Session: TMP's, SysEB Section: Coleoptera Systematics (2014 ESA Annual Meeting)

James A. Robertson, University of Arizona ; Michael F. Whiting, Brigham Young University ; Adam Slipinski, CSIRO ; Joseph V. McHugh, University of Georgia ; Meredith Blackwell, Louisiana State University

8:50 AM

1919

Comparative diversification of mesquite-feeding seed beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)

Geoffrey Morse, University of San Diego ; Veronica Moffitt, University of San Diego

9:02 AM

Break

9:17 AM

1920

The first visual transcriptomes of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), including the emerald ash borer (EAB: Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire), with evidence of multiple opsin copies and sexual dimorphisms

Nathan P. Lord, Brigham Young University ; Gavin J. Martin, Brigham Young University ; Jonathan Lelito, USDA - APHIS - PPQ ; Seth M. Bybee, Brigham Young University

9:29 AM

1921

Into the ant nest: Molecular evolution of chemoreception and host specialization in predatory paussine beetles

Tanya Renner, University of Arizona ; Wendy Moore, University of Arizona ; Amanda Romaine, University of Arizona

9:41 AM

1922

Evolution of myrmecophily in xanthopygine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Stylianos Chatzimanolis, University of Tennessee ; A.J. Brunke, Natural History Museum of Denmark

9:53 AM

1923

Investigating the systematics and genomics of ground beetles (Carabidae) with next-generation molecular techniques

James M. Pflug, Oregon State University ; Kojun Kanda, Oregon State University ; John Sproul, Oregon State University ; David Maddison, Oregon State University

10:05 AM

1924

Amphidorini morphology (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): Where systematics, evolutionary ecology, and biogeography meet

Aaron D. Smith, Northern Arizona University

10:17 AM

Concluding Remarks

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