Graduate Student Ten-Minute Paper Competition, SysEB: Morphology, Physiology, and Character Evolution

Monday, December 13, 2010: 9:20 AM-12:00 PM
Ascot (Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center)
Organizer :
Margaret
Moderator:
Susan J. Weller
9:20 AM
Introductory Remarks
9:25 AM
Age and dietary conditions influence male insemination success in the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens)
James F. Harwood, University of California, Davis; Kehui Chen, University of California, Davis; Hans-Georg Müller, University of California, Davis; Jane-Ling Wang, University of California, Davis; Amy E. Morice, University of California, Davis; James R. Carey, University of California, Davis
9:37 AM
Does the thistledown velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) mimic Creosote bush seeds?  A phylogenetic approach
Kevin A. Williams, Utah State University; Joseph S. Wilson, Utah State University; James P. Pitts, Utah State University
9:49 AM
The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in Dendroctonus bark beetles
Ryan Bracewell, University of Montana; Diana Six, University of Montana; Barbara Bentz, USDA - Forest Service
10:01 AM
The evolution of bioluminescence within the firefly genus Phausis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Alicia M. Hodson, University of Florida; Marc A. Branham, University of Florida
10:13 AM
Break
10:40 AM
Tackling the caste problem: A new morphological tool for the termites (Isoptera) of the southeastern United States
Charles DR. Stephen, Auburn University; Xing Ping Hu, Auburn University; Charles H. Ray, Auburn University
10:52 AM
Geographic differences in body size in the big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala
Bill D. Wills, University of Illinois; Andrew V. Suarez, University of Illinois
11:04 AM
Matrix key to the Reticulitermes spp. (Rhinotermitidae) found in Georgia, USA
Su Yee Lim, University of Georgia; Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia; Tracie M. Jenkins, University of Georgia; Brian T. Forschler, University of Georgia
11:16 AM
Identification of larvae of the wireworm complex (Coleoptera: Elateridae) collected from wheat and barley crops in Montana
Morales-Rodriguez Anuar, Montana State University; Aracely Ospina, Montana State University; Kevin W. Wanner, Montana State University
11:40 AM
Concluding Remarks