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64th ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the Entomological Society of New Zealand, 7-10 April 2015 Auckland

Accepted Oral Abstracts

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Sexual selection and morphological diversity: What can New Zealand Invertebrates tell us?
Greg Holwell
Life in the Clouds: New Zealand's Alpine Beetle Fauna
Richard A.B. Leschen
Spider Odds and Ends
Phil Sirvid
The damselfly genus Xanthocnemis in New Zealand (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
Milen Marinov
New genera of New Zealand broad-nosed weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Samuel Brown
Review of the Pictrotini (Cryptophagidae)
Richard A. B. Leschen
Exotic longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) established in New Zealand
Stephanie Sopow
Itchers with Glitches: resolving polyphyly in the phylogenetically important genus Androlaelaps
Matthew Shaw
Basalt and Balaustiinae (Acarina: Parasitengona: Erythraeidae)
John Clark
Resolving taxonomy of Mecodema (Carabidae: Broscini) populations in the greater Auckland area
David Seldon
Spiders! An exhibition coming soon to Canterbury Museum
Cor Vink
The Royal Society's panel on National Taxonomic Collections in New Zealand: ESNZ's response
Samuel Brown
The unimportance of Diptera and introducing Karsing Megu.
Franz-Rudolf Schnitzler
How good are collection records at representing New Zealand environments?
Darren Ward
Male-male competition and chelicera morphology in New Zealand sheet-web spiders (Cambridgea foliata)
Leilani Walker
Specialisation of a leaf-feeding beetle is explained by phylogeny and specific resistance traits of its host plants
Michael Cripps
Elevated carbon dioxide impairs the performance of a specialized parasitoid on Brassica plants
Adriana Najar-Rodriguez
Role of olfaction in host-habitat and host finding of Cotesia urabae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Gonzalo Avila
Increasing concern about Gum Leaf Skeletoniser, Uraba lugens, causing contact dermatitis in humans
Andrew Pugh
Preparing for invasion: how MPI is preparing for the arrival of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
Catherine Duthie
MPI in Response
Milen Marinov
The Great White Butterfly Eradication Programme
Chris Green
The Ministry for Primary Industries emerging risk system
Kim Crook
Assessing risk associated with exotic ants in New Zealand
Anna Probert
Assessing the potential ecological impacts of the Hadda Beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata)
Jessica Devitt
Sex, lies and rock'n'roll: signal function and evolution in spider webs
Anne Wignall
Motuora 10 years on: Restoration trajectory of a native beetle community.
Jacqueline Beggs
Giant Willow Aphid: a new-comer (?) to New Zealand
John McLean
Elitism, specialisation and the foraging behaviour of common wasps (Vespula vulgaris)
Phil Lester
Using Bayesian networks to model insect flight activity 
Stephen Pawson
Return of the heat: Restoration of a geothermal ecosystem
Ian Boothroyd
Land-use intensification effects on the pollination services provided by insects
Jamie Stavert
Lessons from the Monarch
Jacqui Knight
Healing the invisible masses? Responses of insects to restoration
Corinne Watts
Predicting the amount, quality and location of dead wood in the forest landscape - A modelling approach to predict saproxylic insect abundance
Nicolas Meurisse
Getting a return on science investment:  Early steps enabling pest wasp control on public conservation lands
Eric Edwards
Seaweed, kelp flies, wasps and global warming.
John Early

Accepted Poster Abstracts

The potential global distribution of the Bronze bug, Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)
Gonzalo Avila
Temporal dynamics activity of invasive Vespula spp. workers in Argentina. 
Maité Masciocchi
Cryptic diversity in Northland landhoppers
Olivier Ball
Temporal responses of spider communities to mammal pest control
Stacey Lamont
How effective are different lights for collecting adult aquatic insects?
Stephen R. Pohe
Translocation of the endangered braided-river grasshopper Brachaspis robustus
Tara J. Murray
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