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Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

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Entomology Collections: Windows to the Past, Present, and Future

Miridae in the museum: Building phylogenies with genetic and distributional data from museum specimens

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

3:32 PM - 3:42 PM Pacific

Location: Oregon Convention Center, Portland Ballroom 253, OCC

Presenting Author(s)

MF

MC Fox (they/them/theirs)

University of California
Riverside, California

Co-Author(s)

SS

Sarah Elise Schroeder

University of California
Riverside, California
Veronica Tyts (she/her/hers)

PhD student
University of California
Riverside, California
RH

Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain

University of California, Riverside
Riverside, California
MS

Mark Stukel

University of California
Davis, California
RS

Randall Schuh

American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
MS

Michael Schwartz

Canadian National Collection
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
JB

Jason E. Bond

University of California
Davis, California
MF

Michael Forthman

Senior Insect Biosystematist
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Sacramento, California
CW

Christiane Weirauch (she/her/hers)

University of California
Riverside, California

The Heteroptera Systematics Lab is currently working to uncover the phylogenetic relationships of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). The project includes 1.) building a worldwide phylogeny of Miridae, 2.) determining biogeography and host evolution, and 3.) assessing the phylogenetic diversity of the California Floristic Province. Specimens are crucial to generating these phylogenies and museum collections continue to aid in this process.