ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Ten-Minute Papers, SysEB: Systematics II

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:50 PM
Room A3, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer :
Jason R. Cryan
Moderators:
Daniel Rubinoff
Clare H. Scott
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
Molecular phylogeny of Lygus bug inferred from cytochrome oxidase gene sequences
Ram B. Shrestha, Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center; Megha N. Parajulee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
1:47 PM
1:59 PM
Assassin bloodtrails: tracing aspects of the evolution of Reduviidae (Heteroptera)
Wei Song Hwang, University of California, Riverside; Christiane Weirauch, University of California
2:11 PM
Molecular phylogeny of the plant bugs (Heteroptera: Miridae) and the evolutionary feeding habits
Sunghoon Jung, Laboratory of Insect Biosystematics; Seunghwan Lee, Seoul National University
2:35 PM
Surveying the microbiome using 454 pyrosequencing: diversity and putative functions of bacteria in ants
Stefanie Kautz, Field Museum of Natural History; Benjamin Rubin, Field Museum of Natural History; Corrie S. Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History
2:47 PM
2:59 PM
Molecular phylogenetics of the deer flies (Diptera: Tabanidae)
Mauren Turcatel, North Carolina State University; Keith M. Bayless, North Carolina State University; Brian M. Wiegmann, North Carolina State University
3:11 PM
Origin and diversification of the true horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae: Tabanini)
Keith M. Bayless, North Carolina State University; Shelah Morita, Smithsonian Institution; Brian M. Wiegmann, North Carolina State University
3:23 PM
Systematics and biogeography of the ecologically diverse genus, Scaptomyza
Richard Lapoint, University of Arizona; Patrick M. O'Grady, University of California, Berkeley; Noah Whiteman, University of Arizona
3:35 PM
Break
3:57 PM
4:09 PM
Phylogeny and social evolution of the bee-tribe Halictini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
Jason Gibbs, Cornell University; Seán Brady, Smithsonian Institution; Kojun Kanda, Northern Arizona University; Margarita M. López-Uribe, Cornell University; Sophie Cardinal, Cornell University; Bryan N. Danforth, Cornell University
4:33 PM
A combined phylogenetic analysis of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)
John M. Heraty, University of California; Astrid Cruaud, INRA
4:45 PM
Phylogeny of parasitoid wasps of the superfamily Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera): an expanded analysis, evolution of host relationships, and higher classification
Andrew D. Austin, University of Adelaide; Norman Johnson, The Ohio State University; Alejandro A. Valerio, Ohio State University; Andrew Polaszek, Natural History Museum; Hans Klompen, Ohio State University; Elijah Talamas, Ohio State University; Charuwat Taekul, Ohio State University
5:09 PM
Phylogeny and taxonomy of the New World Exosternini (Coleoptera: Histeridae)
Michael S. Caterino, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History; Alexey K. Tishechkin, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
5:45 PM
Concluding Remarks