Fulgoroidea
(Cryan Lab)

Cicadoidea
(Simon Lab)

Membracoidea
(Dietrich Lab)

Cercopoidea
(Cryan Lab)

About the project

2007 PEET Auchenorrhyncha workshop

2010 PEET Auchenorrhyncha workshop

2008 PEET Argentina Collecting Trip

NSF PEET Homepage

2nd NSF-PEET Auchenorrhyncha Workshop, November 1,2 2008 at the University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

Session 1, 1 November 2008

• 8:30-9:00–   Informal welcome
• 9:00-10:00–   Auchenorrhynchan Morphology (Charles Bartlett)
• 9:00-10:00–   Break
• 10:00-11:15–   DELTA and morphological data (Charles Bartlett)
• 11:15-11:30–   A new interpretation of genitalic features in Rhynchota (Dmitry Dmitriev)
• 11:30-12:30–   Lunch
• 12:30-1:00–   Use of morphology in phylogenetic Systematics of Auchennorhyncha (Chris Dietrich)
• 1:00-–   Afternoon workshop on DELTA and 3i (Charles Bartlett, Dmitry Dmitriev)

Session 2, 2 November 2008

• Morning session, Insect molecular systematics
• 8:30-9:00–   Breakfast
• 9:00-9:30–   Double Checks at each step: collecting, extraction, amplification, sequencing, data analysis (Chris Simon)
• 9:30-10:00–   Collection techniques, what are we missing? (Geert Goemans)
• 10:00-10:30–   DNA Extraction techniques (Chris Owen)
• 10:30-11:00–   Break
• 11:00-11:30–   Finding and defeating NUMTs (NUclear copies of MiTochondrial DNA; (Kathy Hill); For protocols, Click Here.
• 11:30-12:00–   Auchenorrhyncha Symbiont DNA (Julie Urban)
• 12:00-1:00–   Lunch
• 1:00-1:30–   Searching for new genes (Beth Wade)
• 1:30-1:45–   European Cicadetta phylogeny & systematics (Beth Wade)
• 1:45-2:00–   Tribe Cicadettini (Dave Marshall)
• 2:00-2:15–   Gudanga phylogeny and systematics (Rachel Krauss)
• 2:15-2:30–   Pauropsalta phylogeny and systematics (Chris Owen)
• 2:30-2:45–   Zammara and Odopoea phylogeny and systematics (Geert Goemans)
• 2:45-3:00–   Tibicen phylogeny and systematics (Kathy Hill)
• 3:00-3:30–   Break
• 3:30-3:40–   Overview of Cryan Lab past, present, and future projects (Jason Cryan)
• 3:40-3:50–   Cercopoidea phylogeny and systematics (Adam Bell)
• 3:50-4:00–   Phylogeny and Dispersal in the Grass-Feeding Delphacid Planthoppers (Gavin Svenson)
• 4:00-4:15–   Determining Familial Relationships Within Fulgoromorpha (Julie Urban)
• 4:15-4:30–   Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the New World Sharpshooter Genus Xyphon. (Therese Catanach)
• 4:00-4:15–   Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Classification of the Leafhoppers of Madagascar (Sindhu Krishnankutty)

Note: the general (but slightly out of date) Simon Lab protocol book can be found Here. The protocols in this document work, but have not been miniaturized or updated since 2005.

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Participants:

• Charles Bartlett
• Adam Bell
• Therese Catanach
• John Cooley
• Jason Cryan
• Chris Dietrich
• Dmitry Dmitriev
• Beth Jacobson
• Geert Goemans
• Kathy Hill
• Young June Lee
• Rachel Krauss
• Sindhu Krishnankutty
• David Marshall
• Chris Owen
• Chris Simon
• Gavin Svenson
• Rakhee Thombre
• Vinton Thompson
• Julie Urban