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International Union for the Study of Social Insects International Congress 13 - 18 July 2014 Cairns Convention Centre | Queensland, Australia PROGRAM International Union for the Study of Social Insects International Congress 13 - 18 July 2014 Cairns Convention Centre | Queensland, Australia PROGRAM www.iussi2014.com 1 Sponsors Contents Thank you to our sponsors Welcome .................................................... 3 and exhibitors General Information ................................... 4 Venue ......................................................... 7 Sponsors and Exhibitors Profiles ................ 8 Social Events ............................................. 11 Plenary Speakers ...................................... 13 Program Monday 14 July 2014 .......................... 23 Tuesday 15 July 2014 .......................... 39 Wednesday 16 July 2014 ..................... 57 Thursday 17 July 2014 ......................... 65 Friday 18 July 2014 .............................. 85 Posters ...................................................... 98 Poster Session 1 - Monday ....................... 99 Poster Session 2 - Tuesday ..................... 106 Poster Session 3 - Thursday .................... 112 Presenting Author Index ........................ 119 Delegate List ........................................... 127 Event Management by: ICMS Australasia Pty Ltd GPO Box 3270 Sydney NSW 2001 AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 2 9254 5000 | Fax: +61 2 9251 3552 Email: [email protected] www.icmsaust.com.au 2 Welcome The Australian Section welcomes you to the Union’s 17th Congress. This is going to be a fabulous conference in a wonderful place. The program reflects the diversity of current social insect research: taxa, questions and approaches. I’m sure that every delegate will find that there is much of interest in the program: more than they can possibly attend. My advice if there is a choice, go to the talk you know least about! We’ve decided to dispense with an abstract book. The abstracts are available on line, and have been permanently archived at the University of Sydney Library, where you (and anyone else) can access them any time for eternity. We hope that this will bring greater exposure to our work, reduce costs and make it easier to find things. It will make your bag much lighter on the way home. Australia is a mega-diverse country. Temperate Tasmania feels a bit like parts of north England – with immigrants to match. Blink in Darwin and you might think you were in South East Asia without the crowds. In between you’ll find unique Australian landscapes including our infamous ‘deserts’, which are actually full of life if you care to look. Here in Cairns you are adjacent to two of the world’s great wonders: the Queensland wet tropics, and the world’s largest living thing, the Great Barrier Reef. Try to visit both, you won’t regret it. Do try to explore Australia further afield. People may be hard to understand, but they are friendly and genuinely interested in overseas visitors. Australia is very safe. If you stay out of the water there are no large predators, the roads are good, the traffic is light. You can confidently explore on your own. The organizing committee comprises Prof Ben Oldroyd (president) and Prof Madeleine Beekman (secretary/treasurer), Prof Simon Robson, Dr Judith Reinhard and Dr Lori Larch. Feel free to talk to or email us about any questions you may have. We have been ably assisted by our professional event organisers ICMS Australia. A big thank you in particular to Jodie Doyle, Anne Binegas-Small and Emma Bowyer. Enjoy your conference, enjoy Australia. Ben Oldroyd President of IUSSI 3 General Information Registration Desk The speakers’ preparation room will be open at the following times: The registration desk is located at the Cairns Convention Centre, ground floor foyer and Sunday 13 July 1600 – 1930 will be open at the following times: Monday 14 July 0700 – 1730 Tuesday 15 July 0730 – 1800 Sunday 13 July 1600 – 1930 Wednesday 16 July 0715 – 1200 Monday 14 July 0730 – 1730 Thursday 17 July 0730 – 1800 Tuesday 15 July 0730 – 1800 Friday 18 July 0800 – 1630 Wednesday 16 July 0800 – 1200 Thursday 17 July 0730 – 1800 Posters Friday 18 July 0800 – 1630 Posters are on display in the Mezzanine Registration desk telephone number is: Foyer of the Cairns Convention Centre. 07 4042 4301 There will be 3 poster sessions taking place throughout IUSSI 2014. Please refer to page Speakers’ Preparation Room 99 for a detailed list of poster presentations. If you are presenting a talk, you must take Uploaded posters are available on http:// your presentation on a USB stick to the ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/10541 Media Room located on the Ground floor Automated Teller Machines of the Cairns Convention Centre (next to the Congress Registration Desk). Your (ATMs) presentation will then be loaded onto the An ATM facility is located on the left hand server and networked through to the room side of Grafton Street, approximately 100 you are speaking in. metres past Hartley Street if you are walking from the Convention Centre. Presentations are to be loaded well before your presentation session: Baby Feeding Room • Sunday 13 July between 1600 – 1930 There is a baby feeding room at the Cairns Convention Centre, opposite the Registration • For morning sessions, 1 day before the Desk near the front entrance. scheduled presentation Abstracts • For afternoon sessions, before morning tea break on the day of the scheduled A complete file of the abstracts can be found presentation on the IUSSI 2014 congress website at www. iussi2014.com/program_overview.html. 4 Abstracts will be archived and are available Restaurants / Bars on the following website: http://ses.library. usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/10541 The following restaurants will offer discounts upon presentation of your IUSSI 2014 name Car Parking badge. The Convention Centre’s undercover car park • Bushfire Flame Grill can be accessed from Sheridan Street and • Coco’s Restaurant is $5 per day. The car park is closed before • Fire & Ice 0700 and after 1900. • Golden Boat Chinese Restaurant Emergency / First Aid • Mondo’s Bar & Grill • Ochre Restaurant & Catering In Australia, phone 000 in an emergency • Salt House situation requiring police, the fire • Sirocco Restaurant department or ambulance. See staff at the • Green Ant Catina - one free Green Ant Registration Desk for access to the first aid micro brewed beer with every main room. meal. Lost property T-Shirts Please go to the Registration Desk. If you have pre-purchased a t-shirt you can collect it from the Registration Desk. Message Board Taxis If you have a message for a colleague, please deliver it to the Registration Desk for To book a taxi, phone 131 008, or there is a placement on the notice board. taxi phone located outside the front entrance of the Convention Centre. Name Badges Wi-Fi For security purposes, delegates are requested to wear their name badge There is complimentary Wi-Fi available at all times during the congress. If you throughout the Cairns Convention Centre. misplace your name badge, please go to the The password is IUSSI2014. Registration Desk to arrange a replacement. Shopping Mobile Phones A shopper’s paradise or shopping in paradise, Delegates are advised to switch their mobile either way take advantage of the many duty phones onto silent. free shops in the heart of Cairns or drop into Cairns Central a major shopping mall in the city centre. 5 General Information Friday, Saturday and Sunday don’t miss the farmer's markets at Rusty’s renowned for fresh produce, flowers, homemade crafts, jewellery, local wines, clothing and just about anything else you can think of. Cairns Night Markets open every night and the Lagoon markets each Saturday are home to colourful craft and art products. If venturing further afield don’t miss the markets at Kuranda, Port Douglas and Yungaburra. Venue Location: Corner Wharf and Sheridan Streets Phone: +61 7 4042 4200 The Convention Centre has two levels: ground floor and mezzanine (first floor). Plenary presentations will be given in Hall A & B. You can enter from the mezzanine level. Concurrent sessions will be held in Hall A & B, Meeting rooms 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8. Access to all concurrent sessions is via the mezzanine level. Refreshments All morning tea and afternoon tea breaks will be provided each day in the foyer area, Mezzanine level, Cairns Convention Centre. Lunch will be able to be purchased at the Cairns Convention Centre alternatively there are many food outlets located in the city centre where lunch can be purchased. 6 Venue Cairns Convention Centre Ground Level Speakers’ Preparation Room SHERIDAN STREET Conference Rooms 1 - 6 HARTLEY STREET Registration Desk Front Entrance WHARF STREET GRAFTON STREET Mezzanine Level Meeting Rooms 1 - 8 Hall A & B - Plenary Sessions 7 Sponsors and Exhibitors Profiles Entomological Society of Centre for Tropical America (ESA) Biodiversity & Climate Contact: Mrs Pamela Reid, Manager of Change, James Cook Marketing and Member Relations University 3 Park Place, Suite 307 Annapolis, MD 21401-3722 Contact: Prof. Simon Robson USA Centre for Tropical Biodiversity & Climate Change Phone: +1-301-731-4535 James Cook University QLD 4811 Fax: +1 301-731-4538 Australia Email: [email protected] Web: www.entsoc.org Phone: +61 7 4781 5466 Fax: +61 7 4781 5511 The Entomological Society of America (ESA) Email: [email protected] is the premier worldwide organization Web: http://research.jcu.edu.au/research/ serving the professional and scientific ctbcc needs of entomologists and others in related disciplines. 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