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14 - Undergraduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: SysEB

Monday, November 16, 2015: 7:55 AM-12:30 PM
205 CD (Convention Center)
Moderators:
James Woolley
Floyd Shockley


7:55 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:00 AM
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8:24 AM
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8:36 AM
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8:48 AM
An examination of ecological rules on phenotypic variation in Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - a comparison between environmental factors and elytra spot size variation
Erik Hearn, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ; Eric O'Neill, University of Tennessee ; Yanbing Zheng, University of Kentucky ; John Obrycki, University of Kentucky ; Yukie Kajita, University of Tennessee
9:00 AM
Comparative scale morphology and ultrastructure across insect lineages, with special reference to curculionoids
Steve Davis, American Museum of Natural History ; Kyle DeMarr, Cornell University
9:24 AM
Review of Ablautus Loew, 1866 with the description of new species (Diptera: Asilidae)
Charlotte Herbert, St. Lawrence University ; Torsten Dikow, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
9:36 AM
Phylogeny of Anax with special attention to the common green darner (Anax junius)
Preston Arnold, Brigham Young University ; Taylor King, Brigham Young University ; Seth M. Bybee, Brigham Young University
9:48 AM
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10:00 AM
The dimensions of generalism: are armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) generalists across multiple axes?
Shannon Trujillo, University of San Diego ; Hannah Shapiro, University of San Diego ; Daniel Peterson, University of Massachusetts ; Benjamin B. Normark, University of Massachusetts ; Geoffrey Morse, University of San Diego
10:12 AM
Break
10:24 AM
Tropical trees as islands: Diversity accumulation of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on trees as a function of forest age
Hannah Shapiro, University of San Diego ; Shannon Trujillo, University of San Diego ; Daniel Peterson, University of Massachusetts ; Benjamin B. Normark, University of Massachusetts ; Geoffrey Morse, University of San Diego
10:36 AM
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10:48 AM
To be or not to be: the question of defining genera in the Old World Oraseminae (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae)
Krissy Dominguez, University of California ; Scott Heacox, University of California ; John M. Heraty, University of California
11:00 AM
The abundance and diversity of cuticular microbes differ on arboreal and terrestrial tropical ants
Veronica Sinotte, The University of Scranton ; Sunshine Van Bael, Smithsonain Tropical Research Institute ; Marc Seid, The University of Scranton
11:12 AM
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11:24 AM
Investigating the systematics of the Pseudochalcura gibbosa (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) populations of North America
Scott Heacox, University of California ; Krissy Dominguez, University of California ; John M. Heraty, University of California
11:36 AM
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11:48 AM
Convergent evolution of a dichotomy in wettability on the mouthparts of flies and butterflies
Kristen Reiter, Kent State University at Stark ; Matthew Lehnert, Kent State University at Stark
12:00 PM
Allometry of proboscis architecture of painted lady butterflies, Vanessa cardui, in relation to butterfly mass and fluid uptake rates
Valerie Kramer, Kent State University at Stark ; Catherine Mulvane, Kent State University at Stark ; Aubrey Brothers, Kent State University at Stark ; Patrick D. Gerard, Clemson University ; Matthew Lehnert, Kent State University at Stark
12:12 PM
Butterflies don't use a straw to drink: fluid uptake in butterflies with split mouthparts
Ashley Lash, Kent State University at Stark ; Kristen Reiter, Kent State University at Stark ; Matthew Lehnert, Kent State University at Stark