The article appeared March 9 in the journal insects.
Author Archives: Matt Bowser
Towards conserving natural diversity: A biotic inventory by observations, specimens, DNA barcoding and high-throughput sequencing methods

The article appeared today in Biodiversity Data Journal. The authors used high-throughput sequencing to document terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity in part of an Alaskan watershed.
Genetic variation in intraspecific populations of Rabdophaga rosaria (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) indicating possible diversification scenarios into sibling species along with host range expansion on willows (Salicaceae: Salix)

The article appeared yesterday in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
2020 meeting agenda posted
The agenda for the 2020 annual meeting on February 14-15 has been posted at the URL below.
http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_meeting_agenda_15FEB2020.pdf
Reexamination of Rhopalosiphum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) using linear discriminant analysis to determine the validity of synonymized species, with some new synonymies and distribution data
The article appeared January 27 in Biodiversity Data Journal. It pertains to the identity of Rhopalosiphum padi, an aphid that is present in Alaska but not native to Alaska.
Are subcortical rove beetles truly Holarctic? An integrative taxonomic revision of north temperate Quedionuchus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
The article, which deals with multiple Alaskan species of rove beetles formerly in the genus Quedius, appeared December 10 in the journal Organisms Diversity & Evolution.
2020 annual meeting details
Our upcoming annual meeting will be held at the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage on February 15th, 2020 (details below).
If you would like to present, please write to president@akentsoc.org.
The Alaska Botanical Garden address is provided below. Parking is in the Benny Benson Secondary School lot.
Assessment of North American arthropod collections: prospects and challenges for addressing biodiversity research

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8086
The article, which appeared November 25 in the journal PeerJ, includes data from two Alaskan entomology collections.
New genera, species, and records of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

The article was published on November 15 in the journal Fragmenta entomologica. Among the new species described, one (Oligosita microciliata) occurs in Alaska.
http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/download/377/369
Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska
The article was published on September 6 in Zootaxa.