| Monday, 31 July 2006: 1:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
| Congressional (Omni Shoreham Hotel) | |||
| Symposium 4: Phylogeny and Evolution of Bees: A Tribute to Charles Michener | |||
| Bees are one of the largest and most important groups of social insects. Bee social behavior spans a wide range, including solitary nesting, communal and semisocial interactions, cleptoparasitism, social parasitism, primitive and advanced forms of eusociality. Phylogenies provide the comparative framework for understanding social evolution in bees. The application of DNA sequencing and molecular systematics to bee phylogenetic studies has shed new light on bee phylogeny at all levels, from the relationships among families to relationships among closely related species. This symposium will present talks on new insights gained from these studies, and will honor the contributions of Dr. Charles Michener to studies of bee phylogeny and social evolution. | |||
| Organizer: | Bryan N. Danforth | ||
| 1:30 PM | 37 | Phylogeny of the Xeromelissinae (Apoidea: Colletidae) Laurence Packer | |
| 1:50 PM | 38 | Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of colletid bees (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) Eduardo A. B. Almeida | |
| 2:10 PM | 39 | Phylogeny of the Halictidae: new insights into social evolution Bryan N. Danforth, Sean G. Brady | |
| 2:30 PM | 40 | A review of the Bee Family Andrenidae John S. Ascher | |
| 2:50 PM | 41 | The evolution of oil collection and oil-collecting structures in the Melittidae K. E. Steiner, B. Cruz | |
| 3:10 PM | 42 | Phylogeny and floral choices inheritance in Bees Denis Michez, Sébastien Patiny, Pierre Rasmont, Nicolas Vereecken | |
| 3:30 PM | Break | ||
| 4:00 PM | 43 | Biogeography and evolution of Australian bees Remko Leijs, Katja Hogendoorn | |
| 4:20 PM | 44 | Phylogenetics of allodapine bees: implications for social evolution Michael. P Schwarz, Simon M. Tierney | |
| 4:40 PM | 45 | The origin of advanced eusociality in the corbiculate bees inferred from multiple nuclear gene sequences Atsushi Kawakita | |
| 5:00 PM | 46 | Phylogeny, diversification rates and character evolution in the orchid bee tribe Euglossini (Apidae: Hymenoptera) Santiago Ramírez | |
| 5:20 PM | 47 | Color pattern evolution in Bombus Sydney A. Cameron, Heather M. Hines, Paul H. Williams | |
| 5:40 PM | 48 | Molecular phylogeny of the stingless bees Claus Rasmussen, Sydney A. Cameron | |
| Sponsor: | Invited Symposia Presentations | ||
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