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PBI team members from the US, Canada, Russia & Australia attended the International Congress of Entomology 15-21 August 2004.
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The congress was held in sunny Brisbane Australia.
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PBI participants met with other Heteropterists including President of the International Heteropterists Society Jocelia Grazia (far left).
Included are: Micheal Schwartz, Fedor Konstantinov, Randall (Toby) Schuh, Dimitri Forero, Christiane Weirauch and Denise Wyniger.
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Peter Raven Director of Missouri Botanical Garden USA presented a plenary address at the Congress.
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PhD candidate Dimitri (center) is seen discussing the presentations/ seminars with postdocs (from left to right) Michael Wall, Denise, Christiane & Fedor.
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Christiane, Denise & Dimitri mingle at the opening cocktail event at the Congress.
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Lunchtime was a great opportunity to catch up with fellow team members and discuss the new ideas and concepts acquired during the Congress.
Here we see from left to right Co-PI Gerry Cassis, Senior Investigator Thomas Henry & PI Toby.
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Most of the PBI team gave lectures at the Congress.
Shown here is Tom Henry presenting “Recognition and Identification of Supergeneric Groupings in the Miridae.”
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Gerry chaired the Systematics & Phylogeny session titled “Origins & Diversification of Heteroptera, with particular emphasis on the Australasian Fauna”. He also presented “Biodiversity, host plant associations & biogeography of Heteroptera of continental Australia”.
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Toby discussed the PBI project and recent launch of the website during his presentation titled “Plant bugs & the Planetary Biodiversity Inventory initiative”.
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Michael Wall answered some questions at the end of his presentation titled “Phylogeny & biogeography of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Heteroptera:Pentatomidae:Pentatominae)”. The Congress provided an opportunity for the postdocs & PhD candidates to present their Dissertation (PhD Thesis) & Masters Thesis studies.
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Shown left: Denise presented “Phylogenetic studies of the plant bug genus Psallus Fieber, 1858 (Heteroptera:Miridae)”.
Shown Right: PhD Candidate Nikolai Tatarnic presented “Systematics & biogeography of the genus Mictis (Heteroptera: Coreidae)”.
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Christiane’s presentation concluded the Wednesday morning session with “Structural diversity in Reduviidae (Heteroptera), with a contribution to the phylogenetic system of the group”.
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PBI participants joined other members of the International Heteropterists Society at their biennial meeting.
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Before we knew it, the Congress was over and we said goodbye to beautiful Brisbane.