Systematics, Evolutionary Ecology, and Plant Disease Vectors in Auchenorrhyncha

Tuesday, December 14, 2010: 1:00 PM-5:05 PM
Garden Salon 2 (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizers:
Julie M. Urban
Charles Bartlett
1:00 PM
Introductory remarks:  Auchenorrhyncha symposium
Charles Bartlett, University of Delaware
1:20 PM
1:35 PM
Systematics of Cercopoidea (Hemiptera)
Adam Bell, New York State Museum
1:50 PM
Phylogeny of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera) and evolution of the leafhopper vectors of Xylella
Daniela M. Takiya, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2:05 PM
Contributions of antennal characters to phylogenetic analysis of Auchenorrhyncha
KG. Andrew Hamilton, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Biodiversity
2:20 PM
Break 1
2:47 PM
A survey of planthopper pathogen vectors (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)
Stephen W. Wilson, University of Central Missouri
3:02 PM
Bacterial endosymbionts of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera)
Julie M. Urban, New York State Museum
3:32 PM
Break 2
3:59 PM
4:14 PM
4:29 PM
Biogeography of leafhopper (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) vectors and the spiroplasmas they transmit:  A moving target
Astri Wayadande, Oklahoma State University; Jacqueline Fletcher, Oklahoma State University
4:59 PM
Concluding remarks:  Auchenorrhyncha symposium
Charles Bartlett, University of Delaware
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