Presentations
Planetary Biodiversity Inventory: Plant Bugs
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Presentation: Planetary Biodiversity Inventories Using the World Wide Web as a Taxonomic Research Tool

Where and when: The American Museum of Natural History, April 2008

Who was invited to speak: Randall (Toby) Schuh

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PI Schuh presented the achievements of the Plant Bug PBI project and his research over the last 7 years to scientific staff within the American Museum of Natural History.

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Presentation: Taxonomy, Biogeography and Host Relationships of the Phymatopsallus (Miridae: Phylinae): Contribution to a Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI)

Where and when: Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2006

Who was invited to speak: Randall (Toby) Schuh

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PI Schuh presented his findings at the International Heteropterist Society Conference.

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Presentation: The Polyozus-group (Miridae, Phylinae) in Australia: Systematics and host plant associations

Where and when: Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2006

Who was invited to speak: Christiane Weirauch

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Former Post-Doc Weirauch presented her findings at the International Heteropterist Society Conference.

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Presentation: The nearctic mirid genus Coquillettia Uhler, 1890 and its myrmecomorphic females (Phylinae).

Where and when: Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2006

Who was invited to speak: Denise Wyniger

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Former Post-Doc Wyniger presented her findings at the International Heteropterist Society Conference.

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Presentation: Progress on Mexican Orthotylines for PBI Project 2006 (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Where and when: Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2006

Who was invited to speak: Michael Schwartz

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Senior Scientist Schwartz presented his findings at the International Heteropterist Society Conference on a poster, then he presented his findings with this slideshow at the team meeting in Luzern, Switzerland.

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Presentation: Phylinae (Heteroptera:Miridae) of Central Asia: current state of knowledge and a prospective for further research

Where and when: Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2006

Who was invited to speak: Fedor Konstantinov

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Post-Doc Konstantinov presented his findings at the International Heteropterist Society Conference.

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Presentation: Traumatic Insemination in the plant bug genus Coridromius (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Where and when: Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2006

Who was invited to speak: Nikolai Tatarnic

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PhD Candidate Tatarnic presented his findings at the International Heteropterist Society Conference.

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Presentation: Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Hadronema group (Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini)

Where and when: Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2006

Who was invited to speak: Dimitri Forero

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PhD Candidate Forero presented his findings at the International Heteropterist Society Conference.

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Presentation: Biodiversity of the Orthotylinae and Phylinae in Nepal

Where and when: Wageningen, The Netherlands, July 2006

Who was invited to speak: Tomohide Yasunaga

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Tomohide Yasanaga presented his findings from his studies in Nepal at the International Heteropterist Society Conference.

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Presentation: Web-based Specimen Databasing: Lessons from the Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Project

Where and when: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, December 2005

Who was invited to speak: Randall (Toby) Schuh

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PI Schuh was invited by the Entomological Collections Network to present about the PBI Locality Database.

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Presentation: Phylogenetics and Host Relationships of Plantbugs Inhabiting Native Cypress Pine

Where and when: Sydney, Australia, 2005

Who spoke: Celia Symonds

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Celia gave this presentation detailing the research she accomplished during her Honours Degree at The University of Sydney in collaboration with the Australian Museum.

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Presentation: Exploring the Southern Hemisphere: Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Field Work in Australia and South Africa

Where and when: Washington DC, October 2005

Who was invited to speak: Randall (Toby) Schuh

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PI Schuh was invited by the Entomological Society of Washington to present an overview of the PBI project with a focus on fieldtrips and host relationships.

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Presentation: Getting a Grip on 5000 Taxa and 500,000 Specimens: Lessons from a Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Project

Where and when: London, England, May 2005

Who was invited to speak: Randall (Toby) Schuh

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PI Schuh was invited by the Royal Entomological Society and the Natural History Museum to speak about PBI project achievements and goals to provide insight to colleagues who wish to undertake similar projects.

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Presentation: The Plant Bug Planetary Biodiversity Inventory Project

Where and when: Salt Lake City, USA, November 12-13 2004

Who was invited to speak: Randall (Toby) Schuh

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PI Schuh gave an invited presentation at the Entomological Collections Network Conference in Salt Lake City, explaining the logistics of the project and project achievements to date.

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