20th International Congress of Arachnology

DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE

REPORTS

No. 3, July 2, 2016

Cushing

16:15

Stephanie Loria

- Systematics and

biogeography of the Asian forest scorpions

genus

Heterometrus

Ehrenberg 1828

Robb Bennett

- Documenting diversity:

Surveying British Columbia’s spider fauna

Yuri Marusik

- Palaearctic and Nearctic

versus Holarctic: How do spiders fit into

zoogeographic regions?

16:30

*Victoria R. Smith

- An unexpected

journey: The evolution and biogeography of

New Zealand Idiopidae

Igor Cizauskas

- Diversity mapping and

ecological aspects of cave spiders from

Brazil (Arachnida Araneae)

Jessica Szabo

- Urban Islands: A

biodiversity survey of spiders on Portland,

Oregon green roofs

16:45

Nicole Garrison

- Investigating species

boundaries in a trapdoor spider complex

using anchored hybrid enrichment

Jason Schmidt

- Influence of the

biogeospatial environment on the

distribution of spider communities

Arthur Decae

- An Aristotelian view on

trapdoor spiders

17:00

Sarah Boyer

- Historical refugia have

shaped biogeography of dispersal-limited

mite harvestmen (Opiliones Cyphophthalmi)

from the Australian Wet Tropics

Nobuo Tsurusaki

- Cascading increase of

chromosome number showing concentric

rings in

Gagrellula ferruginea

Opiliones

Jon Reiskind

- Instilling Arachnophilia:

Spiders in Children’s Literature

17:15

Casey Richart

- Glacial Refugia & Riverine

Barriers: Biogeography of

Acuclavella

(Opiliones Ischyropsalidoidea) in N. Idaho

Jesper Bechsgaard

- X chromosomes

evolution in

Stegodyphus

spiders

Ogonna Nwankwo

- Ecological studies of

spider fauna of Awka Anambra state

17:30

Group photo 17:30–17:45: follow instructions of volunteers

17:45

17:45–19:00: Poster Presenters hang posters. 17:45–19:00: Laudier Dinner for those interested in morphology, histology,

fine structure at Bridgewater Grill Restaurant inside Golden Hotel (corner of 11

St. & Washington Ave.). 18:00–20:00:

AAS Executive Committee Meeting at Golden Visitor's Center Conference room, 1010 Washington Ave.

18:00

19:00

19:00–21:00: Poster Session I - Grand Lobby

20:00

21:00

21:00–23:00: Students, early career professionals, and postdocs gather for an evening of debauchery. Meet outside

Green Center or go directly to Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Ave. Patio reserved for our group weather permitting.

Reservation in either Cushing's name or School of Mines group.

22:00

23:00