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Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology

Section Symposium

Opportunity, Constraint, or Mishap? Exploring Forces of Selection Acting on Parasitic Arthropods

Sunday, October 31, 2021
1:30 PM – 3:30 PM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Meeting Room 301-303

In-Person

    Organizer(s)

  • JO

    Jeb Owen

    Washington State University
    Pullman, Washington

  • Amy Murillo

    Assistant Professor of Entomology
    Department of Entomology
    University of California
    Riverside, California

  • Emily McDermott

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
    University of Arkansas
    Fayetteville, Arkansas

Parasitic arthropods express morphological, physiological and behavioral traits that are vital to parasite interaction with host species and the environment. These arthropod traits are thought to reflect adaptations to the host and environment. The presentations will focus on forces of selection that affect parasitic arthropods and vector-borne pathogen transmission.

View our on-demand presentations, then join us in-person for live presentations and discussion.

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM MT
    Introductory remarks
  • 1:35 PM – 1:55 PM MT
    Now you see me, now you don't: Host defense triggers rapid diversification of cryptic coloration in experimentally evolving parasites

    Presenting Author: Sarah E. Bush – University of Utah

  • 1:55 PM – 2:15 PM MT
    Investigating the extent of resource partitioning between container breeding mosquitoes and tree-hole Culicoides in natural and disturbed landscapes

    Presenting Author: Emily Gray McDermott – University of Arkansas

  • 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM MT
    Anthropogenically driven environmental changes alter host-parasite dynamics between a mosquito and its obligate parasite

    Presenting Author: Katie Westby – Tyson Research Center

    Co-Author: Alexis J. Beckermann – Tyson Research Center

    Co-Author: Delilah Sayer – Washington University in Saint Louis

    Co-Author: Tullaia Powell – Washington University in Saint Louis

    Co-Author: Tejiri Agbigbe – Washington University in Saint Louis

    Co-Author: Kim Medley – Tyson Research Center

  • 2:35 PM – 2:45 PM MT
    Break
  • 2:45 PM – 3:05 PM MT
    Population genomic structure of Ixodes scapularis sheds light on recent geographic expansion of Lyme disease

    Presenting Author: Jory Brinkerhoff – University of Richmond

    Co-Author: Monika Gulia-Nuss – University of Nevada

    Co-Author: Fernando Otalora-Luna – University of Richmond

  • 3:05 PM – 3:25 PM MT
    Disagreeable Meals: Effects of host state on the Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni

    Presenting Author: Jeb P. Owen – Washington State University

    Co-Author: Cami Jones – Washington State University

    Co-Author: Jesse Brunner – Washington State University

    Co-Author: Glen A. Scoles – USDA-ARS

  • 3:25 PM – 3:30 PM MT
    Closing remarks