7th International Congress of Dipterology Program San José, Costa Rica, 8-13 August 2010 SUNDAY 8 AUGUST 13:00 – 17:00 – Registration-Room: Guaria 19:00 – 21:00 - Welcome Reception-Room: Orquídeas MONDAY 9 AUGUST 7:30 Late Arrival Registration – Room: Convention Center 8:30 Opening Ceremony – Room: La Paz A 9:00 Plenary Address: Maggots and mayhem – Room: La Paz A M.L. Goff 9:40 Open discussion 10:00 Coffee break – Room: North Lobby SYMPOSIUM: Advances in Afrotropical Dipterology SYMPOSIUM: Forensic Diptera (Moderator: A.H. Kirk-Spriggs) – Room: La Paz A (Moderators: J. Vargas & M.L. Goff) – Room: La Paz C 10:30 Dedication – the life and career of Brian Roy Stuckenberg 10:30 Introduction (1930–2009) J. Vargas A.H. Kirk-Spriggs 10:40 Patterns of human decomposition M.L. Goff 11:00 What advances have been made in the last decade in 11:00 Identification of larvae of forensically important European Afrotropical Dipterology? Calliphoridae and Muscidae P.S. Cranston A. Grzywacz, K. Szpila, T. Pape & M.J.R. Hall 11:15 Molecular systematics of the sibling species Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata K.A. Williams & & M.H. Villet 11:30 Two hundred described, thousands more to go – the virtually 11:30 Forensic fly research in Australia: ongoing challenges and unstudied fauna of Afrotropical Cecidomyiidae recent advances N. Dorchin & K.M. Harris J. Wallman 11:45 Flies at risk: Overview of the Blephariceridae of Madagascar 11:45 Habitat Differentiation of Chrysomya megacephala and R.B. Sam & G.W. Courtney Chrysomya pinguis (Diptera: Calliphoridae) S.T. Yang & S.F. Shiao 12:00 Athericidae and Vermileonidae of the Afrotropical Region 12:00 Nocturnal activity and oviposition in carrion-breeding flies from D.W. Webb south-eastern Australia B. Lessard, C. Kavazos & J. Wallman 12:15 The stratiomyid fauna of Madagascar – is the island richer than 12:15 Interspecific interactions between larvae of carrion-breeding the continent? blow flies (Calliphoridae) M. Hauser & N.E. Woodley K. Melbourne, M. Archer & J. Wallman 12:30 Lunch break break – Room: South Lobby SYMPOSIUM: Advances in Afrotropical Dipterology (continued) SYMPOSIUM: Forensic Diptera (continued) Room: La Paz A Room: La Paz C 13:30 Advances in the taxonomy of Afrotropical Asilidae 13:30 Visualisation and volumisation of maggot masses using CT J.G.H. Londt technology A. Johnson, M. Archer, C. O'Donnell, L. Leigh-Shaw, M. Brown & J. Wallman 13:45 An overview of Afrotropical Mydidae – the most diverse mydid 13:45 Correlation between age, body length and dry weight of larvae fauna worldwide belonging to two species of forensically important blow flies T. Dikow (Diptera: Calliphoridae) D. Singh & M. Bala 14:00 An overview of Afrotropical Empidoidea (exclusive of 14:00 Occurrence of Calliphoridae (Diptera: Insecta) throughout the Dolichopodidae sensu lato) process of decomposition of a swine corpse (Sus scrofa B.J. Sinclair Linnaeus, 1758) exposed in an Atlantic Forest fragment at Salvador, Bahia City, Brazil F.M.P. Cordeiro, D.S. Lopes, T.F. Véras, F.F. Oliveira & T.S.Thé 14:15 Origin and evolution of the Disneyempis lineage, a phylogenetic 14:15 Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) as a new forensic and biogeographic approach indicator for buried bodies C. Daugeron & B.J. Sinclair K. Szpila, J.G. Voss & T. Pape 14:30 An overview of Afrotropical endemism in Therevidae 14:30 Coleopteran parasitoids in Dipteran hosts: Implications for K.C. Holston, M. Hauser & M.E. Irwin forensic entomology S.W. Lin & S.F. Shiao 14:45 Overview of Afrotropical window flies (Scenopinidae) 14:45 Dismemberment of a murder victim and forensic entomology: a S.L. Winterton case study of PMI estimation using blow fly larvae S.F. Shiao 15:00 Afrotropical Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) 15:00 Occurrence and seasonable variation of Hermetia illucens H.G. Dirickx, M. De Meyer, A. Ssymank & F.C. Thompson (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) (Linnaeus, 1758) on swine corpse (Sus scrofa) exposed at an Atlantic rainforest fragment at Salvador- Ba/Brazil D.S. Lopes, F.M.P. Cordeiro, T.F. Véras, F.F. Oliveira & T.S. Thé 15:15 Systematics and biogeography of Afrotropical Quasimodo flies 15:15 Forensic entomology: Analysis of its development ten years (Curtonotidae) after implementation in Costa Rica A.H. Kirk-Spriggs, B.M. Wiegmann & G. McGregor J. Vargas 15:30 Coffee break break – Room: North Lobby SYMPOSIUM: Advances in Afrotropical SYMPOSIUM: Forensic Diptera (continued) WORKSHOP: Agricultural Diptera Dipterology (continued) Room: La Paz C (Moderator: D.L. Kline) Room: La Paz A Room: La Paz B 16:00 The biodiversity of shore flies (Diptera: 16:00 Open discussion 16:00 Survey and management of stable flies Ephydridae) of the Afrotropical Region M.L. Goff at the National Zoological Park T. Zatwarnicki J.A. Hogsette, S. Alberts, G.A. Ose & A. Hiza 16:15 An overview of the taxonomic status of 16:15 Semiochemical based management the Afrotropical Tephritidae program for mosquitoes, biting midges A. Freidberg and flies for a horse facility D.L. Kline & J.A. Hogsette 16:30 An overview of Afrotropical 16:30 Efficacies of the permethrin- Lauxanioidea impregnated resin net in controlling the S. Gaimari & R.M. Miller blood sucking tabanid flies H. Sasaki 16:45 An overview of Afrotropical 16:45 Comparison and selection of Sciomyzidae saprophagous Diptera species for the J.-C. Vala, L. Knutson, R.M. Miller & conversion of poultry manure D.A. Barraclough N. Lomas, S.A. Marshall, M. Dixon & Y. Zheng 17:00 An overview of Afrotropical Oestroidea 17:00 Black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia T. Pape illucens) as an option for municipal organic waste management in Costa Rica N.M. Studt-Solano, D. Flores, F. Roa- Gutiérrez & S. Diener 17:15 Over 200 genera and counting – the 17:15 Importance of visual and olfactory cues megadiverse fauna of Afrotropical for foraging in the parasitoid Exorista Tachinidae japonica P. Cerretti, J.E. O'Hara, D.M. Wood & R.T. Ichiki, Y. Kainoh, Y. Yamawaki J.O. Stireman & S. Nakamura 17:30 Official launch of Manual of Afrotropical Diptera project A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & M. Mostovski 17:45 Open discussion A.H. Kirk-Spriggs 18:00 Wine reception (sponsored by E. Oppenheimer & Son, South Africa) TUESDAY 10 AUGUST 9:00 Plenary Address: Fossils, biogeography and evolution of Diptera D. Amorim – Room: La Paz A 9:40 Open Discussion 10:00 Coffee break break – Room: North Lobby SYMPOSIUM: Phylogeny and taxonomy SYMPOSIUM: Evolution and ecology of SYMPOSIUM: Advances in Neotropical within the “orthorrhaphous” Brachycera insect-host relationships dipterology: rediscovering the New World (Moderators: S.L. Winterton, T. Dikow, (Moderator: N. Dorhin) (Moderators: C.J.B Carvalho) M. Hauser) – Room: La Paz C – Room: La Paz B Room: La Paz A 10:30 Introduction 10:30 A tritrophic geographic mosaic of S.L. Winterton coevolution and local adaptation 10:35 Phylogeny of the "orthorrhaphous" T.P. Craig & J.K. Itami Brachycera–progress since 1989 11:00 Genetic differentiation of forest and N.E. Woodley prairie populations of Eurosta solidaginis J.K. Itami & T.P. Craig 11:15 A phylogenetic study of the 11:15 Radiation of gall midges (Diptera: relationships of the genera of Cecidomyiidae) driven by shifts within Xylophagidae and between host-plant species of K.M. Bayless, D.K. Yeates & B.M. North American goldenrods Wiegmann N. Dorchin, J.B. Joy, S. Jordan & W.G. Abrahamson 11:30 Aiming towards more resolution - 11:30 Monophyletic groups in the Phoridae, challenges for a phylogeny of and the evolution of termitophily Stratiomyidae B.V. Brown & P.T. Smith M. Hauser 11:45 Molecular phylogeny of the horse flies: 11:45 Phylogeny and classification of the 11:45 Introduction a framework for renewing tabanid Tephrellini (Diptera: Tephritidae: C.J.B. de Carvalho taxonomy Tephritinae) 11:50 Diptera and dipterist diversity in South S.I. Morita, K.M. Bayless & B.M. H.-Y. Han, K.-E. Ro & A. Freidberg America Wiegmann C.J.B. de Carvalho 12:00 Phylogenetic relationships of 12:00 Factors affecting abundance and Acroceridae and Nemestrinidae distribution of Pseudasphondylia (Nemestrinoidea) neolitseae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) S.L. Winterton & S.I. Morita M. Tokuda, K. Matsuo, J. Yukawa & K. Kiritani 12:15 Increased sampling of taxa, genes, and 12:15 Possible effects of asynchrony morphological data leads to the between gall-midge emergence and dissolution of Diachlorini (Tabanidae: host-plant phenology on shift in host Tabaninae) range, leading to speciation K.M. Bayless, S.I. Morita & B.M. J. Yukawa Wiegmann 12:30 Lunch break – Room: South Lobby SYMPOSIUM: Phylogeny and taxonomy SYMPOSIUM: Evolution and ecology of SYMPOSIUM: Advances in Neotropical within the “orthorrhaphous” Brachycera insect-host relationships dipterology: rediscovering the New World (continued) – Room: La Paz C (continued) – Room: La Paz B (continued) – Room: La Paz A 13:30 Contemporary systematics of the 13:30 Cospeciation and cophylogeography 13:30 Diptera of Colombia; a preliminary southern hemisphere horse fly genus in Fergusoninid galling flies and their approach Scaptia (Diptera: Tabanidae) nematode mutualists M. Wolff B. Lessard, S. Cameron, J. Trueman S.J. Scheffer, K. Davies, R. Giblin- & D. Yeates Davis, G.S. Taylor & D.K. Yeates 13:45 Cladistic Analysis of Toxophorini 13:45 Host-associated differentiation in 13:45 A large scale survey of the Diptera of Schiner (Diptera, Bombyliidae) Diptera: Contrasting plant parasites the Atlantic Forest A.M. Cunha, C.J.E. Lamas & M.S. and insect parasitoids D. Amorim et al. Couri John O. Stireman III 14:00 Molecular phylogenetics of the bee 14:00 Discussion 14:00 Brazilian Dipterology: History and flies: overcoming the effects of rogue N. Dorchin research taxa M. S. Couri M.D. Trautwein, B.M. Wiegmann & D.K.Yeates 14:15 Phylogenetic relationships within the 14:15 14:15 The history of Dipterology in Colombia Mydinae (Diptera: Mydidae) – the early contributors J.C.