Requests for Material or Information
Invited
Would you like assistance in studying the fauna?
The Biological Survey of Canada encourages cooperation in taxonomic and ecological
studies of the arthropod fauna. Please complete and return the form
below if you have a request for material or information that might be obtained by
someone elsewhere in Canada (compare the sample entries from a previous list of requests
that are shown below).
Requests should be made by the middle of January; the list of requests will appear in
the Spring 1999 Newsletter.
Sample entries (addresses omitted):
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Material Requested |
Areas of Interest |
Collecting Methods, Notes |
Name of Requester |
| 1 |
Acari (free living and parasitic terrestrial and aquatic mites) |
Anywhere, but especially subarctic and arctic Canada, Canadian grasslands |
Berlese-Tullgren funnel extraction from subaquatic substrates, from grasses and
sedges, and from bird and mammal nests, would be especially fruitful (preserve in 75%
ethanol +5% glycerine) |
V.M. Behan-Pelleier; E.E. Lindquist; I.M. Smith |
| 2 |
Adelgidae (conifer wooly aphids) |
Anywhere |
Preserve insects and bark, needes or galls in 70% ethanol. Specimen records and host
plant records. |
R. Foottit |
| 3 |
Aleyrodidae (whiteflies) |
North America |
Preserve insects and host plant material in 70% ethanol. Adults may be dried. Specimen
records and host plant records (Canadian National Collection deficient in all species,
including pest species). |
R. Foottit |
Request for Cooperation
Please complete and return to:
Biological Survey of Canada
(Terrestrial Arthropods)
Canadian Museum of Nature
P.O. Box 3443, Station "D"
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4
fax: 613-364-4021
email: hdanks@mus-nature.ca
Name:______________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________
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Email:______________________
Material required (specify taxon, region , habitat, or other details, as
appropriate):
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Information required (describe in reasonable detail):
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Cooperation offered - if there is anything specific you might be able to supply
in return (e.g. identifications, material) please indicate it here:
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