ABR: Systematics and Zoogeography of Aquatic Hemiptera of New Guinea

9528025米勒新几内亚岛有着复杂的地质历史。它显然是由澳大利亚大陆块的北缘随着时间的推移而形成的，因为它与向南迁移的岛弧元素相撞而扩大。这种陆块缓慢构造碰撞的重复过程在新几内亚形成了山脉的隆起。目前这些山脉和邻近岛弧特有的动植物包括令人惊叹的生物多样性，其中许多没有被描述，并为生物地理分析提供了信息，这些分析揭示了这些陆块运动的时间和模式的地质史。该奖项继续支持一个项目，该项目涉及新几内亚和邻近岛弧的水生半翅目(真虫)(昆虫门：半翅目)，作为研究这种岛弧迁移和沉积的生物地理后果的关键群体。在之前的NSF奖项的支持下，已经有27个属(11个新属和5个科)被完全分析，另外2个属被部分分析，从而产生了出色的生产力。这一奖项将支持对8科13个属的进一步分析。这些分类群的分布数据将被用于生物地理分析，以加强对这一迷人地区的动物地理的了解。该项目将有助于我们了解新几内亚的生物多样性。具体地说，将描述新的昆虫分类群并研究它们的关系，以了解新几内亚和相关岛弧的历史生物地理。对水生昆虫的研究特别重要，因为这些生物是监测水质的重要指示类群。

9528025 MILLER The island of New Guinea has a complex geologic history. It apparently has been formed over time by the northern edge of the Australian continental mass enlarging as it collided with elements of southward migrating island arcs. This repeating process of slow tectonic crashing of land masses has formed upthrusts of mountain ranges on New Guinea. Present day plants and animals endemic to these ranges and adjacent island arcs include amazing biodiversity, much of it undescribed, and provide information for biogeographic analyses that divulge the geologic history of the timing and pattern of these land mass movements. This award provides continuing support for a project involving the aquatic Hemiptera (true bugs) (Insecta: Hemiptera) of New Guinea and adjacent island arcs as a key group for investigating the biogeographic consequences of such island arc migration and accretion. Support from a prior NSF award has resulted in excellent productivity with 27 genera (11 new and in five families) having been analyzed completely and 2 others in part. This award will support further analysis of 13 additional genera in eight families. Distributional data for these taxa will be utilized in biogeographic analyses to enhance knowledge of the zoogeography of this fascinating region. This project will contribute to our knowledge of the biodiversity of New Guinea. Specifically, new insect taxa will be described and their relationships studied for understanding of the historical biogeography of New Guinea and related island arcs. Aquatic insect studies are especially important because these organisms are important indicator taxa for monitoring water quality.