Grad 10-min Competition: SysEB, Phylogenetics

Moderator(s)

• CW

  Christiane Weirauch (she/her/hers)

  University of California
  Riverside, California
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  Jack Whisenant (he/him/his)

  Museum Assistant
  Entomology
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM - 10:42 AM Pacific

  A phylogenetics and morphology-based investigation of tymbal evolution in Arctiinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Aubrey A. Rogers (she/her/hers) – University of North Dakota

  Co-Author: Rebecca Simmons – University of North Dakota
• 10:42 AM - 10:54 AM Pacific

  Comparing nuclear and mitochondrial phylogenies in waterbird lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)
  

  Presenting Author: Dale Robert Traficante, Jr. (he/him/his) – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Andrew Sweet – Arkansas State University

  Co-Author: Kevin Johnson – Illinois Natural History Survey

  Co-Author: Jorge Doña – University of Granada

  Co-Author: Stephen Cameron – Purdue University
• 10:54 AM - 11:06 AM Pacific

  Continent-wide phylogenomics of Australian dung beetles (Scarabaeinae: Mentophilini) aligns with east Gondwanan geology and provides insight into habitat evolution
  

  Presenting Author: Saxton A. Natalie (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University

  Co-Author: Nicole Gunter – Queensland Museum
• 11:06 AM - 11:18 AM Pacific

  Ct scanning provides 3D visualization of Manduca sexta silk glands
  

  Presenting Author: Md Jahir Rayhan – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Olivia Leigh van der Vlugt – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Anastasia Baluk Garavaglia – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Bert Foquet – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Akito Y. Kawahara, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Florida Museum of Natural History
• 11:18 AM - 11:30 AM Pacific

  A DNA-based phylogeny of Parcoblatta cockroaches (Blattodea: Blattellidae) indicates the presence of unrecognized diversity
  

  Presenting Author: Nathaniel Howder – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Anthony Cognato – Michigan State University
• 11:30 AM - 11:42 AM Pacific

  Mitochondrial phylogenetics of the family Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea)
  

  Presenting Author: Sunggum Sul – Seoul National University

  Co-Author: Seunghwan Lee – Div. of Entomology, Seoul National University
• 11:42 AM - 11:54 AM Pacific

  Phylogeny of bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae): A preliminary result from anchored hybrid enrichment data
  

  Presenting Author: Chung-Te Cheng – University of Florida

  Co-Author: David Plotkin – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Paul Masonick – Florida Museum of Natural History

  Co-Author: Andrew J. Mongue (he/him/his) – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Akito Y. Kawahara, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Florida Museum of Natural History
• 11:54 AM - 12:06 PM Pacific

  Phylogeography of Camponotus modoc and its Blochmannia endosymbiont in western North America and characterization of a tri-lineage hybrid zone
  

  Presenting Author: Swapnil S. Boyane – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Joseph D. Manthey (he/him/his) – Texas Tech University
• 12:06 PM - 12:18 PM Pacific

  Recovery of associated fungal DNA from ambrosia beetle museum specimens (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini)
  

  Presenting Author: Alexus Bobak – Michigan State University

  Co-Author: Patrick Gorring – Florida State Collection of Arthropods

  Co-Author: Anthony Cognato – Michigan State University