Systematic Entomology Laboratory and Partners: Interplay of Systematics, Collections, and Agriculture

Organizer(s)

• MG

  Michael Gates (he/him/his)

  Research Entomologist
  SEL
  USDA-ARS
  Washington, District of Columbia

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM – 2:05 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Michael W. Gates (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS
• 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM MST

  Systematic Entomology Laboratory: Research, information, service
  

  Presenting Author: Michael W. Gates (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Lourdes Chamorro – USDA

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Lebow – USDA-Forest Service
• 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM MST

  Rising tides and floating boats: Enhancing the U.S. National Insect Collection to leverage research and taxonomic services
  

  Presenting Author: Paul Goldstein – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Ryan St. Laurent – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-Author: Christopher Owen (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Melvin Adkins – New College of Florida

  Co-Author: Richard Bridges
• 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM MST

  Break
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM MST

  Phylogenomics-enabled identification and evolutionary analysis in Anastrepha fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Liriomyza leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Brian Wiegman – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Sonja Scheffer – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Allen Norrbom – USDA-ARS
• 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM MST

  Systematics research in support of effective biological control
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Buffington – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo – Smithsonian Institution

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

  Co-Author: Chang-Ti Tang – University of Edinburgh

  Co-Author: Robert Kula – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Robert L. Kresslein – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael W. Gates (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS
• 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM MST

  Identification Technology Program: Facilitating the development and communication of diagnostic resources for the detection of pestiferous insects
  

  Presenting Author: Kojun Kanda – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Hanna Royals – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Aimee Ward – USDA-APHIS

  Co-Author: Melissa Islam – Colorado State University
• 3:45 PM – 3:55 PM MST

  Break
• 3:55 PM – 4:10 PM MST

  Museum to murder hornets: How SEL support enables rapid field responses to potential invasions
  

  Presenting Author: Nathan Roeuche – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Chris Looney – Washington State Department of Agriculture
• 4:10 PM – 4:25 PM MST

  Microscopy research in SEL: Electron and confocal microscopy unit
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Jansen – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Marissa Hanzlik (they/them/theirs) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Austin Fife – USDA-ARS
• 4:25 PM – 4:40 PM MST

  Defining species boundaries in the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) through integrated approaches
  

  Presenting Author: Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-Author: Ted R. Schultz – Smithsonian Institution

  Co-Author: Marina S. Ascunce – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Sanford Porter – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael W. Gates (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Robert Kula – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Matthew Buffington – USDA-ARS
• 4:40 PM – 4:50 PM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Michael W. Gates (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS