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Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) Spring 1999 Vol. 18, 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 EMAN National Meeting ...........................12 MacMillan Coastal Biodiversity Workshop ..................13 Workshop on Biodiversity Monitoring.....................14 Project Update: Family Keys ..........................15 Canadian Spider Diversity and Systematics ..................16 The Quiz Page..................................28 Selected Future Conferences ..........................29 Answers to Faunal Quiz.............................31 Quips and Quotes ................................32 List of Requests for Material or Information ..................33 Cooperation Offered ..............................39 List of Email Addresses.............................39 List of Addresses ................................41 Index to Taxa ..................................43 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 1999 issue is July 16, 1999. ************ 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. 18, No. 1 1 News and Notes Activities at the Entomological Societies’ meeting he 1998 joint annual meeting of the Ento- and a banquet. Exhibits included entomological Tmological Society of Canada and the books and equipment. Société d’entomologie du Québec took place in Papers on systematics and related themes Québec City, 31 October to 4 November 1998. The meeting was attended by more than 300 The following titles include some of the people, including a large number of student papers of faunal interest that were presented in members, many of whom presented papers. The various scientific sessions, including posters, in meeting had the theme of “Today’s basic re- addition to the symposia and workshops. (Inter- search: Tomorrow’s Integrated Pest Manage- esting treatments on a range of other subjects ment”, and all of the three symposia and four also were presented in the various submitted pa- workshops pertained to this theme. Items in the per sessions). program or associated with it included: The larvae of Hydrotrupes Sharp and Agabinus Crotch (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with implica- Symposia on “Applying the basics of chemical tions for the phylogeny of the Colymbetinae. Y. ecology in IPM”, “Evolutionary ecology: a con- Alarie ceptual framework for the development of IPM”, and “Physiology and molecular biology: towards Geographic affinities of Diptera in relict grasslands the development of biorational insectides”. of the Yukon. S. Boucher Workshops on “Just what is biocontrol anyway?”, Systematics of the subfamily Dolichopodinae “What is the role for research in IPM implemen- (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). S.E. Brooks tation?”, “Host resistance against the white pine Biogeography of the genus Liosphex Townes weevil”, and “Insect management with physical (Rhopalosomatidae, Hymenoptera): examining control methods”. disjunct distribution. S. Guidotti Submitted papers grouped by the themes of A World Wide Web information system on the Biodiversity, taxonomy and systematics; Ecol- Tachinidae (Diptera) of bertha armyworm ogy and biological control; Physiology and mo- (Mamestra configurata, Noctuidae). J.E. lecular biology; Ecology and evolution; O’Hara Ecophysiology; and Insect-flower relations. Staphylinid beetle diversity in mature and regener- A student paper competition, coordinating presen- ating coniferous forests in Alberta. G.R. Pohl tations for the Melville-Duporte prize of the Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of tallgrass Société d’entomologie du Québec and the Presi- prairie in southern Manitoba: effects of con- dent’s Prize of the Entomological Society of trolled burning and implications for conserva- Canada. tion. D.A. Pollock and R.E. Roughley The ESC Heritage Lecture, given by Dr. Jean-Marie A method to determine carabid density from pitfall Perron, about the birth of entomology in Quebec data. D.A. Raworth and M.-Y. Choi th in the 19 century. Diversity of arthropods associated with nests of The ESC Gold Medal address, entitled “A national passerine birds. C. Riley aquatic ecosystem health program program for Phylogeny and zoogeography of Cetema Hendel Canada: we should go against the flow”, given by (Diptera: Chloropidae). J. Savage and T.A. Dr. David Rosenberg. Wheeler Governing Board and Annual General Chloropidae (Diptera) of the Yukon: unknown di- Meetings also took place, the Gold Medal and versity and unresolved patterns. T.A. Wheeler other honours were awarded, and there were 1998: The quest for lepidopteran diversity. L. many opportunities for informal exchange of Morneau, J.R. Spence and W.J.A. Volney information, including an opening reception 2 Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) The evolution of aquatic behaviour in Stand vigour influences the abundance and diver- Hymenoptera. A.M.R. Bennett sity of eastern hemlock looper natural enemies. Landscape as a filter for density-dependent S.A. Pardy parasitoids. J. Roland The ecology of the forked fungus beetle, The effects of landscape structure on population ge- Bolitotherus cornutus (Panzer). S. Teichert and netic structure of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius S. Bondrup-Nielsen smintheus. N. Keyghobadi, J. Roland and C. A spatial analysis of spruce budworm outbreak pat- Strobeck terns in Quebec. D. Gray Master builders of mobile homes: larvae of Insect viruses, biodiversity and equibibrium. J. Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae). J.-F. Drolet, I. Gerke, and H. Rasamimanana Landry Sympatry in the European earwig. S. Guillet, J. Cylindrosella n.sp. (Ptiliidae: Nanosellinae), one of Deunff, A. Guiller and M. Vancassel the smallest beetles in North America and its po- Ants: key food in amphibian assemblages. M.I. tential as an old-growth forest specialist. P. Bellocq, K. Kloosterman and S.M. Smith Paquin, N. Dupéré and P.-P. Harper Pestiferous and predatory arthropods on an aban- Regional adaptation in forest tent caterpillar popu- doned cranberry farm in British Columbia. J. lations. D. Parry, R.A. Goyer and G.J. Troubridge and S. Fitzpatrick Lenhard Carabidae fauna dynamics within an Integrated Spatio-temporal patterns of floral utilization by in- Fruit Production apple orchard in Nova Scotia, digenous bees within the new Brunswick Canada. R.F. Smith, C. O’Flaherty, S. Rigby lowbush blueberry agro-ecosystem. S.K. and H. Goulet Javorek and K.E. MacKenzie Insects of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. S.B. Annual variation in native bee populations foraging Peck on lowbush blueberry. K.E. MacKenzie and S.K. Javorek Summary of the Scientific Committee Meeting for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), October 1998 he Scientific Committee met in Ottawa on others concerning biodiversity analysis. The ar- T22-23 October 1998. thropod data are being used to put forward the Scientific projects case for maintaining the National Wildlife Area The various scientific projects of the on the Suffield base. The arthropod data sug- Survey were discussed, including the following gest, for example, that grazing be restricted dur- progress. ing climatic extremes (a reversal of the present policy). Elk have been reintroduced as a domi- 1. Arthropods of Canadian grasslands nant grazer. Elk do not congregate in large herds (unlike the horses that were removed ear- Dr. Bert Finnamore reminded the Com- lier from the base) and so do not destroy sensi- mittee that the final year of a three-year project tive dune systems. Dr. Finnamore expects to is in progress at Grasslands National Park, and continue his involvement in Suffield because a he reviewed the study design. The only zone dam has been proposed, giving potential to that has not yet been studied in Grasslands Na- study the riparian zone along the South Sas- tional Park is the riparian zone. A number of katchewan river that flows through Suffield. trap residues from other zones are now avail- able and distribution and coordination of identi- 2. Seasonal adaptations fications is in progress. Dr. Hugh Danks provided updates about Following his work on arthropods at this project. A paper with Dr. Richard Ring CFB Suffield, Dr. Finnamore is scheduled to about the particular roles and properties of make a major presentation to the military and Vol. 18, No. 1 3 trehalose was accepted for publication. The Eu- Canada, arctic invertebrate biology and boreal ropean Workshop on Invertebrate arthropods. Ecophysiology (in
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