Ten-Minute Papers, SysEB Section: Systematics of Diptera and Lepidoptera

Tuesday, November 12, 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting Room 4 ABC (Austin Convention Center)
Moderators:
David Wagner
Richard Lapoint


8:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks
8:02 AM
Are genera arbitrary?
KG. Andrew Hamilton, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Biodiversity
8:14 AM
The horrible truth about deep-level Lepidopteran phylogenetics
Stephen Cameron, Queensland University of Technology
8:26 AM
Withdrawn
8:38 AM
Preliminary phylogenetic analysis of North American Agonopterix and Exaeretia (Gelechioidea: Elachistidae: Depressariinae)
Melissa S. Sisson, Sam Houston State University ; Sibyl, R. Bucheli, Sam Houston State University
8:50 AM
Phylogeny and the evolution of pharmocophagy in tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Jennifer Zaspel, Purdue University ; C. Taylor Wardell, University of Minnesota ; Reza Zahiri, University of Turku ; Niklas Wahlberg, University of Turku ; Susan J. Weller, University of Minnesota
9:02 AM
Preliminary study of the transcriptomes and metabolite profiles of the lichen moth tribe Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Clare Scott, Purdue University ; Susan J. Weller, University of Minnesota ; Jennifer Zaspel, Purdue University
9:14 AM
Towards a revision and phylogeny of the genera Heteranassa (Smith 1899), Elousa (Walker 1857) and Coxina (Gueneé 1852)
Nicholas Homziak, University of Florida ; Akito Kawahara, University of Florida
9:26 AM
Recent advances in the Glaphyriinae: Chipping away at the classification of pyraloid moths with atypical habits and morphology (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
M. Alma Solis, USDA, ARS ; Mark Metz, USDA, ARS ; Paul Goldstein, University of Maryland ; Winnie Hallwachs, University of Pennsylvania ; Daniel H. Janzen, University of Pennsylvania ; Charles Mitter, University of Maryland
9:38 AM
New insights into phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries in the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) species group
Felix Sperling, University of Alberta ; Heather Bird, University of Alberta ; Bryan Brunet, University of Alberta
9:50 AM
Break
10:00 AM
Phylogeny of North American Dagger Moths (Noctuidae: Acronictinae) and the uncoupling of phenotypic evolution across life stages
David L. Wagner, University of Connecticut ; Jadranka Rota, University of Connecticut ; Reza Zahiri, University of Turku ; Brigette Zacharczenko, University of Connecticut ; Niklas Wahlberg, University of Turku
10:12 AM
New genomic evidence to resolve phylogenetic radiations in true flies
Brian M. Wiegmann, North Carolina State University ; Michelle Trautwein, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences ; David K. Yeates, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences ; Keith M. Bayless, North Carolina State University
10:36 AM
Elucidating the classification of Sarcophaga using molecular data (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
Daniel Whitmore, Natural History Museum ; Thomas Pape, University of Copenhagen ; Eliana Buenaventura, Natural History Museum of Denmark
10:48 AM
Rapid radiation and host plant conservation in Hawaiian picture-wing Drosophila
Karl Magnacca, Oahu Army Natural Resources Program ; Donald Price, University of Hawaii
11:00 AM
Evolution of herbivory in a drosophilid: Scaptomyza genomics and phylogenetics
Richard Lapoint, University of Arizona ; Noah Whiteman, University of Arizona
11:12 AM
Evolution of larval adhesive structures in the ant subfamily Ponerinae
Sean O'Donnell, Drexel University ; Kaitlin Baudier, Drexel University
11:24 AM
Concluding Remarks