - ARS; Jocelyn G. Millar, University of California, Riverside; Lawrence M. Hanks, University of Illinois; James D. Barbour, University of Idaho
10:35 AM
Intracellular gut symbionts in Neotropical and temperate cerambycid beetles
Olga Calderon, City University of New York; Amy Berkov, City College of New York
10:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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