ABR: Systematics and Zoogeography of Aquatic Hemiptera of New Guinea

小米勒9528025 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方边缘随着时间的推移与向南迁移的岛弧元素碰撞而扩大而形成的。 这种不断重复的大陆板块缓慢的构造碰撞过程形成了新几内亚山脉的隆起。 现今，这些山脉和邻近岛弧特有的植物和动物包括惊人的生物多样性，其中大部分未被描述，并为地理分析提供信息，揭示这些陆地运动的时间和模式的地质历史。 该奖项为一个涉及新几内亚和邻近岛弧的水生半翅目（真正的臭虫）（昆虫纲：半翅目）的项目提供持续的支持，该项目是调查此类岛弧迁移和增生的地理后果的关键群体。 来自先前NSF奖的支持导致了出色的生产力，其中27个属（11个新属和5个科）已经完全分析，另外2个属部分分析。 该奖项将支持进一步分析8个科的13个属。 这些分类群的分布数据将用于昆虫地理分析，以提高对这一迷人地区的动物地理学的认识。 该项目将有助于我们了解新几内亚的生物多样性。 具体而言，新的昆虫类群将被描述和它们的关系研究的历史新几内亚和相关岛弧的地理学的理解。 水生昆虫研究特别重要，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.