SysEB: Morphology

Moderator(s)

• ML

  Matthew Lehnert

  Associate Professor
  Biological Sciences
  Kent State University at Stark
  Clinton, Ohio
• SW

  Susan Weller

  Director
  University of Nebraska State Museum
  Lincoln, Nebraska

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM MT

  Cicada mouthparts have metal ions present in the cuticle
  

  Presenting Author: Kristen Reiter – Kent State University at Stark

  Co-Author: Cinthia L. Perkovich – Tennessee State University

  Co-Author: Gene Kritsky, PhD – Mount St Joseph University

  Co-Author: Matthew S. Lehnert – Kent State University at Stark
• 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM MT

  Comparing morphological and molecular identification of cryptic invasive pest, Tuta absoluta
  

  Presenting Author: Hailey Dansby – University of Florida
• 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM MT

  Cuticle characterization and functionality of the prestomal teeth in Diptera
  

  Presenting Author: Lauren A. Tarver – Kent State University

  Co-Author: John Thornton – Bruker Nano, Inc.

  Co-Author: Jan Michels – Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

  Co-Author: Matthew S. Lehnert – Kent State University
• 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM MT

  Physical adaptations of butterfly proboscises facilitate feeding from narrow floral tubes
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew S. Lehnert – Kent State University at Stark

  Co-Author: Daytona Johnson – Kent State University

  Co-Author: Jianing Wu – Sun Yat-Sen University

  Co-Author: Yu Sun – Sun Yat-Sen University

  Co-Author: Rena Fonseca – Kent State University at Stark

  Co-Author: Jan Michels – Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

  Co-Author: Jamie Shell – Kent State University

  Co-Author: Kristen Reiter – Kent State University at Stark
• 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM MT

  Sawfly GenUS: A new resource for North American sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) identification
  

  Presenting Author: Quinlyn Baine – University of New Mexico

  Co-Author: Chris Looney – Washington State Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Spencer K. Monckton – York University

  Co-Author: David Smith – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Nathan Schiff – Delta State University

  Co-Author: Henri Goulet – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM MT

  The evolution of two periphallic sclerites of the male terminalia in Scaptomyza and related genera (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Augusto Santos Rampasso – Cornell University

  Co-Author: Patrick O'Grady – Cornell University
• 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM MT

  Experimental manipulation reveals the importance of body size for monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) mating success
  

  Presenting Author: Ella Zhao – Emory University

  Co-Author: Scott Villa – Emory University

  Co-Author: Jacobus de Roode – Emory University