Session: Ten-Minute Papers, SysEB: Evolution - Behavior, Anatomy, and Physiology (2010 ESA Annual Meeting (December 12-15, 2010))

Gary J. Blomquist, University of Nevada; Rubi Figueroa-Teran, University of Nevada; William Welch, University of Nevada; Claus Tittiger, University of Nevada

1:41 PM

1223

Nest-site defense by competing honey bee (Apis mellifera) swarms during house-hunting

Juliana Rangel, North Carolina State University; Sean Griffin, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Thomas D. Seeley, Cornell University

1:53 PM

1224

Flagrant flailing and promiscuous pinching: The evolution of courtship display in Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

David A Tanner, Utah State University; Jorge M. Gonzalez, California State University; Robert Matthews, University of Georgia; S. Bradleigh Vinson, Texas A&M University; James P. Pitts, Utah State University

2:05 PM

1225

The eight Cys protease inhibitory domains of potato multicystatin exhibit strong functional variability against digestive Cys proteases of the Colorado potato beetle

Juan Vorster, University of Pretoria; Marie-Claire Goulet, Université Laval; Dominique Michaud, Universite Laval

2:17 PM

Break

2:30 PM

1226

Fine-scale thermal partitioning of ants under the shade of an the tropical rainforest canopy

Terrence P. McGlynn, California State University

2:42 PM

1227

Nursing foragers and worker queens: Behavioral plasticity in the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata

Bert Rivera-Marchand, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Rafael Fernández-Casas, Inter American University of Puerto Rico; Yarira Ortiz-Alvarado, Inter American University of Puerto Rico

2:54 PM

1228

Collective versus individual cognition in decision-making by ant colonies

Stephen C. Pratt, Arizona State University; Takao Sasaki, Arizona State University; Zachary Shaffer, Arizona State University

3:06 PM

1229

Evolution of mutualism in acacia-ants

Benjamin E. Rubin, University of Chicago; Stefanie Kautz, Field Museum of Natural History; Corrie S. Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History

3:18 PM

1230

The reproductive strategy of endo-parasitoid of Asecodes hispinarum

Ai Yamashita, Kyushu University

3:30 PM

Break

3:43 PM

1231

The digestive system of the citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri, and the potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)

Joseph M. Cicero, University of Arizona; Judith K. Brown, University of Arizona; Pamela D. Roberts, University of Florida; Philip A. Stansly, University of Florida

3:55 PM

1232

The cuticle redesigned: showcasing the larval cuticle of Sabatinca chalcophanes, one of the most aberrant insect cuticles

SD. Steen Dupont, Natural History Museum of Copenhagen

4:07 PM

1233

Breakthroughs in understanding the Bemisia tabaci digestive system as it pertains to begomovirus transmission

Joseph M. Cicero, University of Arizona; Judith K. Brown, University of Arizona

4:19 PM

1234

Secreted antibiotics and antimicrobial defense in a subterranean termite

Mark S. Bulmer, Towson University; Casey Hamilton, Towson University

4:31 PM

1235

Multiple paths to primary polygamy in higher termites

Tamara R. Hartke, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover; Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Northeastern University

4:43 PM

1236

Effect of stingless bee propolis on experimental infection of dwarf honeybee Apis florea with Nosema ceranae

Guntima Suwannapong, Burapha University; Samrit Maksong, Burapha University; Paitoon Seanbualuang, Ubon Ratchathani Rajabhat University; M. Eric Benbow, University of Dayton

4:55 PM

Concluding Remarks

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