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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)

Posted on 21.Feb.2020 by Matt Bowser

The article appeared yesterday in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz179

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2020 meeting agenda posted

Posted on 7.Feb.2020 by Matt Bowser

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

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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

Posted in News, Publications

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

Posted in News, Publications

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

Posted in News, Pollinators, Publications

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

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