Org. Divers. Evol. 5, Electr. Suppl. 13: 1 - 109 (2005) © Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik http://senckenberg.de/odes/05-13.htm URN: urn:nbn:de:0028-odes0513-7 Abstracts of talks and posters Org. Divers. Evol. 5, Electr. Suppl. 13 (2005) Burckhardt & Mühlethaler (eds): 8th GfBS Annual Conference Abstracts 2 8th annual meeting of the GfBS 13-16 September 2005 in Basle organised by NHMB: Michel Brancucci Daniel Burckhardt Roland Mühlethaler NLU-Biogeographie: Peter Nagel Org. Divers. Evol. 5, Electr. Suppl. 13 (2005) Burckhardt & Mühlethaler (eds): 8th GfBS Annual Conference Abstracts 3 Org. Divers. Evol. 5, Electr. Suppl. 13 (2005) Burckhardt & Mühlethaler (eds): 8th GfBS Annual Conference Abstracts 4 8th annual meeting of the GfBS 13-16 September 2005 in Basle Sponsored by Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel ___________________________________ Org. Divers. Evol. 5, Electr. Suppl. 13 (2005) Burckhardt & Mühlethaler (eds): 8th GfBS Annual Conference Abstracts 5 Org. Divers. Evol. 5, Electr. Suppl. 13 (2005) Burckhardt & Mühlethaler (eds): 8th GfBS Annual Conference Abstracts 6 CONTENTS Contents................................................................................................................6-11 Preface .....................................................................................................................12 Abstracts of lectures and oral presentations AGOSTI D., POLASZEK A., BOEHM K. & SAUTTER G.: Taxonomic publications: past and future...............................................................................................................14 AHRENS D. & VOGLER A. P.: Species recognition of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) through DNA barcoding in megadiverse tropical soil assemblages...................................................................................................15 ARMBRUSTER G. F. J. & BÖHME M.: Loss of phylogenetic information in histone genes because of gene conversion and GC3 drive? A data analysis of mammals and land snails.......................................................................................................16 ASPÖCK U. & ASPÖCK H.: Nevrorthidae – “Coelacanths” among the Neuropterida? On the phylogeny and biogeography of a relict group (Insecta: Neuropterida: Neuroptera).....................................................................................................17 BALKE M.: no abstract received BEGEROW D. & LUTZ M.: DNA barcoding in the fungal world ......................................18 BININDA-EMONDS O.R.P.: Rates of molecular evolution in mammals .........................19 BÖCKELER W.: Ontogenesis and biology of Pentastomida as a helpful additive for their systematical assignment.................................................................................20 BÖGLE M., MANNSCHRECK B., SCHNEIDER S. & MELZER A.: AFLP – a tool to separate charophyte species.........................................................................................21 COWAN R.: The potential of DNA barcoding with special reference to land plants.....22 DESALLE R.: The unholy trinity: DNA barcoding, taxonomy and species delimitation 23 DIKOW T.: New phylogenies and past classifications – should we compare the two? 24 EKREM T., Willassen E. & Stur E.: DNA barcoding of non-biting midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) ................................................................................................25 FRIESEN N.: DNA taxonomy of the genus Galanthus, species identification and illegal trade ...............................................................................................................26 Org. Divers. Evol. 5, Electr. Suppl. 13 (2005) Burckhardt & Mühlethaler (eds): 8th GfBS Annual Conference Abstracts 7 GEMEINHOLZER B.: Merits and limitations of DNA-barcoding in plants........................27 GITTENBERGER E., GROENENBERG D. & PIEL W. H.: Conflicting phylogenetic and taxonomic ranks in alpine Arianta (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)..........................28 GUICKING D., FRITZ U. & WINK M.: A range-wide phylogeography of European pond turtles (genus Emys): new insights from mitochondrial sequence data ..........29 HEIBL C., KOCYAN A., RENNER S. S. & GRAU J.: Rain shadow and fog desert: orogenic influences on the evolution of Oxalis in the coastal desert of Atacama, Chile 30 HUNDSDÖRFER A. & WINK M.: The phylogeny of the hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) with special emphasis on the Hyles euphorbiae- complex: evidence from mitochondrial sequences, genomic fingerprints and chemical ecology ............................................................................................31 ITTEN B., SCHNELLER J. & URMI E.: Genetic diversity and geographic differentiation of Sphagnum fimbriatum (Sphagnaceae, Bryophyta) .........................................32 KAYß S. & OHL M.: Functional and phylogenetic implications of the sting apparatus of solitary wasps .................................................................................................33 KIESELBACH D. & HAUSEN H.: 3D-Reconstructions of the chaetal arrangement contradict ideas on a common inheritance of the chaetal inversion in Sabellariidae and Sabellidae (Annelida) .........................................................34 KLAUS S., SCHUBART C. & BRANDIS D.: Biogeographic hypothesis for the distribution pattern of freshwater crabs .............................................................................35 LEHRKE J. & BLEIDORN C.: Phylogenetic relationships of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) based on 18S-rRNA-sequence data and implications for opercular evolution .........................................................................................................36 LIEBHERR J. K.: Conserving ecological and phylogenetic relationships as well as species............................................................................................................37 LIEDE-SCHUMANN S. & RAPINI A.: Phylogenetic results and their implications for the classification of American Asclepiadeae (Apocynaceae)................................38 LINDER H. P. & NYFFELER R.: Historical biogeography of alpine plants: what are the questions? ......................................................................................................39 MAYER G.: Nephridial development in the Onychophora and its bearing on the Articulata hypothesis.......................................................................................40 MEYER A., HAUSEN H., BLEIDORN C. & ROUSE G.: The Proscoloplos species complex (Annelida: Orbiniidae) is a single disjunctively distributed species: support from molecular and morphological ..........................................................................41 Org. Divers. Evol. 5, Electr. Suppl. 13 (2005) Burckhardt & Mühlethaler (eds): 8th GfBS Annual Conference Abstracts 8 MOLENDA R., SZALLIES A. & HUBER C.: Phylogeography of the Oreonebria castanea- group (Coleoptera:Carabidae): historical biogeography of alpine faunistic elements .........................................................................................................42 MÜLLER P.: Rattle snake evolution – or „what really counts“......................................43 NEBEL M., KOTTKE I. & PREUßING M.: New insights in the evolution of liverworts stimulated by symbiotic fungi ..........................................................................44 PODSIADLOWSKI L.: Nucleotide frequency biases as a problem in phylogenetic analyses using mitochondrial gene sequences...............................................45 RICHLING I.: Re-interpretation of the distribution and biogeography of helicinid snails on the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico (Mollusca: Gastropoda:Neritopsina)..46 SCHICK S., LÖTTERS S. & VEITH M.: LBF-systematics in eastern Africa.......................47 SEIFRIED S., WILLEN E., GEORGE K. H., VEIT-KÖHLER G., DREWES J., BRÖHLDICK K., ROSE A., MOURA G., ARBIZU P. M. & SCHMINKE H. K.: Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the deep sea of the Angola Basin ........................................48 SPELDA J.: Millipedes as aids for the reconstruction of long-term Quaternary refugia49 STEINER G., DREYER H., SATLER M. & KNAPP M.: Advances in phylogenetic inference from molluscan mitochondrial genomes .........................................................50 STEINKE D., PFENNIGER M. & MEYER A.: Applications of DNA barcoding ....................51 TRIBSCH A. & BROCHMANN CH.: Evolution and phylogeography of arctic-alpine plants52 VAN DER NIET T., JOHNSON S. D. & LINDER H. P.: Can we reject pollinator-driven speciation as a predominant model for the Cape Floristic Region? ................53 VENCES M.: DNA barcoding in amphibians: identifying tadpoles and candidate species............................................................................................................54 WAGNER T.: Revision of afrotropical Galerucinae (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) – Overview after ten years.................................................................................55 WEIRAUCH C. & CASSIS G.: Ptilocnemus Westwood (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Holoptilinae): first results on morphology, systematics, and biology of the ant- preying assassin bugs ....................................................................................56 Abstracts of posters BLEIDORN C.: Analysis of annelid mitochondrial sequence data supports inclusion of Sipuncula within annelids................................................................................58 BRÄUCHLER C., MEIMBERG H., ABELE