ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Symposium: SOLA Scarab Workers

Sunday, November 11, 2012: 1:00 PM-5:15 PM
200 E, Floor Two (Knoxville Convention Center)
Organizer :
Andrew B.T. Smith


1:00 PM
Introduction
Andrew B. T. Smith, Canadian Museum of Nature
1:05 PM
0215
A passion for rhinoceros and stag beetles in Japan
Kentaro Miwa, University of Nebraska
1:25 PM
0216
Beetle survey of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas: Scarabs cross three forest types
Edward G. Riley, Texas A&M University
1:45 PM
0217
Results of a preliminary survey of the Scarabaeidae of Valles Caldera National Preserve
Reese J. Worthington, University of Mississippi
2:05 PM
0218
Scarabaeoid beetles of the West Indies
Mary Liz Jameson, Wichita State University ; Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska ; Michael A. Ivie, Montana State University ; Ronald D. Cave, University of Florida ; Andrew B. T. Smith, Canadian Museum of Nature ; Paul Skelley, Florida State Collection of Arthropods
2:25 PM
0219
Studies on the biology of Lichnanthe Burmeister (Glaphyridae): Color morph frequencies, mate selection, and sex ratios
David C. Carlson, Retired
2:45 PM
Break
3:05 PM
0220
Scarab Identification Workshop in Peru: An innovative method for outreach and collaboration
Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska
3:25 PM
0221
Testing the Great American Biotic Interchange hypothesis using Hercules beetles (genus Dynastes)
Jen-Pan Huang, University of Michigan
3:45 PM
0222
Phylogenetic analysis resolves basal relationships in dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Sergei Tarasov, University of Oslo
4:05 PM
0223
Patterns of abundance and colonization power of invasive scarab beetles in southern Mexico
Jorge L. León-Cortés, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
4:25 PM
0224
Cloud forest passalids: An evolutionary study of the genus Petrejoides
Cristian Fernando Beza-Beza, Wichita State University
4:45 PM
Discussion and Concluding Remarks
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