ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Taxonomy and Systematics of the Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera)

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 8:00 AM-11:45 AM
Room D2, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer :
Kojun Kanda
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
1370
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of ripiphorid beetles (Ripiphoridae)
Duane McKenna, University of Memphis; Zachary Falin, University of Kansas
8:25 AM
1371
From Broun to Bayesian: morphological and molecular investigations of the Zopheridae of New Zealand
Nathan P. Lord, University of New Mexico; Richard A. B. Leschen, Landcare Research; Thomas Buckley, Landcare Research
8:45 AM
1372
Systematics of basal tenebrionoid lineages (Ulodidae, Zopheridae) in New Zealand
Richard A. B. Leschen, Landcare Research; Thomas Buckley, Landcare Research; Nathan P. Lord, University of New Mexico
9:05 AM
1373
A molecular phylogeny of the Tenebrionoidea (Cucujiformes)
Kojun Kanda, Northern Arizona University; Alexander L. Wild, University of Illinois; Duane McKenna, University of Memphis; David Maddison, Oregon State University
9:25 AM
Break
9:40 AM
1374
Tenebrionidae of Canada and Alaska
Pat Bouchard, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Yves Bousquet, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes
10:00 AM
1375
Flightless beetles on islands: distribution and life history of darkling beetles of the genus Branchus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Warren E. Steiner, Smithsonian Institution
10:20 AM
1376
Patterns in Eleodes
Rolf Aalbu, California Academy of Sciences; Charles A. Triplehorn, Ohio State University; Aaron D. Smith, Arizona State University
10:40 AM
1377
A revison of Cnodalon Latreille
Michael A. Ivie, Montana State University
11:00 AM
1378
Stenomorpha Solier (Tenebrionidae) revision and morphology
M. Fran Keller, Bohart Museum of Entomology
11:20 AM
1379
The asidine genera (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Asidini) of North America
Aaron D. Smith, Arizona State University
11:40 AM
Concluding Remarks
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