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Member Symposium

Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Life in Wood: Advances in Cerambycidae and Buprestidae Research

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, B110-112, OCC

Oral Presentation

Wood-boring beetles are species-rich and are important decomposers in natural habitats. Speakers in this session will present on the evolution of these beetles, how factors like host-plants influence their life history, and how to find and identify different taxa. Expect to learn something new and see some beautiful beetles!

Presentations:

  • 9:30 AM - 9:48 AM Pacific
    Exploring ecology using museum specimen sequencing in cerambycid beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

    Presenting Author: Patrick Gorring – Florida State Collection of Arthropods

  • 9:48 AM - 10:06 AM Pacific
    Wood trait preferences of Neotropical xylophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

    Presenting Author: Christina Torres – City University of New York

    Co-Author: Hector Barrios – Univeristy of Panama, STRI

    Co-Author: Sara Pinzon-Navarro – University of New Mexico

    Co-Author: Amy Berkov (she/her/hers) – City College of New York

  • 10:06 AM - 10:24 AM Pacific
    An illustrated key to the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of eastern North America

    Presenting Author: Kyle Schnepp – North Carolina State University

  • 10:24 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific
    Revision of the West Indies genus, Nesanoplium (Cerambycinae: Elaphidiini), with new species and an illustrated key

    Presenting Author: Kenneth Geisert – North Carolina State University

    Co-Author: Gareth Powell – North Carolina State University

  • 10:42 AM - 10:57 AM Pacific
    Break
  • 10:57 AM - 11:15 AM Pacific
    Diversity and microhabitat specificity of saproxylic beetles in a Costa Rican rainforest

    Presenting Author: Jhunior Morillo – City University of New York

    Co-Author: Lin Li – City College of New York

    Co-Author: Reinaldo Aguilar – Los Charcos de Osa

    Co-Author: Amy Berkov (she/her/hers) – City College of New York

  • 11:15 AM - 11:33 AM Pacific
    Studies in the Nearctic non-anthophilous Acmaeoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) reveal a shared morphological trait between two groups

    Presenting Author: Joel DuBois – New Mexico State University

    Co-Author: Nathan Lord – Lousiana State University

  • 11:33 AM - 11:51 AM Pacific
    State of knowledge of woodboring beetles (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae) in Colombia, with an emphasis on the Caribbean region

    Presenting Author: Kimberly Paola Garcia Lopez – University of Georgia

  • 11:51 AM - 12:09 PM Pacific
    Systematics and evolution of Cerambycidae: Advances, insights, and future directions

    Presenting Author: DIEGO d S SOUZA – Field Museum

  • 12:09 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific
    Discussion