Three Suborders, One Goal: Advancing Systematics of Hemiptera

Organizer(s)

• CW

  Christiane Weirauch (she/her/hers)

  University of California
  Riverside, California
• CO

  Christopher Owen

  Systematic Entomology Laboratory
  USDA-ARS
  Washington, District of Columbia
• SH

  Solomon Hendrix (he/him/his)

  University of Arizona
  Newark, Delaware
• PM

  Paul Masonick

  Postdoctoral Researcher
  McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
  Florida Museum of Natural History
  Riverside, California

Hemiptera is a large and economically important order, but systematic research on the three suborders has historically been conducted in isolation. This symposium will bridge generations and inspire students while highlighting research on phylogenetics, comparative morphology, and taxonomy, spanning all aspects of systematics.

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:05 PM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Christiane Weirauch (she/her/hers) – University of California
• 2:05 PM - 2:20 PM Pacific

  Evolving diets, emerging patterns: Phylogenetics of plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae)
  

  Presenting Author: Christiane Weirauch (she/her/hers) – University of California

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

  Co-Author: Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain – University of California, Riverside

  Co-Author: Mark Stukel – University of California

  Co-Author: Sarah Elise Schroeder – University of California

  Co-Author: MC Fox (they/them/theirs) – University of California

  Co-Author: Michael Forthman – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Jason E. Bond – University of California
• 2:20 PM - 2:35 PM Pacific

  A genome perspective of aphid phylogeny and evolution
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Owen – USDA-ARS
• 2:35 PM - 2:50 PM Pacific

  Phylogenomic insights into the evolution and biogeography of global Cicadidae
  

  Presenting Author: Mark Stukel – University of California

  Co-Author: Nicholas Matzke – University of Auckland

  Co-Author: Chris Simon – Univ Of Connecticut
• 2:50 PM - 3:05 PM Pacific

  Advances in Coreoidea phylogenetics and the evolution of hind leg traits
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Forthman – California Department of Food and Agriculture
• 3:05 PM - 3:20 PM Pacific

  Pink knees and polka dots: Phylogenetics of an undescribed lineage of Mirinae from South Africa (Hemiptera: Miridae)
  

  Presenting Author: Falon Butcher – University of California

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

  Co-Author: Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain – University of California, Riverside

  Co-Author: Michael Forthman – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Christiane Weirauch (she/her/hers) – University of California
• 3:20 PM - 3:25 PM Pacific

  Break
• 3:25 PM - 3:40 PM Pacific

  Taxonomy and phylogenetics of the planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha)
  

  Presenting Author: Charles Bartlett – University of Delaware
• 3:40 PM - 3:55 PM Pacific

  Something old and something new: Spatial phylogenomics of Miridae to inform areas of conservation in California
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah Elise Schroeder – University of California

  Co-Author: Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain – University of California, Riverside

  Co-Author: Michael Forthman – California Department of Food and Agriculture

  Co-Author: Jason E. Bond – University of California

  Co-Author: Christiane Weirauch (she/her/hers) – University of California
• 3:55 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific

  Phylogenomic analyses reveal Putnam scale (Diaspidiotus ancylus Putnam, Hemiptera: Diaspididae) comprises at least three cryptic species
  

  Presenting Author: Mayrolin Garcia Morales – University of Massachusetts

  Co-Author: Jeremy Andersen – University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Co-Author: Benjamin Normark – University of Massachusetts
• 4:10 PM - 4:25 PM Pacific

  Have ants muddied up root mealybug classification? Early insights from phylogenetics and machine learning
  

  Presenting Author: Scott Schneider – USDA-ARS
• 4:25 PM - 4:40 PM Pacific

  Exploring species-level diversity in the spiny witch-hazel gall aphid (Hamamelistes spinosus)
  

  Presenting Author: Gavin Munson – Utah State University

  Co-Author: Carol van Dohlen – Utah State University
• 4:40 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Christiane Weirauch (she/her/hers) – University of California