Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Morphology and Phylogenetics

Moderator(s)

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  Geoffrey Morse

  Associate Professor
  Biology
  University of San Diego
  San Diego, California
• IM

  István Mikó

  Collections Manager
  Don Chandler Entomological Collection, Biological Sciences
  University of New Hampshire
  Strafford, New Hampshire

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM MST

  A comprehensive exploration through integrative taxonomic revision of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) in Vietnam
  

  Presenting Author: Aswaj Punnath (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Jason Lee Williams – University of Florida

  Co-Author: John S. LaPolla, Ph.D. – Towson University

  Co-Author: Andrea Lucky – University of Florida
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM MST

  A host-driven parasitoid syndrome: Convergent evolution of multiple traits associated with woodboring hosts in Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
  

  Presenting Author: Davide Dal Pos – University of Central Florida

  Co-Author: barbra J. Sharanowski – University of Central Florida
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM MST

  Combined UCE and Sanger phylogeny reconstructs the complex evolution of body shape and coloration patterns in the largest plant bug subfamily Mirinae (Heteroptera: Miridae)
  

  Presenting Author: Veronica Tyts (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Christiane Weirauch – University of California
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM MST

  Phylogenetic implications of the metasoma in Platygastroidea
  

  Presenting Author: Monique Raymond (she/her/hers) – University of New Hampshire

  Co-Author: Elijah Talamas – Florida State Collection of Arthropods

  Co-Author: István Mikó – University of New Hampshire
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM MST

  Phylogenomic analysis of genus Cochliomyia resolves genus relationships and reveals changes in feeding specialization (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
  

  Presenting Author: Ezra Bailey – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Paul Vincent Hickner – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Brian Wiegman – North Carolina State University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM MST

  The impact of body size on response to climate change: A large-scale study in native bees
  

  Presenting Author: Theresa Wolff (she/her/hers) – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Clint Penick – Auburn University

  Co-Author: Elsa Youngsteadt (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Kevin McCluney – Bowling Green State University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM MST

  The larvae of Nearctic Myrmeleon (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Myrmeleontini) with an emphasis on Texas species
  

  Presenting Author: Yu-Hsiu Lin – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: John Oswald – Texas A&M University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM MST

  Trait scaling and foraging in bumble bees
  

  Presenting Author: Jacquelyn Lee Fitzgerald – Northwestern University

  Co-Author: Paul CaraDonna – Northwestern University

  Co-Author: Jane Ogilvie – Rocky Mountain Biological Research Station
• 9:36 AM – 9:48 AM MST

  Unlocking an evolutionary chorus: A comprehensive phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera)
  

  Presenting Author: Jackson Linde, MSc – Texas A&M University

  Co-Author: Austin Baker (he/him/his) – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

  Co-Author: Seunggwan Shin – Seoul National University

  Co-Author: Duane D. McKenna – University of Memphis

  Co-Author: Michael Whiting – Brigham Young University

  Co-Author: Fernando Montealegre-Z – University of Lincoln

  Co-Author: Hojun Song – Texas A&M University