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MS: Biogeography and Evolution of Mesoamerican Arthropods

Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 1:30 PM-4:15 PM
B110-112 (Oregon Convention Center)
Organizers:
Michael Branstetter
John T. Longino


1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
2037
Project ADMAC: Ant diversity of the Mesoamerican corridor
John Longino, University of Utah
1:50 PM
2038
Phylogenomics and comparative biogeography of two Mesoamerican ant genera
Michael Branstetter, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
2:05 PM
2039
The phylogeny and evolution of acacia ants (Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus group)
Philip S. Ward, University of California
2:20 PM
2040
Barriers to gene flow in lowland Mesoamerican ants and bruchid beetles specializing on a continuously distributed host tree
Elizabeth G. Pringle, University of Michigan
2:35 PM
2041
Patterns of cryptic speciation, endemism, and host plant specialization in Mesoamerican ‘hispine’ beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Duane D. McKenna, University of Memphis
2:50 PM
Break
3:00 PM
2042
Endemism in MesoAmerican weevils
Robert S. Anderson, Canadian Museum of Nature
3:15 PM
2043
Phylogenetics and biogeography of the tribe Proculini (Coleoptera: Passalidae) in the Mesoamerican highlands
Cristian Beza-Beza, University of Memphis
3:30 PM
2044
Human crop domestication facilitated by the rapid range expansion of a specialist pollinator
Margarita López-Uribe, Cornell University
3:45 PM
SP2045
Ancient reverse colonization of Central America from the Caribbean in weevils of the Exophthalmus genus complex (Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Guanyang Zhang, Arizona State University ; Usmaan Basharat, Arizona State University ; Nico Franz, Arizona State University
3:57 PM
SP2046
Phylogeography and population genetics of the Mesoamerican bumble bee species complex, Bombus ephippiatus.
Michelle A. Duennes, University of Illinois ; Jorge Merida, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ; Esteban Pineda, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ; Philippe Sagot, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ; Remy Vandame, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ; Sydney A. Cameron, University of Illinois
4:09 PM
Concluding Remarks
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