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Member Symposium

Beetles Getting It Dung: Current Research in Scarabaeinae and Other Dung-associated Beetles

Wednesday, November 8, 2023
1:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Chesapeake A

In-Person

This symposium brings together leading dung beetle researchers to share new insights about this group from evo-devo, taxonomy, and ecological perspectives, so that we can tackle new questions.

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM ET
    Introductory remarks

    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Kells Rowen (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University

  • 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM ET
    The metabolic and genetic underpinnings of polyphenic horn development in the dung beetle

    Presenting Author: Teiya Kijimoto (he/him/his) – West Virginia University

  • 1:50 PM – 2:05 PM ET
    Testing a tailored probe set for Scarabaeinae

    Presenting Author: Nicole L. Gunter – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

    Co-author: Fernando Lopes – Finnish Museum of Natural History

    Co-author: Sergei Tarasov – Finnish Museum of Natural History

    Co-author: Rachel Glynn – Northern Arizona University

    Co-author: Grey T. Gustafson – Northern Arizona University

  • 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    New insights into the evolution of Australasian endemic dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

    Presenting Author: Natalie Saxton – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

    Co-Author: Nicole L. Gunter – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

  • 2:20 PM – 2:35 PM ET
    Break
  • 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM ET
    Chilothorax distinctus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): an occasional pest in agro-ecosystems?

    Presenting Author: Kevin Floate (he/him/his) – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  • 2:50 PM – 3:05 PM ET
    Dung beetle mothers protect their offspring from warmer, more variable temperatures by digging deeper

    Presenting Author: Kimberly Sheldon – University of Tennessee

  • 3:05 PM – 3:20 PM ET
    Landscape and community dimensions of dung beetle ecology and ecosystem services

    Presenting Author: Nathan Haan – University of Kentucky

  • 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM ET
    Connecting detritivores and plant community dynamics in pasture mesocosms

    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Kells Rowen (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University

    Co-author: Gavin Bradley – West Virginia University

  • 3:35 PM – 3:50 PM ET
    Break
  • 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM ET
    Whose poos do northeastern Ohio dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) choose?

    Presenting Author: Rachel Stone – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

    Co-author: Natalie Saxton – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

    Co-Author: Nicole L. Gunter – Cleveland Museum of Natural History

    Co-author: Gabrielle Joseph – Hathaway Brown High School

  • 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM ET
    Ecological functions and factors affecting dung beetle diversity in United States subtropical working lands

    Presenting Author: Roisin Stanbrook (she/her/hers) – Bethune-Cookman University

  • 4:20 PM – 4:35 PM ET
    Bison and cattle support different dung beetle communities

    Presenting Author: Mary Liz Jameson – Wichita State University

    Co-author: Ellen Welti – Smithsonian Institution

    Co-author: Morgan Trible – Kansas Natural Remedies

  • 4:35 PM – 4:50 PM ET
    Dung beetles, seed dispersal, and habitat disturbance: A 30-year retrospective

    Presenting Author: Kevina Vulinec – Delaware State University

  • 4:50 PM – 4:55 PM ET
    Closing remarks

    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Kells Rowen (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University

  • 4:55 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Mix and mingle