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ViewAttendees 7

10-Minute Paper

Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

SysEB: Social Insects

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Azalea 1

In-Person

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:42 PM ET
    Antimicrobial activity of gland secretions of the Asian needle ant, Brachyponera chinensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Presenting Author: Marielle A. Postava-Davignon (she/her/hers) – Virginia Wesleyan University

  • 1:42 PM – 1:54 PM ET
    Closing the oral cavity: Evolution of a novel labro-maxillary interlocking mechanism in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Presenting Author: Adrian Richter (he/him/his) – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

    Co-Author: Roberto A. Keller – Universidade de Lisboa

    Co-Author: Thomas van de Kamp – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Co-Author: Evan P. Economo – Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

  • 1:54 PM – 2:06 PM ET
    Comparing patterns of DNA methylation in two broadly distributed montane bumble bees

    Presenting Author: Sam D. Heraghty (he/him/his) – USDA

    Co-Author: Kelton Verble – University of Alabama

    Co-Author: Jeff Lozier (he/him/his) – University of Alabama

    Co-Author: Sarthok Rahman – University of Alabama

  • 2:06 PM – 2:18 PM ET
    Diversity and function of ant cuticle microsculpturing

    Presenting Author: Clint Penick – Auburn University

    Co-Author: Joh Paul Hellenbrand – CUNY

    Co-Author: Rebecca Senft – Kennesaw State University

  • 2:18 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Drivers of social thermoregulation in honey bees

    Presenting Author: Chelsea Cook – Marquette University

    Co-Author: Kyara Vazquez – Marquette University

    Co-Author: Zac Nelson – Marquette University

    Co-Author: Casey Lambert – Marquette University

  • 2:30 PM – 2:42 PM ET
    Evolution of trophobiosis between Acropyga ants and scale insects

    Presenting Author: John S. LaPolla, Ph.D. – Towson University

    Co-Author: Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo, n/a – Smithsonian Institution

    Co-Author: Scott A. Schneider, Ph.D. – USDA

    Co-Author: Sean G. Brady – Smithsonian Institution

    Co-Author: Christopher E. Oufiero – Towson University

  • 2:42 PM – 2:54 PM ET
    Break
  • 2:54 PM – 3:06 PM ET
    Go thou to the ant: A comparative biomechanical analysis of locomotion in Hymenoptera

    Presenting Author: Brendon Elias Boudinot – Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

    Co-Author: Vincenz Regeler – Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

    Co-Author: Toni Wöhrl – Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

  • 3:06 PM – 3:18 PM ET
    Morphological evolution among obligately myrmecophilous mealybugs

    Presenting Author: Scott A. Schneider, Ph.D. – USDA

    Co-Author: James Sodano – Towson University

    Co-Author: Christopher E. Oufiero – Towson University

    Co-Author: John S. LaPolla, Ph.D. – Towson University

  • 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM ET
    Phylogeny of the carpenter bees (Apidae: Xylocopinae) highlights repeated evolution of sociality

    Presenting Author: Trevor J. Sless – York University

    Co-Author: Sandra Rehan (she/her/hers) – York University

  • 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM ET
    Break
  • 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM ET
    Social stress resistance facilitates exceptional aging patterns in social insects

    Presenting Author: Alexander Walton – University of Alberta

    Co-Author: Jacob Herman – University of Alberta

    Co-Author: Olav Rueppell – UNCG

  • 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM ET
    Stability and adaptation in army ant bridges

    Presenting Author: Isabella Benter Muratore (she/her/hers) – New Jersey Institute of Technology

    Co-Author: Sarah Abdul – New Jersey Institute of Technology

    Co-Author: Emmanuel Odekunle – New Jersey Institute of Technology

    Co-Author: Jesse Lee Hunt – University of Scranton

    Co-Author: Margaret McGrath – University of Scranton

    Co-Author: Jason Graham – University of Scranton

    Co-Author: Marc Seid – University of Scranton

    Co-Author: Simon Garnier – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    The Apterostigma auriculatum fungus-farming ant species group: Phylogenomic species delimitation and ant-fungus symbiotic coevolution

    Presenting Author: Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo, n/a – Smithsonian Institution

    Co-Author: Ted R. Schultz – Smithsonian Institution

  • 4:42 PM – 4:54 PM ET
    The first fossil replete ant worker establishes living food storage in the Eocene

    Presenting Author: Phillip Barden (he/him/his) – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • 4:54 PM – 5:06 PM ET
    The genetic architecture of social phenotypes in wasps

    Presenting Author: Sarah Elizabeth Orr – Georgia Institute of Technology

    Co-Author: Michael Goodisman – Georgia Tech