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Volume 38, No 1 Summer 2019 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 dragonflies 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 Arthropods - 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: Arthropod 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 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 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 Masthead image: Tricoloured Bumblebee, Bombus ternarius photographed on lupins in PEI in 2010, D.Giberson Volume 38(1) Summer 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 Joel Gibson, 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 informa- tion on your background and biodiversity interests. Check out the BSC website! http://biologicalsurvey.ca/ Volume 38(1) Summer 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 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. Volume 38(1) Summer 2019 [click here to return to front page] Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada 5 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
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