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Spring 2000 Vol. 19, No. 1 NEWSLETTER OF THE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA (TERRESTRIAL ARTHROPODS) Table of Contents General Information and Editorial Notes ............(inside front cover) News and Notes Activities at the Entomological Societies’ Meeting ...............1 Summary of the Scientific Committee Meeting.................2 Symposium on biodiversity .........................10 Yukon book well received ..........................11 Project Update: Seasonal adaptations in insects ................13 The Quiz Page..................................15 Jumping Spiders of Canada ..........................16 Selected Future Conferences ..........................19 Answers to Faunal Quiz.............................21 Quips and Quotes ................................22 List of Requests for Material or Information ..................23 Cooperation Offered ..............................29 List of Email Addresses.............................29 List of Addresses ................................31 Index to Taxa ..................................33 General Information The Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) appears twice yearly. All material without other accreditation is prepared by the Secretariat for the Biological Survey. Editor: H.V. Danks Head, Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) Canadian Museum of Nature P.O. Box 3443, Station “D” Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4 TEL: 613-566-4787 FAX: 613-364-4021 E-mail: [email protected] Queries, comments, and contributions to the Newsletter are welcomed by the editor. Deadline for material for the Fall 2000 issue is July 17, 2000. ************ Editorial Notes The Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) develops and coordinates national initiatives in taxonomic and ecological entomology on behalf of the Canadian Museum of Nature (formerly the National Museum of Natural Sciences) and the Entomological Society of Canada. This Newsletter communicates information about systematic and faunistic entomology that may be of interest in Canada, and reports especially on activities relevant to the Biological Survey. Vol. 19, No. 1 1 News and Notes Activities at the Entomological Societies’ Meeting he 1999 joint annual meeting of the Ento- Insects as ecological indicators of natural and modi- Tmological Society of Canada and the Ento- fied landscapes in the Whangamata area, New mological Society of Saskatchewan took place Zealand. J.A. McLean, D.C. Jones, S. Kilvert, in Saskatoon, 26-29 September 1999. The C.E. Ecroyd, R. MacFarlane and J.S. Dugdale meeting was attended by more than 200 people. Lepidoptera diversity in mature and old growth as- Many student members presented papers, with pen stands. G.R. Pohl 33 entrants for the President’s Prize student pa- Tarsi across the water: Holarctic relationships in the per competition. Items in the program or associ- chloropid genera Dasyopa and ated with it included: Trachysiphonella. T.A. Wheeler Survey of thrips species associated with retail A plenary session on “Global and local perspectives greenhouse operations in Edmonton, Alberta. on managing the millennium bug” K.M. Fry Symposia on “Insect population monitoring and Evolution of noctuid pests: a molecular perspective. forecasting” and “Biorational / biotechnological A. Mitchell pest control” Epigaeic arthropod succession in boreal forests: Workshops on “Lygus bugs”, “Preparing and as- convergence, recovery, or both? C.M. Buddle, sessing grant applications”, “Internet resources J.R. Spence and D.W. Langor for entomologists”, and “Leafhoppers” Habitat preferences of spiders along a gradient be- Submitted papers in four sessions. tween a freshwater pond and a forest. A. Gra- A student paper competition, in four sessions, for ham the President’s Prize of the Entomological Soci- Response of the natural enemy complex to epi- ety of Canada. demic bark and sawyer beetle populations. K. The ESC Heritage Lecture, given by Dr. Paul Ryall and S. Smith Riegert, entitled “Entomology in Saskatchewan: Carabid beetles and riparian zones: the continuing the early years”. story of forestry practices’ influence on wildlife. The ESC Gold Medal Address entitled “The role of S. Lavallee taxonomists and natural history collections in Carabid beetle communities along an urban-rural biodiversity studies”, given by Dr. Lubomir gradient. D.J. Hartley, J.R. Spence, E.D. Mon- Masner. tes de Oca and G.E. Ball Governing board and annual general Boreal spiders and carabid beetles as bioindicators meetings also took place, the gold medal and of forest disturbance and management. D.P. other honours were awarded, exhibits were dis- Shorthouse and K.J. Cryer played, and there were many opportunities for The implications of spruce budworm mangement informal exchange of information, including an for the species and ecosystem diversity of opening reception and a banquet. carabid beetles and moths in the boreal forest. C.M. Wytrykush and N.J. Holliday Papers on systematics and related themes A simple guide to forest defoliators. L. Morneau, The following titles include some of the J.R. Spence and W.J.A. Volney papers of faunal interest that were presented in Responses of insect communities to site preparation the various scientific sessions, including post- in jack pine plantations. M.I. Bellocq, M. Doka ers. (Interesting treatments on a range of other and S.M. Smith subjects also were presented in the various ses- Life history and seasonal dynamics of wolf spiders. sions). C.M. Buddle 2 Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) Carabid beetle assemblages of Elk Island National Incidence of endoparasites in a population of bum- Park. K.J. Cryer and J.R. Spence ble bees (Bombus spp.). T.L. Whidden, M.C. Hymenopterous parasitoids of filth fly (Diptera: Otterstatter and R.E. Owen Muscidae) pupae in cattle feedlots. K.D. Floate, The higher Diptera community associated with B.A. Khan and G.A.P. Gibson sedges (Cyperaceae: Carex) in southern Quebec. Shutterbugs of the past. Selected photos from the F. Beaulieu Spencer Entomological Museum, University of Phylogenetic implications of male genitalia in the British Columbia. S. Lavallee subfamily Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Effects of insecticides and ground cover manage- Dolichopodidae). S. Brooks ment on predatory ground beetles (Coleoptera: Leaf mining as an evolutionary innovation: a reas- Carabidae) within an enhanced IPM apple or- sessment. V. Crecco and T.A. Wheeler chard in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia (Can- A North American grasshopper living in Eurasia af- ada). C.P.S. O’Flaherty, S. Rigby, C. Sheffield, ter all? G. Litzenberger and W. Chapco R. Smith and K.I.N. Jensen Systematics and phylogeny of Lauxania Latreille Saskatchewan aquatic insect web page. D. Parker (Diptera: Lauxaniidae). J. Pérusse and T.A. and D. Lehmkuhl Wheeler Influence of orchard managements systems on Systematics of the genus Thricops (Diptera: abundance and diversity of Hymenoptera with Muscidae). J. Savage emphasis on Chalcidoidea. M. Trombley, R. The effects of grazing on ant biodiversity in the Smith, C. Sheffield and S. Rigby south Okanagan. J. Heron and G.G.E. Scudder Ephemeroptera of the South Saskatchewan River, The effects of grazing on Orthoptera and SK. J. Webb and D. Lehmkuhl Grylloptera biodiversity in the South Okanagan. Incomplete barriers to mitochondrial gene flow be- P. Liu and G.G.E. Scudder tween pheromone races of the North American After the crash: monitoring endemic forest tent cat- pine engraver, Ips pini (Say) (Coleoptera, erpillar populations and their parasitoids. C. Scolytidae). A.I. Cognato, S.J. Seybold and Schmidt, and J. Roland F.A.H. Sperling The effect of trap size on catch rates of spiders and beetles. L.M. Korinus, C.M. Buddle and J.R. Spence Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), October 1999 he Scientific Committee met in Ottawa on Dr. Floate and Dr. Wheeler, has continued its T21-22 October 1999. work. Dr. Wheeler reported on some the prod- Scientific Projects ucts envisaged from this project, based on the Discussion about scientific projects of subcommittee report distributed after that meet- the Survey included the following information. ing. One of the main priorities identified was to establish a baseline framework for grasslands, 1. Grasslands that is finding out what types of grasslands ex- Dr. Shorthouse reminded the Committee ist, especially in a botanical context. Such a that the grasslands project will be one of the baseline will be crucial to make sense of the Survey’s main priorities over the next few ecological side of the project. Additional ways years. The grasslands subcommittee met imme- were discussed to find expertise for such an diately after the Committee meeting last April endeavour. and since then the subcommittee, co-chaired by Vol. 19, No. 1 3 Another suggested product was an infor- 4. Other mal conference at the 2000 joint Other projects were reviewed, including ESC/ESA/SEQ meeting, including presenta- those on keys to the families of Canadian tions on recent and ongoing projects and on po- arthropds and arthropods of the boreal zone. tential projects, as well as a discussion about fu- ture plans. Dr. Wheeler had submitted a pro- Other scientific priorities posal, and a potential list of speakers and an outline will soon be established. A revised 1. Arthropod fauna of soils Grasslands newsletter will also be imple- Dr. Behan-Pelletier reported that she mented. Dr. Danks has undertaken to edit
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