Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada

Vol. 38(1) Summer 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 Seeking a new webmaster for the BSC...... 2 Feature Article: Information on Are moving into the western tundra? Membership ...... 3 Paul M. Catling, Brenda Kostiuk, Robert A. Cannings, President’s Report ...... 4 Ryan Lucas, Donna Giberson, Sydney Cannings, and Cameron Eckert...... 10 BSC on facebook & twitter ...... 6 Contributing to the BSC Newsletter...... 6 Report on the 2019 AGM....7 Project Update Biota of Canada: Terrestrial - first volume of the Biota of Canada project published ...... 8 Project Update Request for specimens: Biota of Canada Project: Publication of Terres- Carabidae from across Canada; trial Arthropods Volume from Kevin Floate ...... 9 Dave Langor and Cory Sheffield...... 8 Feature Article Are dragonflies moving into the western tundra? by PM Catling, B Kostiuk, RA National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada Cannings, R Lucas, D Giber- Robert Anderson, Canadian Museum of Nature...... 18 son, S Cannings, and C Eck- ert...... 10 Request for specimens: Carabidae from across National Biodiversity Cryo- Canada bank of Canada, submitted from Kevin Floate, Agriculture and Agrifood by Robert Anderson, Canadian Canada ...... 9 Museum of Nature...... 18 Canadian Journal of Ar- 2019 papers in the Canadian Journal of thropod Identification: Identification...... 19 2019 papers ...... 19 Check out the BSC publica- tions available on the Seeking a new Webmaster Website ...... 19 for the BSC...... 2 Notices ...... 20

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From the Editor’s desk Donna Giberson In this Newsletter, we highlight the recently published first volume of the Biota of Canada project: The Terrestrial Arthropods (see p. 8 for the list of titles and a weblink to access the open access chapters). This project would not have reached this stage without the incredible commitment and amount of work by the editors, Dave Langor and Cory Sheffield, and I’d like to acknowledge that commitment here! This newsletter would not be possible without the contributions from our readers, and I urge you to read these and consider submitting an update or article on your own work. Please also consider getting involved with the BSC, whether it be standing for one of the positions on the board, or engaging with on-going projects, or, as shown below, help- ing out with the website or other outreach activities!

Seeking a new Webmaster for the BSC!

The BSC is seeking a new webmaster to help us update and maintain our website. If you are interested, please contact Donna Giberson ([email protected]) or Dave Langor ([email protected])

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

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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.

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President’s update Biological Survey of Canada/ Commission biologique du Canada Cory S. Sheffield Research Scientist - Curator of Invertebrate Zoology Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, Saskatchewan

Dear members of the BSC:

The following constitutes my last report as President of the BSC after serving in this role for two years. This report of BSC activities covers the period April 2018 to June 2019. The past year has been rather busy with the completion and publication of our first Biota of Canada project, a family level summary of the terrestrial arthropods published early in 2019 called “The Biota of Canada: Terrestrial Arthropods”. This was published in the Pensoft journal ZooKeys on 24 January 2019, and contains 32 papers (see p. 8): three introductory and 29 covering specific taxonomic groups; the published work runs 520 pages.

The Biota of Canada Editorial Board meet following the publication of this volume to discuss future volumes, and the species checklist series. There will be more news on this in the future, though it is our hope that these series continue to be of interest, and that other experts will take up some of the responsibilities for non- arthropod taxa in the future. The upcoming Joint meetings of the Entomological Society of Canada and Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution may prove to be a good venue for promoting BSC projects. Thanks to the Biota of Canada Editorial Board for continuing their hard work with these BSC initiatives: Jade Savage, José Fernandez Triana, Robb Bennett, Jeremy deWaard, Rémi Hebert, David Langor, and Cory Sheffield (Chair).

As in the past, the BSC membership continues to grow slowly but steadily, and the BSC’s social media pages continue to attract attention. Currently our Facebook page has 281 followers, while our Twitter feed has increased substantially to 331 followers. These pages continue to be an easy-to-use and fast way to share some of the exciting biodiversity-related events that the BSC is involved with, and also the scientific research and news stories that are, or should be,of interest to those interested in biodiversity. We encourage you to follow us, as well as to tag us in posts related to the interests of the BSC.

The BSC continues to disseminate of information about Canadian biodiversity through our web site, newsletter, journal, and monographs. Donna Giberson continues to serve as Newsletter editor. There have been some issues with the website, mainly login/editing, which I believe are now resolved. However, our current webmaster may no longer be able to maintain this site, so other options should be investigated.

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The Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification has released four volumes since the last annual report: Volume 34 - Seed Bugs and their allies (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygae- oidea) of the Canadian Prairie Provinces by David J. Larson and G.G.E. Scudder, July 11, 2018 Volume 35 – Sciomyzidae of northeastern North America by Sarah Schor- no, Stephen A. Marshall, William L. Murphy, and Matthew J. Muzzatti, March 20, 2019 Volume 36 – Capniidae (Plecoptera) in Canada east of Alberta by D.K. Burton, April 05, 2019 Volume 37 – Laphria (Diptera: Asilidae) of Ontario, with a key to the eastern Canadian species of Laphriini and Dasylechia by Kate G. Lindsay, and Stephen A. Marshall, April 05, 2019

I will end by thanking the other BSC Board Members (Joel Gibson, John Klymko, Robb Bennett, Syd Cannings, Kyle Knysh, Zoe Lindo, and Greg Pohl) and say it has been a pleasure. Some regular activities of the BSC (regular BSC meetings, the annual symposium at the ESC meeting, or a bioblitz) did not occur this year, due mainly to the focus on publishing the first Biota of Canada volume, but I think that this was worth the sacrifice.

I joined the BSC as I wanted to help disseminate information on Canada’s biodiversity, and as a curator at a provincial museum, this was well within my area of interests. However, due to other administrative and personal commitments, I have decided to step down from the BSC Board at this time, though I hope to maintain active as a member of the BSC.

Cory Sheffield

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BSC on Facebook and Twitter Join the Conversation!

The BSC is active on Facebook (www.facebook.com/biolsurvey1can) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/BiolSurCan). We regularly share news about new biodiversity research in Canada and updates from the BSC. Like and Follow the Biological Survey of Canada! If you have content you would like to share with the BSC please email [email protected]

BSC Student Corner

Students and Early Career Researchers - Do you have a Biodiversity Project you’d like to have highlighted in the BSC Newsletter? Contact the editor (giberson@ upei.ca) to inquire about contributing. Articles can be on preliminary data, experiences/adventures in the field, or any other as- pect of your work or study. We welcome notes on sampling methods or interesting habitats as well, and illustrations are encouraged.

Examples of other student articles can be found on pp.27-35 in Vol 29(2) (http://biologi- calsurvey.ca/newsletter/bscfall2010.pdf), pp.41-49 in Vol 30(2) (http://biologicalsurvey.ca/ newsletter/bscwinter2011.pdf), and pp.7-19 in Vol 34(1) (http://biologicalsurvey.ca/news- letter/bscsummer2015.pdf).

Contributing to the BSC Newsletter

Do you have an article about a topic relating to Canada’s Biodiversity that you would like to submit to the Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada? We welcome topics on all aspects (and all species) relating to Canada’s biodiver- sity. Topics are up to the authors, but examples of appropriate articles include interesting finds, habitats, or collecting trips, results or reports from Bioblitzes, information about local natural history museums, and so on.

To submit a manuscript, please contact the editor ([email protected]) for instructions. The Newsletter is published twice per year (Summer and Winter), and deadlines for articles are Mid-May for the summer issue and Mid-December for the Winter issue.

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Report on the 2019 AGM

The Annual General Meeting was held by conference call on June 20th 2019. Following the approval of the minutes of the last AGM, Cory (President) presented the Treasurer’s Report, and invited discussion of the report. Cory noted that some funds had been used to assist authors in the publication of their chapters in the Biota of Canada volume, but these will be at least partially offset from expected funds from the Friends of the oyalR Saskatchewan Museum. Our GIC matured during this period, and was reinvested.

Cory summarized his President’s Report for the past year (see p. 4), noting that the first volume (Terrestrial Arthropods) of Biota of Canada project had occupied a large amount of his time over 2018 and into 2019. He reported on some of the next steps in this project, including recruiting expertise for upcoming volumes, and noted that the editorial committee was discussing options.

Heather Proctor (Editor in Chief, Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, CJAI) reported that three volumes of CJAI had already been published this year (see p. 19), and that several new volumes are in the pipeline. There was also discussion about updating the Memorandum of Understanding between the BSC and the Entomological Society of Canada regarding the journal.

Donna Giberson (Editor, BSC Newsletter) gave an update on the upcoming BSC Newsletter, noting that there is usually a good response to the call for contributions that goes out before each issue, but that additional contributions are always welcome. Dave Langor suggested that we actively seek another student liaison for the Board, since this is not only a great source of contributions to the Newsletter, but also gives students a chance to spread the word about their work.

It was also noted that our website is very out of date, and should be a priority in the coming months. The BSC will be seeking a person to take over the webmaster duties.

Cory reported that nine members put their names forward to serve on the Board of the BSC, for nine positions. The following members were acclaimed to the Board: Syd Cannings Joel Gibson Dave Langor Terry Galloway Don Henne Greg Pohl Donna Giberson John Klymko Felix Sperling

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The Biota of Canada: Terrestrial Arthropods https://zookeys.pensoft.net/issue/1251/

“Forty years ago, a group of visionary scientists, mostly entomologists and arachnologists, undertook an ambitious project to produce the monograph Canada and its fauna (Danks 1979).”

So begins the opening chapter of The Biota of Canada: Terrestrial Arthropods, which is the first volume in the comprehensiveBiota of Canada project of the BSC, published early in 2019. Although Canada and its insect fauna remains an important reference to the biodiversity of terrestrial arthropods in Canada, the tables and data in the publication needed updating. In 2016, the BSC initiated a project to update the terrestrial arthropod chapters, but also to extend the project to include the entire biota of Canada. This first olumev in- cludes the chapters below, all of which can be accessed freely on line, through https://zookeys.pensoft.net/issue/1251/

The Biota of Canada: Terrestrial Arthropods, by David W. Langor, Cory S. Sheffield Le biote du Canada: les arthropodes terrestres, by David W. Langor, Cory S. Sheffield The diversity of terrestrial arthropods in Canada, by David W. Langor Araneae of Canada, by Robb Bennett, Gergin Blagoev, Claudia Copley Opiliones of Canada, by Jeffrey W. Shultz Pseudoscorpiones and Scorpiones of Canada, by Elyssa Cameron, Christopher M. Buddle Solifugae of Canada, by Paula E. Cushing, Jack O. Brookhart Acari of Canada, by Frédéric Beaulieu, Wayne Knee, Victoria Nowell, Marla Schwarzfeld, Zoë Lindo, Valerie M. Behan‑Pelletier, Lisa Lumley, Monica R. Young, Ian Smith, Heather C. Proctor, Sergei V. Mironov, Terry D. Galloway, David E. Walter, Evert E. Lindquist Myriapoda of Canada, by David W. Langor, Jeremy R. deWaard, Bruce A. Snyder Collembola of Canada, by Matthew S. Turnbull, Sophya Stebaeva Diplura and Protura of Canada, by Derek S. Sikes Archaeognatha of Canada, by Matthew L. Bowser Ephemeroptera of Canada, by Luke M. Jacobus of Canada, by Robert A. Cannings Plecoptera of Canada, by Boris C. Kondratieff, R. Edward DeWalt, Chris J. Verdone Mantodea, Blattodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera, and Phasmida of Canada, by James Miskelly, Steven M. Paiero Grylloblattodea of Canada, by Sean D. Schoville Hemiptera of Canada, by Robert G. Foottit, H. Eric L. Maw, Joel H. Kits, Geoffrey G. E. Scudder Thysanoptera of Canada, by R. G. Foottit, H. Eric L. Maw

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Psocoptera of Canada, by Johannes E. Anonby Phthiraptera of Canada, by Terry D. Galloway Hymenoptera of Canada, by Andrew M.R. Bennett, Cory S. Sheffield, Jeremy R. deWaard Coleoptera of Canada, by Adam J. Brunke, Patrice Bouchard, Hume B. Douglas, Mikko Pentinsaari Strepsiptera of Canada, by Jakub Straka Raphidioptera of Canada, by David C.A. Blades Neuroptera of Canada, by David C.A. Blades Megaloptera of Canada, by Xingyue Liu Diptera of Canada, by Jade Savage, Art Borkent, Fenja Brodo, Jeffrey M. Cumming, Gregory Curler, Douglas C. Currie, Jeremy R. deWaard, Joel F. Gibson, Martin Hauser, Louis Laplante, Owen Lonsdale, Stephen A. Marshall, James E. O’Hara, Bradley J. Sinclair, Jeffrey H. Skevington Mecoptera of Canada, David C.A. Blades Siphonaptera of Canada, Terry D. Galloway Lepidoptera of Canada, Gregory R. Pohl, Jean-François Landry, B. Chris Schmidt, Jeremy R. deWaard Trichoptera of Canada, by Cory S. Sheffield, Jeremy R. deWaard, John C. Morse, Andrew K. Rasmussen

Reference: Danks HV (Ed.) (1979) Canada and its insect fauna. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 108, 573 pp.

Request for Specimens

If anyone has by-catch of carabid beetles or pinned specimens of carabids cluttering their cupboards, please contact Kevin Floate ([email protected]). Any and all specimens of carabids from different geographic locations are of interest. We are trying to expand the holdings of carabid beetles in collections housed at different Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centres in Alberta and Saskatchewan. These collections mainly have common species from agro-ecosystems from the southern prairies; e.g., species of Agonum, Amara, Bemidion, Harpalus, Pterostichus. We need a much greater diversity of taxa to aid in identification purposes.

Kevin Floate Lethbridge Research and Development Centre Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge

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Feature Article

Are Dragonflies moving into the western tundra?

Paul M. Catling¹, Brenda Kostiuk¹, Robert A. Cannings2, Ryan Lu- cas3, Donna Giberson4, Sydney Cannings5, and Cameron Eckert6

1170 Sanford Ave., Ottawa, Ontario K2C 0E9, Canada 2Entomology, Royal British Columbia Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9W2, Canada 3Sachs Harbour, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada 4Department of Biology, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave., Charlotte- town, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3, Canada 5Canadian Wildlife Service, 91780 Alaska Highway, Whitehorse, Yukon, Y1A 5B7, Canada 6Yukon Parks, Yukon Territorial Government, 9029 Quartz Rd., Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2Z5, Canada

We have been asked on many occasions whether or not dragonflies are mov- ing north into the western parts of Canada’s vast northern tundra ecozones (as defined by theEcological Stratification Working Group, 1996). The classic source for an answer to a question of this kind is Danks (1981, p. 416) who summarized, in his extensive table of North American Arctic Arthropods, the Walker (1953, 1958) and Walker and Corbet (1975) texts as well as Gorham’s (1972) work in Alaska, listing four , one Coenagrionidae, and one Corduliidae. Of these, interrupta and Somatochlora sahlbergi are Alaskan records based on Gorham (1972). Danks’ summary of odonates has been repeated in more recent diversity assessments (e.g. Hodkinson 2013) without additions. Danks reported four species (, A. juncea, A. septentrionalis and Enallagma boreale, authorities and common names in table 2) in Canadian tundra and here we add five more Aeshna( interrupta lin- eata, , Coenagrion resolutum, Somatochlora albicincta, and Sympetrum danae). The new records are of interest but, to better answer the question of status in the North, some additional details should be considered.

Nunuvut Some reports of giant dragonflies received from southern Nunavut have not been properly documented and do not refer to a particular species. For exam- ple, in 2007 a hunting guide in Chesterfield Inlet saw a in his back yard (reported in the Globe and Mail, 4 Oct. 2007). The 44-year-old hunter had never seen a dragonfly in the area previously. There is no specimen or photo to document this record. The earliest, reliable species-specific records from Nunavut are for Aeshna eremita and A. juncea from the hamlet on Hud- son Bay formerly called Eskimo Point, now Arviat (Walker 1958, p. 59). More recent records of and Somatochlora albicincta from Kugluktuk, actually Mouse Lake south of Kugluktuk (Table 1) are notable. Nunuvut records of , A. septentrionalis and Leucorrhinia hudsonica from Akimiski Island and the Cape Hope Islands are not within Arc- tic ecozones.

Northwest Territories (NWT) A mapping of Odonata in NWT (Catling 2003) indicated only two tundra records from NWT, these being Aeshna juncea in the Eskimo Lakes region

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southwest of Tuktoyaktuk and Coenagrion resolutum from Tuktoyaktuk (Table 1). The specimens of C. resolutum from Tuktoyaktuk were all males collected 12 Km NE of town on 24-27 July 1981 by N. Winchester (RBCM). There is also a specimen of Sympetrum danae from the Tuktoyaktuk peninsula above treeline (Royal British Columbia Museum, Cannings and Cannings 1997, p. 187). Several earlier records (1927, 1958, 1977) for the Tuktoyaktuk region are noteworthy (Table 1). The record of a teneral male of Aeshna juncea from Isserk Island, 40 miles north of Tuktoyaktuk (RBCM), is 30 km from the near- est mainland on a man-made island in the Beaufort Sea. Observers suspected that the Thelon River site, on 6 July 2002 (Table 1), was a breeding location for Aeshna septentrionalis based on the large number of adults (more than 25) seen during a lunch stop. It is definitely within the Southern Arctic Ecozone, although close to the southern limit. On 26 - 28 July 2017, two of four Aeshna dragonflies seen at Tuktoyaktuk were A. juncea and A. eremita. The same year, there was a new distributional record from a colder site much further north. This record is based on a photo (Figure 1) taken by Ryan Lucas of Sachs Harbour, southern Banks Island. It is very clearly an Aeshna male, and identified asA. juncea based on the dark line over the fronto-clypeal suture and the prominent greenish dorsal thoracic lines. It was found dead on the shore of the Beaufort Sea west of Marie Sachs settlement in late summer. Its dry, fresh, and undamaged condition suggested that it had made the crossing of Amundsen Gulf of the Beaufort Sea. We are told by several residents of Sachs Harbour, that this is the first dragonfly to be seen there. It was unusually mild on southern Banks Island in 2017. Ryan Lucas Ryan

Figure 1. A male Sedge Darner (Aeshna juncea) on the shore of the Beaufort Sea west of Marie Sachs settlement, southern Banks Island in late summer 2017.

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Between 15 and 21 July 2018, we estimated that we saw 100 individuals of Aeshna septentrionalis (Figure 2) at the Daring Lake Tundra Ecological Re- search Station (for more information on this station see Catling et al. 2018). This was most often in the morning when they landed on tents and board- walks. They were seen less often on the tundra and there mostly on south- facing slopes of a 50 m high esker. Both males and females were present. The only other odonate seen in the vicinity of the camp was Somatochlora albicinc- ta (Figure 3) which was restricted to a tundra pond (Figure 4) on the north side of an esker 3 km west of the station. We estimated eight males patrolling the north shore ¼ to ½ m above water within ½ m of the edge of the irregular shoreline. The shore had a variable, muck, sand, and stone bottom with some emergent plants (Figure 4). Here we also found a recently emerged female with an exuvia, this confirming the use of the pond as a breeding place. P.M. Catling, 18 July, 2018 Catling, 18 July, P.M. Figure 2. Male Aeshna septentrionalis (Azure Darner) from the Tundra Ecological Research Station at Daring Lake where 100 were seen from 15 and 21 July 2018. P.M. Catling, 18 July, 2018 Catling, 18 July, P.M. Figure 3. Male Somatochlora albicincta (Ringed Emerald ) from a tundra pond 3 km WSW of the Daring Lake Tundra Ecological Research Station where a population is established, this being the first population of this remarkable dragonfly known from the Arctic Tundra (Low Arctic Ecozone).

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Figure 4. Low arctic tundra pond 0.6 ha in extent. The use of this pond as a breeding site of Somato- chlora albicincta is supported by the discovery of an emergent female with exuvium. Part of the oc- cupied shoreline is shown on the right.

Yukon Both Aeshna septentrionalis and Enallagma boreale are reported from Her- schel Island in the Beaufort Sea off the Yukon tundra Coastal Plain (Cannings and Cannings 1997, p. 182, Walker & Corbet 1975, pp. 280, 282). The latter reference gives the date as July 1971. There were six reports of dragonflies from Herschel, Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park in 2017 (Table 1, Figure 5). Five of these were of Aeshna juncea. The female of this species was washed up on the beach alive. The other two species found, Aeshna interrupta and A. subarctica, are both new to the Canadian arctic. The former is known from the arctic re- gion of Alaska. All three of these large dragonflies were new to Herschel Island in 2017, and taken with the other 2017 records noted above, suggest that there may have been a widespread expansion of dragonflies northward that unusually mild year.

Figure 5. Aerial pho- tograph of a small tundra pond at 69.58277, -138.89027, along Ice Creek on Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk on 11 August 2017 — where Aeshna subarctica was observed just a few days earlier. Changes in tundra wetlands like this one may be expected to ac- company colonization by dragonflies. Team Shrub/Andrew Cunliffe Team

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Alaska This brief review has to do with Canada, but in passing, with regard to Alaska, Hudson and Armstrong (2010) list several species from northern and western portions of the state where tundra is extensive. There are several spe- cific references in various documents to the occurrence ofAeshna interrupta, A. septentrionalis, and Somatochlora sahlbergi at Prudhoe Bay on the coast of the Beaufort Sea and elsewhere on the north slope (see also Gorham 1972, and Weber 1950).

Conclusions Of the preceding NWT records, those from Daring Lake may represent tundra- inhabiting populations, and appear to be the first evidence of breeding popu- lations in the low Arctic based on number of individuals seen and an exuvia. Some of those from the Tuktoyaktuk region may also represent breeding populations based on numbers encountered. The Sachs Harbour record in NWT and some others in Nunavut are likely vagrants based on low numbers and the comments of local people, with years of experience, who stressed that dragon- flies have not been seen before. Corbet (1999, p. 181) suggested that “until larvae (or preferably exuviae) are found locally, records of adults from Holarctic sites substantially north of the tree line should be regarded as the probable outcome of transport by wind rather than of local emergence.” He also draws attention to the occurrence of dragonflies further north in the Palearctic than in the Nearctic. The recent northern records of certain species, and dragonflies generally (Fig- ure 6), does suggests a northward expansion. It appears that this can be quite obvious during a mild summer when the a partly fluctuating northern limit moves even further northward. This is a predictable result of climate change, as in areas of Canada much further to the south (e.g. Catling 2016). The fact that there are a number of older records from tundra suggests that odonates

Figure 6. Map of the western Canadian Arctic showing the occurrence of dragonflies in the tundra. The lower green line is the southern limit of the Southern Arctic Ecozone. The upper green line is its northern limit and the southern limit of the Northern Arctic Ecozone. Red dots indicate Odonata occurrences in the arctic. 1, Herschel Island; 2, Marie Sachs, Banks Island; 3, Tuktoyaktuk and Eskimo Lakes area; 4, Daring Lake. 5, Arviat. 6, Thelon River near NWT border. 7, Mouse Lake and Kugluktuk.

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may also be long-established in the low arctic, but overlooked due to the relatively incomplete biological survey of low tundra regions. With a diverse odonate fauna in the north (Working Group on General Status of NWT Species, 2016), the odonate fauna of the tundra regions of western Canada may be much more diverse and extensive, but it appears that Belyshev and Kharitonov (1980) are largely correct in suggesting that it is largely derived from a fauna characteristic of taiga and boreal ecozones. Wherever dragonflies occur, they assume importance as both predators and prey. Odonates fulfil the criteria of “marker species” (Danks 1992) for use as indicators of environmental change; they are conspicuous and well known taxonomically. Additionally, they are large and are more likely to be noticed by people in the North than any other group of . They are also capable of a rapid geographic response due to exceptional flight capability.

Table 1. Records of dragonflies (Odonata) in the Canadian tundra. Additional details are provided in the text.

Species Number, details Location, date Latitude Longitude Aeshna eremita 1, ? ROM Nunavut, Arviat (Es- 61.1055 -94.0676 Scudder, 1866 - kimo Point), before Lake Darner 1958 Aeshna interrupta Photo, C. Eckert Yukon, Herschel 69.5703 -138.9058 lineata Walker, 1908 Posted on iNatural- Island-Qikiqtaruk Ter- - ist, male,18394716 ritorial Park, 8 Aug. 2017 Aeshna eremita 1, Reported here NWT, Tuktoyaktuk, 27 69.4429 -133.0396 Scudder, 1866 - P.M. Catling, July 2017 Lake Darner B. Kostiuk Aeshna juncea 1, CNC NWT, Eskimo Lakes, 69.25 -132.2833 (Linnaeus, 1758) - 20 Aug. 1927 Sedge Darner Aeshna juncea 1, ? ROM Nunavut, Arviat (Es- 61.1055 -94.0676 (Linnaeus, 1758) - kimo Point), before Sedge Darner 1958 Aeshna juncea 1, RBCM NWT, 40 miles N of 69.4500 -133.0333 (Linnaeus, 1758) - Tuktoyaktuk, Isserk Sedge Darner Island, July 1977 Aeshna juncea 1, Reported here, NWT, Tuktoyaktuk, 27 69.4429 -133.0396 (Linnaeus, 1758) - P.M. Catling, July 2017 Sedge Darner B. Kostiuk Aeshna juncea 1, Reported here, NWT, Marie Sachs 71.9721 -125.5506 (Linnaeus, 1758) - photo, R. Lucas settlement, Banks Sedge Darnerr Island, 2017 Aeshna juncea Photo, C. Eckert Yukon, Herschel 69.5827 -138.8900 (Linnaeus, 1758) - Posted on iNatural- Island-Qikiqtaruk Ter- Sedge Darner ist, all blue, male, ritorial Park, 7 Aug. 19070067 2017

Aeshna juncea Photo, C. Eckert Yukon, Herschel 69.5776 -138.8545 (Linnaeus, 1758) - Posted on iNatu- Island-Qikiqtaruk Ter- Sedge Darner ralist, male, ritorial Park, 5 Aug. 11136721 2017

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Species Number, details Location, date Latitude Longitude Aeshna juncea Photo, C. Eckert Yukon, Herschel 69.5777 -138.8527 (Linnaeus, 1758) - Posted on iNatu- Island-Qikiqtaruk Ter- Sedge Darner ralist, male, ritorial Park, 3 Aug. 18418958 2017 Aeshna juncea Photo, C. Eckert Yukon, Herschel 69.5728 -138.9079 (Linnaeus, 1758) - Posted on iNatu- Island-Qikiqtaruk Ter- Sedge Darner ralist, female, ritorial Park, 11 Aug. 15509725 2017 Aeshna septen- 1, CNC Yukon, Herschel Is- 69.3600 -139.0000 trionalis Burmeis- land, late July, 1971 ter, 1839 - Azure Darner Aeshna septen- 25, D. Giberson NWT, Thelon R., 5 km 64.1794 -102.6161 trionalis Burmeis- from Nunavut border, ter, 1839 - Azure 6 July 2002 Darner Aeshna septen- 1, RBCM D. Giberson 67.0997 -115.7390 trionalis Burmeis- Nunuvut, S of Kugluk- ter, 1839 - Azure tuk, E of Coppermine Darner River, 9 July 2008 Aeshna septen- 100, Reported NWT, Daring Lake, 64.8671 -111.5927 trionalis Burmeis- here, CNC Tundra Ecological Re- ter, 1839 - Azure P.M. Catling, search Station, 2018 Darner B. Kostiuk Aeshna subarctica Photo, C. Eckert Yukon, Herschel 69.5827 -138.8909 Walker, 1908 – Sub- Posted on iNatu- Island-Qikiqtaruk Ter- arctic Darner ralist, male, ritorial Park, 7 Aug. 18419493 2017 Coenagrion reso- At least 9 at RBCM NWT, 12 km NE of Tuk- 69.5800 -132.9000 lutum (Hagen in toyaktuk, 24 July 1981 Selys, 1876) - Taiga Bluet Enallagma boreale 2, CNC Yukon, Herschel Is- 69.3600 -139.0000 Selys, 1875 - Boreal land, late July, 1971 Bluet

Somatochlora Photo, C. Hotson Nunuvut, Kugluktuk, 67.8255 -115.0950 albicincta (Burmeis- 2008 ter, 1839) - Ringed Emerald Somatochlora 8, Reported here, NWT, Daring Lake, 64.8578 -111.6497 albicincta (Burmeis- CNC, P.M. Catling, Tundra Ecological Re- ter, 1839) - Ringed B. Kostiuk search Station, 2018 Emerald Sympetrum danae 1 at RBCM NWT, Tuktoyaktuk Pen- 69.3900 -132.9900 (Sulzer, 1776) - insula above treeline Black Meadow- hawk [known from Palearctic tundra (Corbet 1999, p. 623)]

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National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada

The National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada (NBCC), located at the Cana- dian Museum of Nature’s (CMN) Natural Heritage Campus (1740 Pink Road, Gatineau (Aylmer Sector, Quebec), is the result of a donation by the Beaty family and officially opened in September 2018. The NBCC is a natural history biorepository of specimens from across Canada and abroad, with a capacity for over a million standard 2 mL cryovials. This state-of-the-art facility uses inno-

vative LN2 freezer technology and greatly enhances the CMN’s ability to store frozen collections at -170°C. The core objective of the NBCC is to provide excellent specimen care with easy access for scientific use. Storage is available for vouchers from research projects outside of the CMN. The collections may contain representatives from all kingdoms of taxonomic classification in the form of tissues, environmental samples, phenotype vouchers, and DNA extractions. As an extension of CMN’s collection facility, the operation of the NBCC is compliant with all other policies and procedures for the CMN. For more information about the facility, send inquiries to nbcc-cncb@nature. ca, visit our webpage (https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/collections/ cryobank), or write to National Biodiversity Cryobank of Canada, Canadian Mu- seum of Nature, P.O. 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P6P4, Canada.

Cryobanque nationale canadienne de la biodiversité

Fruit d’un don de la famille Beaty, la Cryobanque nationale canadienne de la biodiversité (CNCB), a officiellement ouvert ses portes en septembre 2018 au Campus du patrimoine naturel du Musée canadien de la nature (MCN) (1740, chemin Pink, Gatineau [secteur Aylmer], Québec). La CNCB est un biodépôt de spécimens d’histoire naturelle de tout le Canada et de l’étranger. Elle peut stocker plus d’un million de cryovials standard de 2 mL. Cette installation à la fine pointe de la technologie utilise la technologie novatrice de congélation à l’azote liquide. Elle améliore grandement la capacité du MCN à entreposer avec la plus grande intégrité les collections congelées (à -170 °C). La mission de la CNBC est de fournir d’excellents soins à nos spécimens et un accès facile à des fins scientifiques. Elle peut aussi accueillir les spécimens de référence provenant de projets de recherche menés à l’extérieur du MCN. Les collections peuvent contenir des représentants de tous les règnes de clas- sification taxonomique sous forme de tissus, d’échantillons environnementaux, de spécimens témoins de phénotypes et d’ADN. Comme il s’agit du prolonge- ment de notre entrepôt de collections, l’exploitation de la CNCB est conforme à toutes les autres politiques et procédures du MCN. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur l’installation, envoyez vos questions à [email protected], visitez notre page Web (https://nature.ca/ fr/recherche-collections/collections/cryobanque), ou écrivez à Cryobanque na- tionale canadienne de la biodiversité, Musée canadien de la nature, C.P. 3443, succursale D, Ottawa (Ontario), K1P6P4, Canada.

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2019 papers in the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification:

Schorno, S., Marshall, S.A., Murphy, W.L., and Muzzatti, M. 2019. Sciomyzidae of northeastern North America. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 35: 331pp. doi:10.3752/cjai.2019.35

Burton, D.K. 2019. Capniidae (Plecoptera) in Canada east of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 36: 114pp.doi:10.3752/cjai.2019.36

Lindsay, K.G. and Marshall, S.A. 2019. Laphria (Diptera: Asilidae) of Ontario, with a key to the eastern Canadian species of Laphriini and Dasylechia. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 37: 91pp.doi:10.3752/cjai.2019.37

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Notices

Recent Books available from the Biological Survey of Canada. These are available for download on the BSC website, and most are also available as softcover bound versions. See http://biologicalsurvey.ca/monographs for information:

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands series Volume 1: Ecology and Interactions in Grassland Habitats. Volume 2: Inhabitants of a Changing Landscape Volume 3: Biodiversity and Systematics, Part 1 Volume 4: Biodiversity and Systematics, Part 2

A Handbook to the Ticks of Canada (Ixodida: Ixodidae, Ar- gasidae)

The Biological Survey of Canada: A personal history

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Entomological Monographs

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