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Book of Abstracts LA PLATA BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA Book of abstracts 02 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ODONATOLOGY La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina 15th to 20th November 2015 ICO 2015 is organized by the group of odonatologists lead by Javier Muzón. Although, this group has started their work several years ago at the Instituto de Limnología “Dr. R.A. Ringuelet” (CONICET – FCNyM, UNLP), most of their integrants are now part of BioGeA (Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Genética Ambiental) of the Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda (UNDAV). ICO 2015 is organized in consensus with the Worldwide Dragony Association (WDA) and the Societas Internationalis Odonatologica (SIO). This meeting is under the auspices of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP) and its Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo (FCNyM), the Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda (UNDAV), the National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and the Research Council of Buenos Aires province (CIC-BA). ICO 2015 has been supported by Seguros Rivadavia. ICO 2015 Book of Abstracts Director: Javier Muzón Editors: Federico Lozano & Alejandro del Palacio English language editor: Federico Lozano Design and layout: Aldana V. Muzón and Federico Lozano Editorial deadline: 31st August, 2015 03 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ODONATOLOGY ICO 2015 Organizing Committee Javier MUZÓN Federico LOZANO Lia S. RAMOS Alejandro DEL PALACIO Ayelén LUTZ Soledad WEIGEL MUÑOZ Pablo PESSACQ Collaborators Natalia BIANCHI CHIALVA Aldana V. MUZÓN Danielle ANJOS DOS SANTOS Roberto JENSEN Ramiro A. MANZO Camila RIPPEL ICO 2015 Scientific Committee Alcimar L. CARVALHO (Brazil) Adolfo CORDERO RIVERA (Spain) Alejandro CÓRDOBA AGUILAR (Mexico) Klaas-Douwe B. DIJKSTRA (The Netherlands) Natalia von ELLENRIEDER (USA) Ola M. FINCKE (USA) Rosser W. GARRISON (USA) Jorge GENISE (Argentina) Joachim HOFFMANN (Peru/Germany) M. Olalla LORENZO CARBALLA (Spain) Federico LOZANO (Argentina) Andreas MARTENS (Germany) Michael L. MAY (USA) Javier MUZON (Argentina) Lía S. RAMOS (Argentina) Pablo PESSACQ (Argentina) Ângelo P. PINTO (Brazil) Richard ROWE (Australia) Georg RÜPPELL (Germany) Göran SAHLÉN (Sweden) Michael J. SAMWAYS (South Africa) John P. SIMAIKA (South Africa) Frank SUHLING (Germany) Tze W. TAM (Hong Kong) Jessica L. WARE (USA) 04 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ODONATOLOGY ICO 2015 Grants The ICO 2015 Organizing Committee has offered to young odonatologists five grants to cover registration cost of the meeting. In order to make the selection from the 12 received applications we ask to the ICO organizers (editions from 2009 to 2017) to integrate the Grant Committee. Grant Committee Enrique GONZÁLEZ SORIANO (Mexico) Kiyoshi INOUE (Japan) Javier MUZÓN (Argentina) Rodolfo NOVELO GUTIÉRREZ (Mexico) Boudjéma SAMRAOUI (Algeria) Florian WEIHRAUCH (Germany) The ICO 2015 Grants have been awared to: Cornelio A. BOTA-SIERRA (Colombia) Sónia FERREIRA (Portugal) Angela NAVA BOLAÑOS (Mexico) Samuel RENNER (Brazil) Marciel Elio RODRIGUES (Brazil) 05 ICO2015 - GENERAL INFORMATION Congress venue The ICO 2015 will be held at the Cultural Hall of Cooperativa de Seguros Rivadavia, 755 7th Avenue, (basement), La Plata city. Congress reception The ICO 2015 Reception will be given in the Museo de La Plata on Sunday 15th from 18:30. This Museum, which was founded in 1888 by Perito Francisco Moreno, is one of the most relevant natural history institutions in South America. Congress office Seguros Rivadavia Cultural Hall reception: all days (except Thursday 19th) from 8:00 to 18:00. Mid Congress Field Tour It will take place on Thursday 19th, from 8:00 to 18:00 hs approximately. Buses will leave 8:00 AM (departure point to be confirmed). During the Mid-congress field tour will visit “El Destino” reserve, which is inside the Parque Costero Sur, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, approximately 60 km south of the city of La Plata. This reserve covers an area of 500 ha which have been preserved from farming for the last 60 years, integrating forests dominated by the spiny hackberry and the “coronillo” with shallow streams and several halophilic, wet and seasonally ooded grasslands on the Rio de la Plata coast. A typical Asado (meet barbecue) lunch in the field will be offer. Vegetarian meals will be available also. Official Dinner It will take place on November 20th in the city of Buenos Aires in a typical porteño restaurant where a traditional Tango show will be offered. Post Congress Field Tour The post-conference tour will visit the Lanin and Nahuel Huapi National Parks, Patagonia between November 22nd and 28th. We meet in San Martin de los Andes town (The ICO2015 Organizing Committee will not be in charge of the transfer between La Plata and San Martin de los Andes). Itinerary: Sunday 22nd. San Martin de los Andes, Neuquén province, check in from 14.00 hs Monday 23rd. Visit of different areas around the city. Tuesday 24th. Visit to Lanin National Park, return on motorboat through Lacar lake to San Martin de los Andes. Wednesday 25th. Bus to San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro province, through National Route 234 known as Seven Lake's Road. Visit to Ñivinco Fall. Thursday 26th. Visit around the Patagonian steepe. Friday 27th. Visit National Park Nahuel Huapi (excursion to Puerto Blest included) Farewell dinner. Saturday 28th. Check out approx. 10.00 AM 06 ICO2015 - LOGO Our logo refers to the concept of integrating South American odonatology in general, and Argentinian odonatology in particular, to the international scenario, this is represented here by the wing venation pattern. While the tradition of odonatology in Argentina is recent compared to other regions of the planet, researchers in our country have worked steadily for the last 40 or 50 years contributing to the knowledge of different aspects of the biodiversity of this large and heterogeneous country. The background image on our website depicts the color pattern of the abdomen of Rhionaeschna variegata (Fabricius, 1775): the southernmost dragony of the planet, the only representative of the order on the borders of South America, and the first species described for Patagonia. 07 MIGUEL HARTE Miguel Harte is a renowned Argentine plastic artist whose passion for insects, especially dragonies, has left a visible imprint on his work. This passion made him contact Javier Muzón and his team in 2004, with whom he enjoyed different field trips. When Miguel knew the ICO2015 was going to be held in Argentina he offered to make a drawing in honour of the meeting. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1961. At the beginning of the Eighties he lived eight years in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and he exhibited in Galería Contemporánea and in parallel he continued to exhibit in Buenos Aires. In 1988 he returned to Argentina. His first solo exhibition was in the gallery Ruth Benzacar in 1998 and the last in 2013. For more information visit his website: (http://miguelharte.com.ar/eng/bio.html) Miguel Harte 08 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Abbott, John USA [email protected] Alvial Chandia, Ingrid E. Chile [email protected] Anjos dos Santos, Danielle Argentina [email protected] Aubert, Michaël France [email protected] Bjelke, Ulf Sweden [email protected] Bota-Sierra, Cornelio A. Colombia [email protected] Bybee, Seth M. USA [email protected] Calvão, Lenize Batista Brazil [email protected] Cano Cobos, Yiselle P. Colombia [email protected] Conze, Klaus-Jürgen Germany [email protected] Cordero Rivera, Adolfo Spain [email protected] Córdoba Aguilar, Alejandro Mexico [email protected] Cuellar Cardozo, José Alejandro Colombia [email protected] Davidson, Simon UK [email protected] del Palacio, Alejandro Argentina [email protected] Donnelly, Thomas W. USA [email protected] Duryea, Mary C. Sweden [email protected] Dutra, Silvia L. Brazil [email protected] Endersby, Ian Australia endersby@pacific.net.au Ferreira, Sónia Portugal [email protected] Feindt, Wiebke Germany [email protected] Fincke, Ola M. USA fi[email protected] Furieri, Karina Brazil [email protected] Goertzen, Diana Germany [email protected] Gómez, Daniela Argentina [email protected] González Soriano, Enrique Mexico [email protected] 09 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Guillermo Ferreira, Rhainer Brazil [email protected] Gutiérrez-Fonseca, Pablo Puerto Rico [email protected] Hartung, Mathias Germany [email protected] Hilfert-Rüppell, Dagmar Germany [email protected] Hoffmann, Joachim Germany - Peru [email protected] Holden, James UK [email protected] Holuša, Otakar Czech Republic [email protected] Holušová, Katerina Czech Republic [email protected] Hunger, Holger Germany [email protected] Juen, Leandro Brazil [email protected] Koch, Kamilla Germany [email protected] Kohli, Manpreet USA [email protected] Kuhn, William R. USA [email protected] Le Gall, Mickaël France [email protected] Leipelt, Klaus Guido Germany [email protected] Lorenzo Carballa, Olalla M. UK [email protected] Lozano, Federico Argentina [email protected] Lutz, Ayelen Argentina [email protected] Manzo, Ramiro A. Argentina [email protected] Marinov, Milen New Zealand [email protected] Martens, Andreas Germany [email protected] May, Michael L. USA [email protected] Meléndez Quinto, José Martín Peru [email protected] Molineri, Carlos Argentina [email protected] Montes-Fontalvo, Jenilee M. Colombia [email protected] Muzón, Javier Argentina [email protected] 10 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Neiss, Ulisses Brazil [email protected] Nielsen, Erland R. Denmark [email protected] Novelo Gutiérrez, Rodolfo Mexico [email protected] Olberg, Robert USA [email protected] Pérez , Mary Venezuela [email protected] Pérez Gutiérrez, León A. Colombia [email protected] Pessacq, Pablo Argentina [email protected] Petrulevicius, Julián F. Argentina [email protected] Pimenta, Ana Luiza A. Brazil [email protected] Pinto, Ângelo P. Brazil [email protected] Ramírez, Alonso Puerto Rico [email protected] Ramos, Lía S. Argentina [email protected] Renner, Samuel Brazil [email protected] Rippel, Camila Argentina [email protected] Rodrigues, Marciel E.
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