Session: Heteropterists Conference (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Heteropterists Conference

Sunday, December 13, 2009: 2:20 PM-5:00 PM

Room 106, First Floor (Convention Center)

Organizers:

C. Scott Bundy
Randall T. Schuh

2:20 PM

Introductory Remarks

2:25 PM

The evolution of sexual color dimorphism in Phymata americana (Heteroptera: Reduviidae): patterns and mechanisms of selection

David Punzalan, University of Ottawa

2:45 PM

Host and distributional patterns in some Australian plant bugs

Randall T. Schuh, American Museum of Natural History

3:05 PM

Evolution of blood-feeding behavior in Triatominae from a phylogenetic perspective (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Wei Song Hwang, University of California, Riverside

3:25 PM

Jeffrey Aldrich, USDA-ARS

3:45 PM

Break

3:55 PM

Monographing Zelus Fabricius (Heteroptera: Reduviidae): a 21st century approach

Guanyang Zhang, Arizona State University

4:15 PM

If you can't stick with the tribe, keep it in the subfamily: molecular and morphological analysis of Phylinae

Katrina L Menard, Texas A&M University

4:35 PM

Review of the Renodaeus species group, with descriptions of four new genera and an update on the generic relationships within the Ceratocapsini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae)

Thomas J. Henry, USDA - ARS

4:55 PM

Concluding Remarks

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