Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada Vol. 37(2) Winter 2018 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 Membership ....................3 Student Corner President’s Report ...........4 Global Change Effects on Detrital Food BSC on facebook & twit- Webs and Ecosystem Processes ter....................................6 Carlos Barreto..............................7 Contributing to the BSC Newsletter........................6 Feature Article: Student Corner Global Change Effects on Detrital Four new records of beetle species Food Webs and Ecosystem Pro- (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Saskatch- cesses, by Carlos Barreto...........7 ewan, two native and two adven- Feature Article tive, with musings on the size of Four new records of beetle species the Saskatchewan beetle fauna (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Saskatch- David J. Larson............................10 ewan, two native and two adventive, with musings on the size of the Saskatchewan beetle Project Updates fauna, by David J. Larson.........10 Crabwalkers and sand minnows: Searching for Project Updates psammophilic mayflies in the central and west- Crabwalkers and sand minnows: ern states (& provinces) Searching for psammophilic may- Greg Courtney..........................................................16 flies in the central and western states (& provinces), by Greg Harvestmen of the Family Phalangiidae in the Courtney ..............................16 Americas Harvestmen of the Family Phalan- submitted by Robert Holmberg.................................22 giidae in the Americas, submitted by Robert Holmberg.................22 Commentary: Commentary Management, bureaucracy, and coping with their Management, bureaucracy, and impact on research coping with their impact on re- search, by Hugh V. Danks .......23 Hugh V. Danks...........................................................23 Canadian Journal of New Program Notice: Arthropod Identification: IISD Experimental Lakes Area’s Artist-in-Resi- 2018 paper.....................43 dence program Check out the BSC IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA), the world’s Website: Publications ....43 freshwater laboratory, is very proud to announce its Artist-in Residence program. Notices ..........................44 ..................................................................................42 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 I hope you enjoy this issue of the Biologial Society of Canada (BSC) Newsletter, which was particularly interesting for me to produce, thanks to the range of articles that was submitted - from project updates and feature articles to commentary. This newslet- ter 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. In addition, our society president, Cory Sheffield has an informative update on the Biota of Canada project in his President’s message, as well as information on other on-going projects and how you can get involved in the society and various projects. Please consider getting involved, whether it be standing for one of the positions on the board, or engaging with on-going projects. 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 37(2) Winter 2018 [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 37(2) Winter 2018 [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 Greetings everyone! I am very pleased to report that the “Biota of Canada” family level series for terres- trial arthropods, which will be published in the journal ZooKeys, is nearing completion. All chapters have been reviewed and accepted, and most have gone through the page proof stage. Please expect an early 2019 release date for the entire volume! Overseeing the completing of this series has involved a lot of extra work for me, but especially for past BSC President David Langor. I would especially like to acknowledge the hard work Dave has put into this series, and feel that it would not have been completed, and pos- sibly not even possible without his contributions. I also want to thank all of the authors that dedicated their time and expertise to this project, Jeremy deWaard for providing information on DNA barcodes and his own expertise for the taxa covered, and lastly, all of the article reviewers who made valuable contributions and the folks at Pensoft. I am very excited about this work, and though I will not write much on the tallies of species here, I will say that the resulting 29 or so chapters contribute much to our understand- ing of terrestrial arthropod diversity in Canada, with significant growth in the number of recorded species since 1979. I think many folks will be surprised about the diversity of terrestrial arthropods in Canada, and especially the actual estimates of unrecorded species for some groups. The approach of incorporating DNA barcoding, particularly BINs (Barcode Index Numbers) provides another approach to examining biodiversity in Canada – one that was not possible 40 years ago – and I think that incorporating these data provides evidence of the exciting opportunities for future faunistic work in Canada. On that note, I want to reflect on the potential for future BSC projects and collabora- tions. As mentioned in past reports, some of the BSC’s regular activities have been put on the back burner while this “Biota of Canada” series was completed, and our an- nual symposium was not held at this year’s Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Societies of America, Canada, and British Columbia, in Vancouver. However, I am pretty excited about 2019. We have a great opportunity for broadening the normal focus and attendance of our symposium in 2019, as the Entomological Society of Canada (ESC) will be held in Fredericton, New Brunswick jointly with the Acadian Entomological Society, and also with the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution (CSEE). One does not have to look far into the history of the BSC to realize that it has, for a large part, been ento- mologically focused. Browsing the past newsletters,