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Section Symposium

Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

Insect Biodiversity in Urban Landscapes

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Pacific
Location: Oregon Convention Center, C120-122, OCC

Oral Presentation

This symposium offers insights on innovative methods for assessing urban insect diversity, explores their contributions to ecosystems, and addresses the unique challenges they face in metropolitan environments. Attendees will gain insights into the health and economic impacts of urban insects and learn strategies to promote biodiversity in urban planning.

Presentations:

  • 9:30 AM - 9:35 AM Pacific
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Yasmin Tavares (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

  • 9:35 AM - 9:55 AM Pacific
    Drivers of arthropod biodiversity in an urban ecosystem

    Presenting Author: Jayme Lewthwaite – Simon Fraser University

    Co-Author: Teagan Baiotto – Marine and Environmental Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California

    Co-Author: Brian Brown – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

    Co-Author: Yan Yin Jenny Cheung – Cornell University

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

    Co-Author: Charles Lehnen – Marine and Environmental Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Human Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California

    Co-Author: Terry McGlynn (he/him/his) – California State University Dominguez Hills

    Co-Author: Vaughn Shirey – Florida Museum of Natural History

    Co-Author: Lisa Gonzalez – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles

    Co-Author: Emily Hartop – Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany

    Co-Author: Peter Kerr – California State Collection of Arthropods, CDFA Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, Sacramento, California

    Co-Author: Eric Wood – Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, California

    Co-Author: Laura Melissa Guzman – Marine and Environmental Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

  • 9:55 AM - 10:15 AM Pacific
    Molecular methods of assessing community diversity in cities

    Presenting Author: Emily Leggat – Columbia University

    Co-Author: Yasmin Tavares (she/her/hers) – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Shahid Naeem – Columbia University

  • 10:15 AM - 10:35 AM Pacific
    Mosquito control management strategies and their impacts on mosquitoes, disease prevalence, and non-target species

    Presenting Author: Carly Tolle – The Ohio State University

  • 10:35 AM - 10:55 AM Pacific
    Patterns and drivers of wild bee biodiversity in an urban island system

    Presenting Author: Elyse Talley – Rutgers University

    Co-Author: Rachael Winfree, PhD – Rutgers University

  • 10:55 AM - 11:05 AM Pacific
    Break
  • 11:25 AM - 11:45 AM Pacific
    Influence of urban landscape characteristics on the invasive insect, Fiorinia phantasma, in South Florida

    Presenting Author: Minor V. Solano Gutiérrez – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Lillian J. Shoemaker – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Ryan Klein – University of Florida, Department of Environmental Horticulture

    Co-Author: Adam G. Dale – University of Florida

  • 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM Pacific
    Illuminating complexity: How artificial light at night influences insect richness and abundance across a vehicle pollution gradient

    Presenting Author: Marielle S. Hansel Friedman (she/her/hers) – University of California

    Co-Author: Emily K. Meineke – UC Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology

    Co-Author: Elizeth Cinto Mejia – UC Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology

  • 12:05 PM - 12:25 PM Pacific
    The blueprint for survival: The blue dasher dragonfly as a model for urban adaptation

    Presenting Author: Manpreet Kohli – City University of New York

    Co-Author: Ellie Gamett (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History; Columbia University

    Co-Author: Christopher D. Beatty (he/him/his) – Stanford University

    Co-Author: Aaron M. Goodman – University of Illinois

    Co-Author: Brittney Hahn – Department of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History

    Co-Author: Christian Benischek – Conservation Connection Foundation, The College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho, USA

    Co-Author: Gracie Castillo – Conservation Connection Foundation, The College of Idaho

    Co-Author: Ethan Derderian – Conservation Connection Foundation

    Co-Author: Santiago Fernandez-Juarez – Conservation Connection Foundation, The College of Idaho

    Co-Author: Ben Gallafent – Conservation Connection Foundation

    Co-Author: James Jenson – Conservation Connection Foundation, Boise State University

    Co-Author: Dick Jordan – Conservation Connection Foundation

    Co-Author: Magnolia Schneider – Conservation Connection Foundation, The College of Idaho

    Co-Author: Roberto Salazar – Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

    Co-Author: Towako Tamano – Conservation Connection Foundation

    Co-Author: Maleah Wei – Conservation Connection Foundation

    Co-Author: Jacob H. Idec (he/him/his) – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Rob Guralnick – Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

    Co-Author: Jessica L. Ware (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History

  • 12:25 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Isobel Mifsud (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

    Co-Author: Ellie Gamett (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History