Member Symposium: Acarology in Molecular Era

Sunday, November 10, 2013: 1:15 PM-5:15 PM
Meeting Room 6 A (Austin Convention Center)
Organizer :
Mariam Lekveishvili


1:15 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:20 PM
0295
Acarology in the genomic age: are we keeping up?
Hans Klompen, Ohio State University
1:40 PM
0296
Mites as chelicerates: placement of Acariformes and Parasitiformes among Chelicerata and insights on Acariformes ingroup phylogeny
Almir Pepato, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) ; Pavel B. Klimov, University of Michigan
2:00 PM
0297
Does deep-soil habitat influence the maintenance of ancient asexual lineages in acariform mites?
Pavel B. Klimov, University of Michigan ; Barry OConnor, University of Michigan ; Almir Pepato, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) ; Samuel J. Bolton, Ohio State University ; Andrey Tolstikov, Tyumen State University
2:20 PM
0298
Exploring host specificity and species boundaries of beetle-associated mites using molecular and morphological analyses
Wayne Knee, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
2:40 PM
Break
2:50 PM
0299
Molecules and models for tracking invasion processes: Tetranychus evansi as an emerging pest
Maria Navajas, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) ; Alain Migeon, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) ; Christine Meynard, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
3:10 PM
0300
Revisiting the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae)
Lorenza Beati, Georgia Southern University ; Hans Klompen, Ohio State University ; Lance Durden, Georgia Southern University ; Danielle Hibbs, Georgia Southern University
3:30 PM
0301
The mitochondrial genome of Ixodes ricinus reveals Tick-Box: a motif involved in 3'-end formation of mitochondrial transcripts and conserved in ticks, basal chelicerates plus Drosophila
Matteo Montagna, University of Milan ; Sara Epis, University of Milan ; Davide Sassera, University of Milan ; Francesca Griggio, University of Milan ; Claudio Bandi, University of Milan ; Carmela Gissi, University of Milan
3:50 PM
0302
RNAi and Metaseiulus occidentalis
Marjorie A. Hoy, University of Florida ; Ke Wu, University of Florida
4:10 PM
Concluding Remarks
4:15 PM
Acarological Society of America Business Meeting
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