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Reexamination of Rhopalosiphum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) using linear discriminant analysis to determine the validity of synonymized species, with some new synonymies and distribution data

Posted on 3.Feb.2020 by Matt Bowser

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.

https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e49102

Posted in Exotics, Publications

Are subcortical rove beetles truly Holarctic? An integrative taxonomic revision of north temperate Quedionuchus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)

Posted on 16.Dec.2019 by Matt Bowser

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.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-019-00422-2

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2020 annual meeting details

Posted on 16.Dec.2019 by Matt Bowser

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.

4601 Campbell Airstrip Road
Anchorage, AK 99507

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Assessment of North American arthropod collections: prospects and challenges for addressing biodiversity research

Posted on 26.Nov.2019 by Matt Bowser

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8086

The article, which appeared November 25 in the journal PeerJ, includes data from two Alaskan entomology collections.

Posted in Collection Management, News, Publications

New genera, species, and records of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

Posted on 19.Nov.2019 by Matt Bowser
Photograph of Oligosita microciliata from Viggiani (2019).

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

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Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska

Posted on 12.Sep.2019 by Matt Bowser

The article was published on September 6 in Zootaxa.

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4666.1.1

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Integrative taxonomy of an arctic bumblebee species complex highlights a new cryptic species (Apidae: Bombus)

Posted on 5.Sep.2019 by Matt Bowser

The article appeared on August 31 in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. The authors synonymized Bombus sylvicola with Bombus lapponicus and described Bombus (Pyrobombus) interacti sp. nov. from Alaska.

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz041

Posted in News, Pollinators, Publications

Phylogeny and biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and cophylogenetic analysis with its host bee genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)

Posted on 3.Sep.2019 by Matt Bowser

The article is in press in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106603

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Moose and Their Flying Antagonists

Posted on 3.Sep.2019 by Matt Bowser
Bridgett Downs Benedict with the insect aspirator, vacuuming insects off a moose calf. Image from http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/applications/webintra/wildlifenews/images/article_images/9221.jpg

The article appeared in the September 2019 issue of Alaska Fish & Wildlife News.

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=922

Posted in Med/Vet Entomology, News

Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution

Posted on 21.May.2019 by Matt Bowser

The article, appearing on May 20 in the journal ZooKeys, includes a description of a new species from Alaska.

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.848.34846

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