Symposium

17. Social Insects

[17-5] Genetics & Genomics in Ecology and Evolution of Social Insects

Thu. Aug 29, 2024 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM Room 509

Chair: Elaine Françoso (Royal Holloway University of London), Natalia de Souza Araujo (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Cintia Akemi Oi (UCL)

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1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

[17-5-01] Genomic basis of life-history innovations in bees and wasps

Chris Wyatt¹, Emeline Favreau¹, Katie Geist², Sandra Rehan³, Amy Toth², *Seirian Sumner¹ (1. UCL (UK), 2. Iowa State University (United States of America), 3. York University, Toronto (Canada))

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

[17-5-02] Sociogenetic structures of two parthenogenetic ants with contrasting modes of nest founding

*Naoto Idogawa¹, Atsushi J. Nagano^2,3, Shigeto Dobata⁴ (1. Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan), 2. Ryukoku University (Japan), 3. Keio University (Japan), 4. University of Tokyo (Japan))

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

[17-5-03] The social brain of termites: investigating gene co-expression network in the Blattodea

*Cedric Aumont^1,2, Alina Mikhailova³, Tracy Audiso⁴, Thomas Bourguignon⁴, Ales Bucek⁴, Crystal-Leigh Clitheroe⁴, Ives Haifig⁵, Shulin He⁶, Frédéric Legendre⁷, Cong Liu⁴, David Sillam-Dussès⁸, Jan Šobotník⁹, Zongqing Wang¹⁰, Mark Harrison³, Dino McMahon^1,2 (1. Freie Universität Berlin (Germany), 2. Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) (Germany), 3. University of Münster (Germany), 4. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (Japan), 5. Universidade Federal do ABC (Brazil), 6. Chongqing Normal University (China), 7. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (France), 8. University Paris 13-Sorbonne Paris Cité (France), 9. Czech University of Life Sciences (Czech Republic), 10. Southwest University (China))

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

[17-5-04] Evolutionary genomics of sociality in beetles

*Julius Rombach¹ (1. University of Freiburg (Germany))

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

[17-5-05] Deciphering the puzzle of Tetragonula species from Australia: a tale of numts, rapid evolution, whole mitogenome duplication & rearrangements

*Elaine Françoso¹ (1. Royal Holloway, University of London (UK))

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

[17-5-06] A supergene underlying sexual antagonism promotes genetic diversity in an invasive ant

*Edward Vargo¹, Kyung-Seok Kim¹, Darshan Chetty¹, Pierre-Andre Eyer¹, Alexander Blumenfeld¹, Maria Belen Fernandez², Luis Calcaterra² (1. Texas A&M University (United States of America), 2. Fundación para el Estudio de Especies Invasivas (FuEDEI) and CONICET (Argentine))

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

[17-5-07] A supergene underlies social polymorphism in the desert ant Cataglyphis niger

Aparna Lajmi¹, Pnina Cohen¹, Chih-Chi Lee¹, Zeev Frenkel¹, *Eyal Privman¹ (1. University of Haifa (Israel))

Coffee Break (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

[17-5-08] Using eDNA to advance knowldge on bee-plant interactions.

Sydney B. Wizenberg¹, *Amro Zayed¹ (1. York University (Canada))

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

[17-5-09] Uncovering Floral Composition of Paper Wasp Nests (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes) through DNA Metabarcoding

*Saeed Mohamadzade Namin¹, Minwoong Son², Chuleui Jung³ (1. Agricultural Science and Technology Institute, Andong National University, Andong, South Korea (Korea), 2. Rural Development Administration (RDA). Jeonju, Repoblic of Korea. (Korea), 3. Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Republic of Korea (Korea))

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

[17-5-10] Genomic mechanisms of caste determination in stingless bees

*Natalia de Souza Araujo¹, Klaus Hartmann Hartfelder², Serge Aron¹ (1. Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), 2. Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil))

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

[17-5-11] How inquilinism shapes reproductive systems within an inquiline-host relationship in termites

*Johanne Timmermans¹, Simon Hellemans², Nicolas Fontaine¹, Yves Roisin¹ (1. Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), 2. Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (Japan))

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

[17-5-12] Adaptation through Thermal Tolerance in the Urban Invader Tapinoma sessile

*Kuan-Ling Kelly Liu¹, Edward Vargo¹ (1. Texas A&M University (United States of America))

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

[17-5-13] Individual level long-read genome assemblies reveal co-evolution of DNA methylation and transposable elements in termite genomes

*Bitao Qiu¹, Daniel Elsner, Judith Korb¹ (1. University of Freiburg (Germany))

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM

[17-5-14] The genomic basis for high-altitude adaptation in a bumblebee

*Chunyan Jiang¹, Bing Chen¹, Lei Yue¹ (1. Hebei University (China))

6:00 PM - 6:15 PM

[17-5-15] Global historical biogeography and diversification dynamics of ponerine ants unravel current evolutionary hotspots of biodiversity

*Maël Doré^1,2, Marek L. Borowiec³, Michael G. Branstetter⁴, Gabriela P. Camacho⁵, Brian L. Fisher², John T. Longino⁶, Phil S. Ward⁷, Bonnie B. Blaimer¹ (1. Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (Germany), 2. California Academy of Sciences (United States of America), 3. Colorado State University (United States of America), 4. Agricultural Research Service, USDA (United States of America), 5. Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil), 6. University of Utah (United States of America), 7. UC Davis (United States of America))

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