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.
Category Archives: Pollinators
Phylogeny and biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Epeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and cophylogenetic analysis with its host bee genus Colletes (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
The article is in press in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Presentations from the 12th annual meeting
Presentations and audio from the 12th annual meeting are now available via the links below.
Forest Health Conditions Report 2018
Stephen Burr, USDA Forest Service
Large worms at large: Nightcrawlers change Alaskan forests
Matt Bowser, USFWS
Climate change in Alaska: Impacts on the entomofauna
Derek S. Sikes, UAF, UAM
Southcentral Alaska spruce beetle outbreak: Observations from the field
Jason Moan, Alaska DNR
The effects of climate change on invasive species and their impacts on forests and rangelands
Chris Fettig, USDA Forest Service
Gates of the Arctic pollinators
Jessica Rykken, NPS
Adding attractive semio-chemical trait refines the taxonomy of Alpinobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
The article, pertaining to some Alaskan bumblebees, appeared recently in Apidologie.
Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska
This book was released in January 2018. An open access ebook version is available.
An updated and annotated checklist of the thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) of British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska
The article appeared in December 2017.
https://journal.entsocbc.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/974
Presentations from the 10th annual meeting
Presentations and audio from the 10th annual meeting are now available via the links below.
Willow rose cecids via Lifescanner
Matt Bowser, USFWS Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (audio, lyrics & chords)
Alaska Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey – 2016 field season
Jacque Schade, Alaska Department of Natural Resources (audio)
Lepidoptera highlights of 2016 at UAM
Kathryn Daly, Derek Sikes, Jayce Williamson, & Renee Nowicki, UAM, UAF (audio)
Phylogeny and revision of the rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus
Logan Mullen, UAF, UAM
2016 Forest health conditions and key insect species in Alaska
Stephen Burr and FHP Staff, FHP, USFS (audio)
2016 Forest insect impacts in Southcentral Alaska
Jason Moan, Alaska Division of Forestry (audio)
Entomology in Alaska’s national parks: centennial year BioBlitzes
Derek Sikes, UAM, UAF (audio)
AKES Newsletter 2016, Issue I
The April 2016 issue of the Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society is available via the link below.
Repeated Reticulate Evolution in North American Papilio machaon Group Swallowtail Butterflies
Generalized range map of current distributions of the Papilio machaon species complex in North America.
The article appeared in the journal PLOS ONE on October 30.
URI:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0141882
Citation:
Dupuis JR, Sperling FAH (2015) Repeated Reticulate Evolution in North American Papilio machaon Group Swallowtail Butterflies. PLoS ONE 10(10): e0141882. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0141882
Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites.
The article appeared May 5 in Biodiversity Data Journal.
Pampell R, Sikes D, Pantoja A, Holloway P, Knight C, Ranft R (2015) Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085