Session: Ten-Minute Papers, SEB: Systematics (2009 ESA Annual Meeting, December 13-16, 2009)

Ten-Minute Papers, SEB: Systematics

Tuesday, December 15, 2009: 7:30 AM-11:00 AM

Room 101, First Floor (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Gavin Svenson
Matthew L. Buffington

7:30 AM

Introductory Remarks

7:35 AM

From Anacathotermes to Zootermopsis (Isoptera): the systematics of lower termites

Jessica L. Ware, American Museum of Natural History; David Grimaldi, American Museum of Natural History

7:47 AM

Illuminating the lanternfly tree: phylogenetic investigation of the planthopper family Fulgoridae and their bacterial endosymbionts

Julie M. Urban, New York State Museum; Jason R. Cryan, New York State Museum

7:59 AM

Delphacid phylogeny (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) and evolutionary host plant associations

Charles Bartlett, University of Delaware; Julie M. Urban, New York State Museum; Jason R. Cryan, New York State Museum

8:11 AM

Higher-level phylogeny and divergence dates of the spittlebug superfamily Cercopoidea (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)

Jason R. Cryan, New York State Museum; Gavin Svenson, New York State Museum

8:23 AM

Phylogeny of the vampire moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and the evolution of hematophagy based on morphological data

Jennifer M. Zaspel, University of Minnesota; Marc A. Branham, University of Florida

8:35 AM

A new dawn for praying mantis systematics (Dictyoptera: Mantodea): reconciling morphology and molecules

Gavin Svenson, New York State Museum

8:47 AM

Building a molecular phylogenetic framework for understanding evolution of Evaniidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea)

Barbara J. Sharanowski, University of Manitoba; Andrew Deans, North Carolina State University

8:59 AM

Divergence estimates and new insights into the early evolution of cynipoid wasps (Hymenoptera)

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

9:11 AM

Break

9:23 AM

Phylogenetic relationships of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) inferred from secondary structural alignment of 18S and 28S rDNA

James Munro, University of California-Riverside; John M. Heraty, University of California; David Hawks, University of California

9:35 AM

Morphological and molecular phylogenetics of Coccinellidae

Ainsley Seago, CSIRO Entomology; Adam Slipinski, CSIRO

9:47 AM

Towards a genus-level phylogeny of the Eustylini Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Nico Franz, University of Puerto Rico; Jennifer C. Girón, University of Puerto Rico; Anyimilehidi Mazo Vargas, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

9:59 AM

DNA, morphology, and bioinformatics: uncovering the systematic biology of Altica species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Tyler D. Eaton, University of Georgia; Laurent LeSage, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, ECORC; Michael W. Ruhl, University of Georgia; Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia

10:11 AM

Revision and phylogeny of the Caribbean weevil genus Apodrosus Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)

Jennifer C. Girón, University of Puerto Rico; Nico Franz, University of Puerto Rico

10:23 AM

A preliminary multi locus phylogeny of Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Stylianos Chatzimanolis, University of Tennessee; Ian Cohen, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Andrea M. Schomann, SNM, Zoologisk Museum; Alexey Solodovnikov, University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum

10:35 AM

Concluding Remarks

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