International Colloquium on Apterygota
1 -2 September, 2008
Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soil Animals

Monday, 1 September
9h – 9h30 Inaugural Session
9h30 – 17h30 Session 1. Ecology, bioindicators and conservation

9h30 – 12h Theme I: The role of Apterygota in restoration and conservation
Chairperson: L. Fernandes (UFRJ, Brazil)

9h30 – 10h Introduction: L. FERNANDES (UFRJ, Brazil)

10h – 10h30 Talk 1 - WU, D. Study on Soil Collembola in the Degraded and Alkalined Grasslands of Songnen Plain, China

10h30 – 11h Talk 2 - FIERA, C. Could Collembola species be considered bioindicators of air pollution?

11h – 11h30 Talk 3 - HASEGAWA, M.; FUKUYAMA, K.; MAKINO, S.; OKOCHI, I.; TANAKA, H.; OKABE, K.; GOTO, H.; MIZOGUCHI, T.; SAKATA, T. Comparison of collembolan community between broad-leaved forests and man-made conifer stands of Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae) in central Japan

11h30 – 12h Talk 4 - MARX, M.T.; WILD, A.K.; KNOLLMANN, U.; KAMP, G.; WEGENER, G.; EISENBEIS, G. Responses and adaptations of collembolan communities to different flooding and hypoxic conditions

12h – 13h30 Lunch

13h30 – 17h30 Theme II: Succession and population ecology
Chairperson: E. Oliveira (INPA, Brazil)

13h30 – 14h Talk 1 - BELLINI, B; ZEPPELINI, D. An Ethogram of Seira raptora Zeppelini & Bellini, 2006 (Collembola; Entomobryidae)

14h – 14h30 Talk 2 - KOVÁČ, L.; ČUCHTA, P.; MIKLISOVÁ, D. Effect of the severe windthrow in spruce forest stands of the High Tatras (Slovakia) upon soil Collembola (Hexapoda) communities

14h30 – 15h Coffee Break

15h – 15h30 Talk 3 - QUERNER, P.; BRUCKNER, A. Proposed sampling protocol with pitfall traps and soil cores for collecting a high species richness of Collembola with the lowest sampling and identification effort.

15h30 – 16h Talk 4 - GREENSLADE, P.; KITCHING, R. Altitudinal zonation in a rainforest fauna and implications for climate variability.

Tuesday, 02 September

9h – 14h Session 2. Morphology, anatomy and ultrastructure

Theme I: Morphology, anatomy and Biogeography
Chairperson: J.G. Palacios-Vargas (UNAM, México)

9h – 10h Introduction: J.G. Palacios-Vargas (UNAM, México)

10h – 10h30 Talk 1 - PALÁCIOS-VARGAS, J.G.; CASTANO-MENEZES, G. Sexual dimorphism in Collembola (Hexapoda): importance and evolution in different families.

10h30 – 11h Talk 2 - BELLINI, B.; ZEPPELINI, D.; PAES, A. Sexual dimorphism in Seira Lubbock ,1869 (Collembola; Entomobryidae).

11h – 11h30 Talk 3 - MENDES, L. F.; GAJU-RICART, M.; MOLERO-BALTANÁS, R.; BACH de ROCA, C. On the genera Allomachilis Silvestri, 1906 and Kuschelochilis Wygodzinsky, 1951 (Insecta: Microcoryphia).

11h30 – 12h Talk 4 - MOLERO-BALTANÁS, R.; GAJU-RICART, M.; LÓPEZ dos SANTOS, N.; BACH de ROCA, C. On antennal asymmetry in males of Coletinia (Insecta, Zygentoma, Nicoletiidae).

12h – 13h30 Lunch

13h30 – 16h30 Poster Presentations

16h30 Closing Session