This special issue appeared on January 24 in ZooKeys.
Category Archives: Publications
Taxonomic Revision of the Rove Beetle Genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)
The article was published on 28.December.2018 in The Coleopterists Bulletin.
Name-bearing type specimens in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids & Nematodes (CNC): Blattodea, Dermaptera, Notoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Myriapoda, Neuroptera, Odonata, Orthoptera, Phthiraptera, Pseudoscorpiones, Psocoptera, Raphidioptera & Siphonaptera
The article, pertaining to Alaskan type specimens and species, was published in the journal Zootaxa on November 29.
Adding attractive semio-chemical trait refines the taxonomy of Alpinobombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
The article, pertaining to some Alaskan bumblebees, appeared recently in Apidologie.
First comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States
Part of a figure from Simpson and Eyler (2018) portraying numbers of non-native taxa in regions of Alaska.
The report was published on November 6 and includes records of non-native terrestrial invertebrates in Alaska.
Report:
Simpson, A. & Eyler, M. C. 2018. First comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States. Open-File Report 2018-1156. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181156
Data:
Simpson, A.; Eyler, M. C.; Cannister, M.; Libby, R.; Kozlowski, N.; Sellers, E. & Guala, G. F. 2018. Dataset of the first comprehensive list of non-native species established in three major regions of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey data release. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey. https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E5K160
Extremely low genetic diversity in a circumpolar dragonfly species, Somatochlora sahlbergi (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera)
Larva of S. sahlbergi. Image from https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32365-7.
This article appeared October 11 in Scientific Reports.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32365-7
Expanded concept and revised taxonomy of the milliped family Xystodesmidae Cook, 1895 (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Xystodesmoidea): incorporations of Euryuridae Pocock, 1909 and Eurymerodesmidae Causey, 1951, taxon revivals/proposals/transferrals, and a distributional update
The article appeared on September 28 in Insecta Mundi and includes new locality records in Alaska.
Evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map protocol
The article appeared on September 27 in Environmental Evidence.
Biological inclusions in amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska
Worker of ant (Formicidae: Formicinae) from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska. Image from Grimaldi et al. (2018).
The article appeared on September 28 in American Museum Novitates.
Leaf herbivory by insects during summer reduces overwinter browsing by moose
Effect of insecticide treatment during the growing season on subsequent stem production by, and overwinter browsing on, sandbar willow. From Allman, et al. (2018).
The article appeared in BMC Ecology on September 27 and showed interactoins among the willow leaf blotch miner, , sandbar willow, and moose.