Ten-Minute Papers, SEB: Ecology and Evolution

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 7:15 AM-11:00 AM
Room 102, First Floor (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Janice Bossart
Robert Kula
7:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
7:20 AM
Species of chalkbrood (Ascosphaera) competing within the honey bee (Apis mellifera) host
Svjetlana Vojvodic, University of Copenhagen; Annette B. Jensen, University of Copenhagen; Jørgen Eilenberg, University of Copenhagen
7:32 AM
Determining the genetic diversity and population structure of non-managed honey bee (Apis mellifera) nests collected throughout North Carolina
Deborah A. Delaney, Washington State University; David Tarpy, North Carolina State University
8:20 AM
New species of entomopathogenic nematodes from Chile
Steve Edgington, CABI; Dave Moore, CABI; Loreto Merino, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias; Andrés France, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias
8:32 AM
Geographical variation in pyrethroid knockdown resistance allele frequencies in the bed bug, Cimex lectularius, across the United States
Warren Booth, North Carolina State University; Coby Schal, North Carolina State University; Edward L. Vargo, North Carolina State University
8:56 AM
Patterns of genetic variation and host adaptation in the bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi, in southern Australia
Isabel Valenzuela, The University of Melbourne; Peter M. Ridland, Consulting Entomologist; Mallik M. Malipatil, Department of Primary Industries; Andrew R. Weeks, The University of Melbourne; Ary A. Hoffmann, University of Melbourne
9:08 AM
Break
9:23 AM
A matrix format identification key to the Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera) of Georgia, US
Su Yee Lim, University of Georgia; Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia; Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia; Brian T. Forschler, University of Georgia
9:35 AM
The Cotesia flavipes complex, polydnavirus and host-associated biotypes
Kate Muirhead, The University of Adelaide; Andrew Austin, University of Adelaide
9:59 AM
Waiter, there is a wasp in my soup! A quantitative assessment of pan trap color preference in Hymenoptera
Robert R. Kula, USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory; Matthew L. Buffington, USDA - ARS; Sam Droege, U.S. Geological Survey; Michael W. Gates, USDA, Systematic Entomology Laboratory; Abigail R. Kula, University of Maryland-College Park; David R. Smith, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
10:11 AM
Historical and contemporary demography of United States populations of western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera)
Kenneth Oswald, US Environmental Protection Agency; Uwe Stolz, US Environmental Protection Agency; Mark Bagley, US Environmental Protection Agency
10:23 AM
Cuticular hydrocarbons in Kurdistan populations of Anopheles maculipennis complex (Diptera: Culicidae)
Mahmood Reza Nikbakhtzadeh, Tarbiat Modares University; Samrand Saeedi, Tarbiat Modares University
10:35 AM
Where’s the trade-off?  Plasticity of development in response to degree of environmental variability in Aedes albopictus
Donald A. Yee, University of Southern Mississippi; Steven A. Juliano, Illinois State University; Steven M. Vamosi, University of Calgary
10:47 AM
Marching with microbes: bacterial communities of the army ants
Jacob A. Russell, Drexel University; Colin Funaro, Drexel University; Daniel Kronauer, Harvard University; Corrie S. Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History; Benjamin Goldman-Huertas, Harvard University; David Suh, Drexel University; Naomi E. Pierce, Harvard University
10:59 AM
Concluding Remarks