| Tuesday, 1 August 2006: 8:00 AM-10:00 PM | |||
| Ambassador (Omni Shoreham Hotel) | |||
| Posters and Exhibits Group A. - continued | |||
| Presenters are required to be at their posters from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. during the evening session. | |||
| 401 | Ant diversity along an altitudinal gradient in the Cordillera de la Costa, northern Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Edith R. Rodriguez, John E. Lattke | ||
| 402 | Nest architecture and disease susceptibility: the influence of social behavior and nest microclimate on the survival of the dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis (Hagen) Marielle A. Postava-Davignon, Rebeca B. Rosengaus | ||
| 403 | Can the presence of bacterial endosymbionts explain the abundance of arboreal ants? Sascha Stoll, Heike Feldhaar | ||
| 405 | Microgynous queens in the ant Manica rubida: social parasites or dispersal morphs? Alain Lenoir, Séverine Devers, Philippe Marchand, Christine Errard, Christophe Bressac, Riitta Savolainen | ||
| 407 | Genetic variation of Apis andreniformis in Thailand Atsalek Rattanawannee, Chanpen Chanchao, Siriwat Wongsiri | ||
| 408 | Differential expression of HR38 in the mushroom bodies of the honeybee brain depending on the caste and division of labor Yurika Yamazaki, Kenichi Shirai, Rajib Kumar Paul, Tomoko Fujiyuki, Akiko Wakamoto, Hideaki Takeuchi, Takeo Kubo | ||
| 409 | Misleading phylogenies: Hybridization in obligate plant-ants of the genus Crematogaster (Decacrema) Heike Feldhaar, Brigitte Fiala, Juergen Gadau | ||
| 410 | Have fungus-gardening ants coevolved with their cultivar? Jon N. Seal | ||
| 411 | Social discrimination tuning in ants Christine ERRARD, Abraham Hefetz, Pierre Jaisson | ||
| 412 | Size alone does not account for differences in metabolic rate between Africanized and European honey bees Dina L. Grayson, Jennifer H. Fewell, Jon F. Harrison | ||
| 413 | Stridulation in the context of digging behaviour in leaf-cutting ants Steffen Pielström, Flavio Roces | ||
| 414 | Paternity Skew in Polyandrous Vespula Wasps Jennifer L. Kovacs, Eric A. Hoffman, Michael A. D. Goodisman | ||
| 415 | Phylogenetic relationships among the genera of Caenohalictini Michener, 1954 (Halictidae, Halictinae) Beatriz W. T. Coelho | ||
| 416 | Four hexamerin genes from the honey bee Apis mellifera: sequence, and expression during development and under different physiological conditions Marcia MG Bitondi, Adriana M Nascimento, Adriana D Cunha, Juliana R Martins, Francis M Nunes, Karina R Guidugli, Zila LP Simões | ||
| 417 | Phylogeny, Evolution and Colony Composition of the Primitive Damp-wood Termites (Termopsinae, Termopsidae, Isoptera) in Asia and North America Tadao Matsumoto, Toru Miura, Shigeyuki KOSHIKAWA, Richard CORNETTE, Kiyoto Maekawa, Osamu Kitade, Timothy G. Myles | ||
| 418 | Are hydrocarbons or mandibular gland secretions the source for nestmate recognition in Camponotus (abdominalis) atriceps? (Hymenoptera: Formicinae) Hernández J.V, D. Rodríguez, Z. Tárano, Falko P. Drijfhout, E.D Morgan | ||
| 419 | Development and function of worker castes in the ants Pheidole spadonia and Pheidole obtusospinosa: Dimorphic versus Trimorphic worker systems Ming Hua Huang | ||
| 420 | Bacteroid Mediated Mobilization of Nitrogen Reserves in Incipient Colonies of Mastotermes: Uric Acid Decreases in Castes Responsible for Brood Care Christine A. Nalepa, Nathan Lo, Michael Lenz | ||
| 421 | Cellular correlates of life expectancy in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L Kristen Ward, Olav Rueppell | ||
| 422 | Native bees versus Apis mellifera L., an exotic species in Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae) Luiz Carlos Minussi, Isabel ALVES-DOS-SANTOS | ||
| 423 | “The porcupine” - A new method of continuous temperature measurement in a honey bee comb Matthias Becher, Robin F. A. Moritz | ||
| 424 | Colony structure in Australian populations of the Weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina Ellen A. Schlüns, Ross H. Crozier | ||
| 425 | Cellular vs. humoral immunity in the Caribbean termite Nasutitermes acajutlae: the role of environmental conditions on immunocompetence Claire A. Fuller, Marielle Postava-Davignon, Rebeca B. Rosengaus | ||
| 426 | Nestmate recognition of two sympatric species of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Japan Yoko Takematsu, Kohei Kambara, Takaaki Fujita | ||
| 427 | Prevalence and phylogeny of Kakugo virus identified from aggressive worker honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) under various colony conditions Tomoko Fujiyuki, Seii Ohka, Hideaki Takeuchi, Masato Ono, Akio Nomoto, Takeo Kubo | ||
| 428 | Major role for minor workers on Atta trails Sophie E. F. Evison, Duncan E. Jackson, Francis L.W. Ratnieks, Adam Hart | ||
| 429 | Monitoring beehive mass using balances linked to dataloggers William G. Meikle, Niels Holst, Guy Mercadier | ||
| 430 | Analysis of Apis mellifera mitochondrial DNA variation in Thailand Tipwan Suppasat, Deborah R. Smith, Sureerat Deowanish, Siriwat Wongsiri | ||
| 431 | Temperature dependent foraging in Pogonomyrmex occidentalis: colony foraging duration and individual worker activity David Lubertazzi, Blaine J. Cole, Diane C. Wiernasz | ||
| 433 | Relating behavioral attributes of aggregating, solitary bees to those of social bees Theresa L. Pitts-Singer, Christelle Guédot, Cory A. Vorel | ||
| 434 | Development of Species-Specific Markers for Identification of Trigona laeviceps in Thailand Based on SNP of Anonymous Nuclear DNA and Cyt b Sirikul Thummajitsakul, Siriporn Sittipraneed, Sirawut Klinbunga | ||
| 435 | Disparity between soldiers from nests of Nasutitermes, in the locality of Parupa, Gran Sabana - Venezuela Carmen Andara, Solange Issa, Roberto Cipriani | ||
| 436 | Wolbachia in the invasive European paper wasp Polistes dominulus Julie K. Stahlhut, Aviva E. Liebert, Philip T. Starks, Leonardo Dapporto, John Jaenike | ||
| 437 | Thermoregulatory brood transport in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Clint A. Penick, Walter R. Tschinkel | ||
| 438 | Floral preferences of the bumblebees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bombus Latreille) or how the agri-environmental measures can be used to sustain the threatened species of pollinators Michael Terzo, Stéphanie Iserbyt, Denis Michez, Pierre Rasmont | ||
| 439 | Population Genetics of Zootermopsis Nevadensis I: Population and Breeding Structure and Colony Composition Benjamin T. Aldrich, Srini Kambhampati | ||
| 440 | Breaking into the fortress, the egg recognition barrier Stephen J. Martin, Falko P. Drijfhout | ||
| 441 | Mating behavior of large workers and males in the Japanese queenless ant, Pristomyrmex pungens Sachiyo Sanada-Morimura | ||
| 442 | Use of antibiotics on the fungus-growing ant mutualism Hermógenes Fernández-Marín, William T. Wcislo, Jacobus Boomsma | ||
| 443 | Understanding “washboarding” behavior in the honey bee Katie Bohrer, Jeffery S. Pettis | ||
| 444 | Pre-hibernation mating and male longevity of a solitary bee, Ceratina flavipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Midori Kidokoro, Noriko Azuma, Seigo Higashi | ||
| 445 | Olfactory perception of hydrocarbons in honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) Wolfgang H. Kirchner, Pia Aumeier | ||
| 446 | Escape behavior in a parasitoid wasp: cues and a possible evolutionary origin of social cooperation Leif D. Deyrup, Robert W. Matthews | ||
| 447 | Comparative Stinger Morphology and Sociality in the Vespidae Christopher K. Starr, Mario Bissessarsingh | ||
| 448 | Exploring how microorganisms complement nutritional requirements of leaf-cutting ants Adrián A. Pinto-Tomás, Cameron R. Currie | ||
| 449 | Generic Diversity of Ants in the Philippines David M. General, Gary D. Alpert | ||
| 450 | Foraging Behaviour of Honey Bees Apis Florea, Apis Cerana Indica and Apis Dorsata in Western Ghats (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) Southern India Kadarkarai Murugan | ||
| 451 | Which cuticular hydrocarbons are important as recognition cues in ants? Fernando J. Guerrieri, Volker Nehring, C. Giovanni Galizia, Patrizia D'Ettorre | ||
| 452 | Morphometric comparisons of Reticulitermes species found in woodlands and urban environments of Missouri Olga P. Pinzon, Richard M. Houseman | ||
| 453 | A preliminary analysis of the North American socially parasitic Lasius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae: Lasiini), formerly Acanthomyops Joseph M. Raczkowski | ||
| 454 | Experience and environment override genetic influences on colony-mate recognition in a polydomous ant Ellen Van Wilgenburg, Mark A. Elgar | ||
| 455 | Thelytokous parthenogenesis in Apis mellifera queens Tadaharu Yoshida, Jun-ichi Takahashi | ||
| 456 | Diversity of Cuticular Chemical Profiles of Fungus-Growing Ants Hannah Reynolds, Alain Lenoir, Cameron R. Currie | ||
| 457 | Status of the French Quarter Formosan Subterranean Termite Management Program After Hurricane Katrina Alan Morgan, Dennis Ring, Alan R. Lax, Frank S. Guillot | ||
| 458 | "Genetic variation and susceptibility to fungal infection in the Neotropical termite Nasutitermes corniger (Termitidae:Nasutitermitinae)” Solange Issa, Rebeca B. Rosengaus, Lynn Atkinson | ||
| 459 | Population Genetics of Zootermopsis Nevadensis II: Analysis of a Hybrid Zone Srini Kambhampati, Benjamin T. Aldrich | ||
| 460 | Costs and benefits of cooperative colony founding in Australian Acacia thrips Jeremy M. Bono, Bernard J. Crespi | ||
| 461 | Effects of harvesting treatments on ant assemblages in a Mississippi River bottomland hardwood forest in west-central Mississippi Lynne C. Thompson, David M. General | ||
| 462 | Nesting ecology and the evolution of specialization in the soldier caste of Cephalotes ants Scott Powell | ||
| 463 | Development of colonies in Cubitermes subcrenulatus (Silvestri) Sun Heat Han Sr. | ||
| 464 | Age-dependent changes in intestinal microflora of honeybee Remi Kasahara, Jun Nakamura, Yoshikazu Koizumi, Ayako Mitsui, Masami Sasaki | ||
| 466 | Comparative study of male accessory gland size in the harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex Rick P. Overson, Juergen Gadau, Bert Hoelldobler | ||
| 467 | Vertical distribution pattern of ants in a Bornean tropical rainforest Yoshiaki HASHIMOTO | ||
| 468 | Phylogeographic analysis of the ant Myrmica rubra and its inquiline social parasite Jenni Leppänen, Riitta Savolainen, Kari Vepsäläinen | ||
| 469 | No looking back: ubiquity of social behaviour in allodapine bees since the Eocene Luke B. Chenoweth, Michael P. Schwarz | ||
| 470 | The short neuropeptide F-like receptor from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Patricia V. Pietrantonio, Mei-Er Chen | ||
| 471 | Differentiation of new reproductives in dampwood termite colonies (Zootermopsis nevadensis): their origin and implications for the evolution of eusociality Philip M. JOHNS, Barbara L. Thorne, Nancy L. Breisch | ||
| 473 | Bolton's Catalogue of the Ants of the World Gary D. Alpert, Philip S. Ward, Barry Bolton, Piotr Naskrecki | ||
| 474 | Phylogeography of red wood ants (Formica rufa group) in Europe Christian Bernasconi Sr., Daniel Cherix, Pekka Pamilo | ||
| 475 | Evaluation of semen quality of drone semen (Apis mellifera L) Cecilia I. Andere, María A. Palacio, María Catena, Edgardo M. Rodriguez, Enrique Bedascarrabure, Anita M. Collins | ||
| 476 | The No-Nest hypothesis describes a decentralized social structure for subterranean termites from the genus Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Brian T. Forschler | ||
| 477 | Midden site preferences of the European red ant Myrmica rubra L Carrie E. Graham, Eleanor Groden, Frank A. Drummond | ||
| 478 | A new method for testing wood preferences of dry-wood termite Yuliati Indrayani, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Yoshiyuki Yanase, Yuji Imamura | ||
| 479 | Functional organization and genetic structuration of nests in patch in the ant Ectatomma tuberculatum Léa Zinck, Riviane R. Hora, Claudie Doums, Pierre Jaisson | ||
| 480 | Taxonomic status of the genus Probolomyrmex: new information from the males (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Masashi Yoshimura, Kazuo Ogata | ||
| 481 | Oxytetracycline-Resistance in the Honey Bee Pathogen Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae is Encoded on a Novel Mobilizable Plasmid Dan Murray, Katherine Aronstein | ||
| 482 | Behavioral avoidance of cold or falling temperatures in two subterranean termites Xing Ping Hu, Dunlun Song | ||
| 483 | Leaf-litter Ants as Surrogates in Establishing Conservation Assessments Sze Huei Yek, Ross H. Crozier, Simon KA Robson, Stephen Williams, Christopher Burwell | ||
| 484 | Biogeography of the Ant Genus Stenamma Michael G. Branstetter | ||
| 485 | Viral infection of Apis mellifera: Where in the honey bee brain is DWV expressed? Courtney Hill, Marie Pizzorno, Elizabeth Capaldi | ||
| 486 | Energy Gas Production from Wood Biomasses by Termites Seima Kawaguchi, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Hideki Aoyagi, Arata Hayashi, Yuji Imamura, Masahiro Miura, Yoshiyuki Yanase, Yoshihisa Fujii, Shogo Okumura, Kengo Suzuki | ||
| 487 | Evolution and ecology of species coexistence in an ant-plant interaction Gabriel Debout, Doug W. Yu | ||
| 488 | A molecular exploration of the ant genus Myrmica (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) Gunther Jansen, Riitta Savolainen, Kari Vepsäläinen | ||
| 489 | Tactile recognition against entomopathogenic fungi of the termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki Aya Yanagawa, Fumio Yokohari, Kazuhiro Iiyama, Chisa Aoki, Susumu Shimizu | ||
| 490 | Identification of host termite species by LAMP method using endo-ß-1,4-glucanase genes of hindgut protozoa Shuji Itakura, Akio Enoki | ||
| 491 | Foraging Strategy of Messor (Forel) seed-eating ants in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem Chris Georgiadis, Anastasios Legakis | ||
| 492 | Phylogeny and host shifts in the fungus-growing attine ant genus Apterostigma Stephanie M. Johnson, Sean G. Brady, Ted R. Schultz | ||
| 493 | Area-Wide Management of the Formosan Subterranean Termite in New Orleans' French Quarter Frank S. Guillot, Dennis R. Ring, Alan R. Lax | ||
| 494 | Ant community sensitivity to declining temperature associated with advancing seral stage in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada Robert J. Higgins, B. Staffan Lindgren, Duncan A. McColl | ||
| 495 | The socially parasitic ant of Myrmica rubra: a microgynous queen morph or a species in statu nascendi? Kari Vepsäläinen, Riitta Savolainen, Jon R. Ebsen, Jacobus J. Boomsma | ||
| 496 | The relationship between the surface roughness and damage by attack of subterranean termites and dry-wood termites Yoko Okahisa, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura, Yuko Fujiwara, Yoshihisa Fujii, Yuji Imamura | ||
| 498 | A subgeneric classification of the genus Crematogaster in Asia Shingo Hosoishi, Kazuo Ogata | ||
| 499 | The relationship between termite feeding behavior and doses of gamma-irradiation to wood noriaki Katsumata, tsuyoshi yoshimura, kunio tsunoda, yuji imamura | ||
| 500 | Recovery of ant diversity in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Brazil Jochen H. Bihn, Manfred Verhaagh, Martin Brändle, Roland Brandl | ||
| 501 | Types in German ant collections: digital documentation for modern taxonomy Manfred Verhaagh, Christiana Klingenberg | ||
| 503 | Antbase.Org - an Ant Taxonomy Knowledge System Donat Agosti, Norman F. Johnson, Roberto A. Keller | ||
| 504 | Biology, ecology and control of the Turkestan termite Anacanthotermes turkestanicus, infesting structures of historical importance in Uzbekistan A. S. Khamraev, L. I. Lebedeva, I. I. Abdullaev, T. I. Zhuginisov, A. K. Raina | ||
| 505 | Ants as Ecological Indicators in a Mediterranean Agroecosystem Cristina Castracani, Alessandra Mori | ||
| 506 | Observations on predation of the trap-jawed ant, Odontomachus brunneus, by Formica archboldi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Adrian A. Smith, Joshua R. King | ||
| 507 | Ant diversity of the Okavango Delta, Botswana Leeanne E. Alonso | ||
| 508 | Tropical subterranean biodiversity; A new method for studying an undersampled ant fauna Kari T. Ryder Wilkie, Amy L. Mertl, James F.A. Traniello | ||
| 509 | Nutrient quality of elaiosomes, and not a chemical trigger, stimulates seed dispersal by ants Veronika E. Mayer, Silvester M. Ölzant, Renate C. Fischer | ||
| 511 | Spatial and temporal nest distribution in Myrmica ant community, hosting Maculinea alcon – preliminary results Jan Hrcek, Milan Janda, Zdenka Krenova | ||
| 512 | Diversity of soil ants in Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico: land use effects mediated by the amount of forested area Patricia Rojas, Antonio Angeles, José Amador, Lizbeth Hernández | ||
| 513 | Islands in the sky: the ant fauna of epiphytic Bird's nest ferns (Asplenium nidus complex) in lowland rain forest, Sabah, Malaysia Tom Fayle, William Foster, Paul Eggleton, Arthur Chung, Martin Ellwood, Edgar Turner | ||
| 514 | Leaf litter ant diversity pattern in Guyana Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo, John S. LaPolla, Ted Suman, Ted R. Schultz | ||
| 515 | Ant communities in longleaf pine forest sites with and without the fungus-growing ant, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis Jonathan P. Howell, Deborah A. Waller | ||
| 516 | The ant fauna of a longleaf pine forest in southeastern Virgina that is transitional between southern and northern pine barrens Deborah A. Waller | ||
| 517 | Note on the social bugs of Benin, West Africa Tchibozo Sévérin, Nicolas Kaminski | ||
| 518 | Asexuality in the fungus-growing ant Mycocepurus smithii: evidences for population differences in levels of parthenogenesis Christian Rabeling | ||
| 519 | The social bugs of Benin, West Africa M. Sévérin Tchibozo, Nicolas Kaminski | ||
| 520 | The Spatial and Seasonal Natural History of the Ant Dolichoderus mariae Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Florida Longleaf-Pine Forest Kristina O. Laskis | ||
| 521 | Colony and forager spatial patterns of Formica exsecta species group ants in forested wetlands Sylvio G. Codella | ||
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