Member Symposium: When a Blind Beetle Crawls Over the Surface of the Globe…or Under the Water: Biodiversity and Systematics of Aquatic Beetles

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:15 PM
Meeting Room 7 (Austin Convention Center)
Organizers:
Donald A. Yee
Kelly B. Miller


8:00 AM
1018
Techniques for evaluation of variation of mandibular geometry and cranial architecture of larval Dytiscidae (Hydradephaga:  Coleoptera) with comments on the ecological implications of that variation
E. Barman, Dept. of Biological & Environmental Sciences ; William Wall, Dept. of Biological & Environmental Sciences
8:20 AM
1019
Higher-level phylogeny of diving beetles (Dytiscidae) based on larval characters
Mariano C. Michat, Universidad de Buenos Aires ; Yves Alarie, Laurentian University
8:40 AM
1020
Deciphering the origins of massive radiations in the New Guinean archipelago
Michael Balke, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology ; Emmanuel Toussaint, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology ; Robert Hall, University of London ; Michael Monaghan, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries ; Joan Pons, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats ; Helena Shaverdo, Institute of Zoology NASB
9:00 AM
1021
An analysis of the classification and phylogeny of the Neoporus-Heterosternuta genera (Coleoptera : Dytiscidae)
Bill Wolfe, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences ; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico
9:20 AM
1022
Distributions, ecology and conservation of diving beetles across endemic hotspots in Arkansas and Tennessee, USA
Scott Longing, Texas Tech University ; Bill Wolfe, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences ; Douglas Ryan Leasure, University of Arkansas
9:40 AM
1023
The diversity and evolution of sexual interactions in Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)
Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
1024
Aquatic beetles in small places. The ecology of tropical phytotelmata inhabiting coleoptera
Donald A. Yee, University of Southern Mississippi
10:35 AM
1025
Evolutionary dynamics of beetles during the Australian drying-out
Emmanuel Toussaint, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology ; Fabien Condamine, UMR Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, ; Oliver Hawlitschek, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology ; Lars Hendrich, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology ; Michael Balke, Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
10:55 AM
1026
Water beetles ‘Down Under’ - the evolution of a diverse subterranean fauna driven by climate change
Andrew D. Austin, University of Adelaide ; Steve Cooper, South Australian Museum ; Michelle Guzik, Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity ; Bill Humphreys, Western Australian Museum ; Remko Leys, South Australian Museum ; Chris Watts, South Australian Museum
11:15 AM
1027
On the tribe formerly known as Enhydrini (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae). Toward a revision of the tribe and a review of its history
Grey Gustafson, University of New Mexico ; Kelly B. Miller, University of New Mexico
11:35 AM
1028
Water beetles as models for understanding why most species are rare
David Bilton, Plymouth University
11:55 AM
1029
Diversification of the water scavenger beetles: pattern and process
Andrew Short, University of Kansas ; Devin Bloom, University of Kansas ; Martin Fikacek, National Museum
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