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Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada Vol. 38(2) Winter 2019 The Newsletter of the BSC is published twice a year by the Biological Survey of Canada, an incorporated not-for-profit In this issue group devoted to promoting biodiversity science in Canada. From the editor’s desk...........2 Information on New Feature: Tales from the Field Membership .........................3 Happy Birthday to You! A Collecting Trip with President’s Report ............. ...4 Rob Roughley Terry Galloway...................................15 BSC on facebook & twitter......6 Contributing to the BSC a plea for a national plan of Newsletter............................6 Insect decline: action Don Henne .....................................................27 Welcome to new BSC volunteer Board members ...................7 Feature Articles Adventures with click 1. Adventures with click beetles, the Nitidolimonious beetles, the Nitidolimonious of of Canada Canada (Scott Gilmore).........8 Scott Gilmore ...............................8 2. Discovery in the Duff: A New Slug for the Inland Temperate Rainforest (Rob Rich)..........11 Discovery in the Duff: A New Slug for the Inland Requests for Specimens..10 Temperate Rainforest Tales from the Field Rob Rich ....................................11 A collecting trip with Rob Roughley (Terry Galloway)..15 Terrestrial Arthropods of Newfoundland Dave Langor..............................................................17 Project Updates 1. Terrestrial Arthropods of Newfoundland (D.Langor)...17 Staphylinidae Project Updates and book 2. Staphylinidae project up- announcements dates (J. Klimaszewski).......21 Jan Klimaszewski.......................................................21 New Projects Arctic Bioscan (ARCBIO): A new project 1. Arctic Bioscan (V.Levesque- surveying Arctic biodiversity in Nunavut employs Beaudin et al.).....................25 DNA barcoding and community-based monitoring 2. Insect declines: a call for ac- Valerie Levesque-Beaudin, Hannah James, Mikko Pen- tion (D. Henne)....................27 tinsaari and Alex Borisenko......................................25 Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification: 2019 papers..30 Requests for specimens: ................................10 Carabidae (Kevin Floate) Check out the BSC publications Elateridae (Scott Gilmore) available on the Website .....30 2019 papers in the Canadian Journal of Notices ................................31 Arthropod Identification......................................30 Visit our Website | Previous issues http://biologicalsurvey.ca http://biologicalsurvey.ca/pages/read/newsletter-past-issues Contact us: [email protected] Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada 2 From the Editor’s desk Donna Giberson This issue of the Newsletter of the BSC was fun to put together, as it includes lots of information about new and ongoing projects from our broader membership, as well as updates to and new proposals for ongoing BSC projects. It is also a chance to introduce new volunteer members of our Board. A new Board of Directors was elected this year (see the President’s report for an introduction of our new Presi- dent, Greg Pohl (p. 4) and the full list of Directors at http://biologi- calsurvey.ca/pages/read/people) and we also welcomed a new Webmaster, Student Rep, and Assistant Newsletter Editor this year (see p. 7). We also highlight a new feature in this issue, on Tales from the Field. I know there are many exciting and interesting stories out there relating to collecting trips around the country. Please consider sharing them with us, as Terry Galloway did, with an inaugural story of collecting water beetles with Rob Roughley a number of years ago (see p. 15). If you haven’t yet looked up our website or checked out the BSC on Facebook, consider doing so, and send us your comments; of course, if there are any little bumps in navigating the site, we’d like to hear about them. The new site will continue to have links to biodiversity resources of the BSC, and our publications, and will be easier to keep up to date. Check it out, at http://biologicalsurvey.ca/ Questions? Please contact us at [email protected] D.Giberson Tiger beetles on Blooming Point Beach, PEI. The Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada is published twice a year (summer and winter) by the Biological Survey of Canada, an incorporated not-for-profit group devoted to promoting biodiversity science in Canada, particularly with respect to the Arthropoda. Send submissions to: Dr. Donna Giberson ([email protected]) Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada Department of Biology, University of Prince Edward Island 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3 Masthead image: Tricoloured Bumblebee, Bombus ternarius photographed on lupins in PEI in 2010, D.Giberson Volume 38(2) Winter 2019 [click here to return to front page] Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada 3 Biological Survey of Canada: Documenting Canada’s Biodiversity The Biological Survey of Canada (BSC) has been collecting, collating, analyzing and disseminating information about Canada’s biological diversity since 1977. The BSC is a Canadian non-profit, charitable organization consisting of biodiversity scientists across Canada, and in other countries, who have an interest in Canadian biota. The BSC prides itself in identifying and filling biodiversity information needs using a bottom-up organiza- tional structure, whereby front-line workers identify the needs and work to address them. The BSC has successfully demonstrated its capacity to advance national level biodiversity science and knowledge concerning terrestrial arthropods, which account for >60% of Canadian species, and is now reaching out to the broader biological community to bring together those who are experts with other taxa and who share a common vision and goal of making biodiversity information more accessible. Are you a member of the BSC? You may be on the mailing list to receive BSC newsletters, but may not be a member! To become a member, send a request for membership to the BSC Secretary (see below). Remember to request membership before the AGM so you are eligible to vote. If you don’t hear from us within a couple of weeks, please contact us again, to be sure your request has been received. To Join the BSC: Send an email to Donna Giberson, Secretary, BSC. [email protected] - In the subject line, write “BSC Membership” - in the body of the message, give your full name and contact infor- mation, and a valid email address. Remember to update the BSC if you change email addresses. Please also provide some information on your background and biodiversity interests. Check out the BSC website! http://biologicalsurvey.ca/ Volume 38(2) Winter 2019 [click here to return to front page] Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada 4 President’s update Biological Survey of Canada/ Commission biologique du Canada Greg Pohl Natural Resources Canada, Northern Forestry Centre Edmonton, AB As incoming President, I’d like to share a bit of my background, and my motivation for getting involved in the Biological Survey of Canada. I’m one of the fortunate few biologists in Canada who are paid to do what they love. I work as a biologist for the Canadian Forest Service, a branch of Natural Resources Canada. I look after an Entomological research collection, deal with forest pests, and carry out biodiversity and bioinventory research. The latter relates directly to the mandate of the BSC, which, put simply, is to document “what lives here?” – to document the species that make up the biota of Canada. Early in my professional career I was drawn to the myriad tiny moths that have long scientific names, or no names yet, because so many new discoveries awaited among them. My particular calling is to document the moth species that live in Canada. It’s simultaneously exciting and daunting to be a biologist in 2020, and both of those sensations bring me back to BSC priorities. First the daunting part. Perhaps demoralizing is a better word. Biologists are acutely aware of humanity’s destructive nature. Our de- struction of nature. We understand carrying capacities and exponential growth. As Aldo Leopold noted, “One of the penalties of an ecological education is to live alone in a world of wounds.” Where the biologically naive see fields and forests of green, we’re painfully aware that a monoculture crop is not a thriving habitat; a plantation is not a vibrant ecosystem. Underneath the objective, detached public face of the biologist, we grieve for the planet and its non-human inhabitants. On better days, I look for where I can best put my particular skill set to work on this problem. I’m not a psychologist; my skills lie in identifying insects, not in convincing humans to be rational and consider consequences. Pure raw knowledge of the living world is not going to put the brakes on the human freight-train of greed and destruc- tion. But if we humans manage to survive the 21st century, we will have to sift through the remnants of this great extinction event, and rehabilitate and rebuild the ecosystems we depend upon. We are going to need to know the basic building blocks of our natural world, and how they fit together. And that leads me back to the mandate of the BSC - “what lives here?”. I will turn now to a more upbeat subject - the exciting part of being a biologist in the 21st century. The information and tools at our fingertips are mindboggling. Most scientific knowledge is a couple of mouse clicks away, or at least an email request away (yes, there’s that paywall business; it’s not perfect). Computers and electronic databases allow us to search and organise vast amounts of information in milliseconds. We can get in touch with fellow researchers instantly, anywhere in the world, to share ideas and collaborate. Computing power and the internet are finally being put to better use than sharing cat pictures and cajoling us into buying stuff. Some stuff, like microscopes and digital cameras, are amazing and relatively cheap. Now, thanks to sites/apps like iNatu- ralist and BugGuide, just about anyone can contribute meaningful data. It’s never been easier to be a biologist.
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