ISH student symposium at ESA 2014

We will have an ISH student symposium at this year's ESA meeting, which will be held in Portland, Oregon (http://www.entsoc.org/entomology2014). This is a great opportunity to present your research to people that love Hymenoptera as much as you do! If you are interested in submitting an oral presentation, please submit your talk title, brief abstract and author list by May 12, 2014. Please add the affiliation for all authors and indicate your student status. Questions and talk information should be emailed to lars.krogmann(at)smns-bw.de There will be a cash prize for best talk!

Winners of the ISH travel awards

We have received 19 excellent submissions for the ISH travel awards to our congress in Peru. The awards were spread among the following seven winners:

1st prizes (1000 US$ plus registration waiver)

Rebecca Kittel (University of Adelaide): "Phylogenetics and biogeography of chelonine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) based on a fossil calibrated multigene analysis"

Petr Jansta (Charles University, Prague): "Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the family Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) - are Torymidae really monophyletic?"

2nd prizes (500 US$ plus registration waiver)

Crystal McEwen (University of Maryland): "Progress in the revision of Disholcaspis Dalla Torre and Kieffer"

Bernardo Santos (American Museum of Natural History): "On the road to a total evidence phylogeny of cryptine wasps (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)"

Erika Tucker (University of Kentucky): "An updated phylogenetic analysis of Cremnops (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) incorporating the minibarcode region of COI"

3rd prizes (registration waiver)

Mabel Alvarado (University of Kansas): "Revision of the South American wasp genus Alophophion (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae)"

Candice Owen (Rhodes University): "Wingless wasps in the water -What?!?"

Congratulations to all winners!

III Symposium of CIS on Hymenoptera May 26th-30th, 2014, Kiev, UKRAINE

Final Announcement!

For further information please see the official announcement in English or Russian.

      Ukrainian Entomological Society in the cooperation with the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev) and Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev) (former name is the Scientific Centre for Megalopolis Ecomonitoring and Biodiversity Research of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) announce the preparation for III-rd Symposium of CIS countries (Commonwealth of Independent States) on hymenopterous insects (Hymenoptera) which will be held on May 26th–30th, 2014 in Kiev, Ukraine.

Travel Awards to 8th ISH Congress in Cusco, Peru, 

July 20-­25, 2014

  Call for Proposals

Due: February 27, 2014

The International Society of Hymenopterists invites student and postgraduate researchers (recently graduated or postdoctoral researchers) to submit applications for travel awards to the 8th congress in Peru from July 20-25, 2014. Funding for awards is limited, with a maximum award of $1500 plus a registration waiver ($240). Proposals will be competitively judged based on a consideration of the following factors: a) presentation of a poster or oral presentation (abstract and title included); b) one page resume; c) one page letter from supervisor, d) indication of any other potential funding source.

Travel Award Program Details:

1.  Eligibility: current graduate and postgraduate students; must be members in good standing of the International Hymenopterists Society; eligible applicants may not have received a previous ISH travel award (i.e., to ICE in Korea).

2.  Provide a brief budget for the trip. Are other funding sources available? 

3.   Awards: Typical award amounts will range from $500 to $1500 plus a waiver of registration fees.

4.   Applications: in single spaced 12 point Times, 1 inch margins:

A.   1 page that includes the title and abstract of the presentation (indicate if you plan a poster or oral presentation), a brief outline of the overall research being conducted, and a brief budget (<$1500).  Please be realistic about what you will need. Also, please state if you can still attend with a lesser award ($500-1000 plus a registration waiver).

B.   1-2 page detailed biography with publications and presentations.

C.   1 page statement from your Major Professor (or advisor) that 

       indicates your status and a recommendation for this award.

Please email applications as a single pdf file to Jim Whitfield (jwhitfie@life.illinois.edu) on or before February 27, 2014.

Successful applicants will be notified around mid-­March.

Members database offline

The members database will be offine for the christmas holidays (December 15-30) for an overhaul and upgrade. Sorry for any inconvenience and hopefully the new database will add a few improvements.

If you need to urgently access any of the information in the database please contact me directly.
--Katja Seltmann enicospilus(at)gmail

8th International Congress of Hymenopterists

The first formal circular for the congress in Cusco Peru,
and some additional information on the Hymenoptera workshop after the
meeting in Villa Carmen, Peru is ready.

If you are planning to attend, please fill out our intent to register form. The form will give the organizers a better idea of how many people to expect at the congress.

Please circulate this to as many people as possible to help grow our
membership and attendance at the meeting! Please feel free to contact
the ISH Society President, John Heraty, or members of the organizing or scientific committee with any
questions regarding the congress.

Look forward to seeing you there!

ISH symposium and business meeting, Austin, TX

If you are attending the Entomological Society of America meeting in Austin, please make sure to find your way to the ISH symposium and business meeting, which will be on

Sunday 10 Nov 2013, 1:15 PM - 5:15 PM in Meeting Room 4 ABC at Austin Convention Center

The meeting starts with the ISH symposium, which is held in honor of legendary Bob Wharton, a hymenopterist extraordinaire. Please find the program of the symposium attached. During the business meeting you will hear more about our next year's ISH conference in Cusco and there will be important news and discussions about the future direction of the society. If you have any friends or colleagues that are not ISH members, yet, but who are interested in Hymenoptera please bring them to the meeting as well.

Student Meeting

Sunday Nov 10th between 12.15 and 1.15pm in front/inside of the Meeting Room 4 ABC, Austin Convention Center 3rd floor (same room where the Hymenoptera session will be from 1.15pm onwards).

All students are invited to the inaugural student meet up during the ESA conference in Austin. Please come if you are a student or please forward this message to students in your lab. It will give students an opportunity to get to know each other and to meet their future colleagues. The meeting will be include a small workshop on 'how to make the most of a conference'.