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General information and editorial notes News and Notes Brief on the role of voucher specimens published Newsletter distribution goes electronic Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee, April 2003 Arthropod Species Specialist Subcommittee for COSEWIC Guide to the identification of the spiders of Quebec published Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership (FBIP) established Members of the Scientific Committee 2003 Lessons from threatened cuts at the University of Nebraska Museums Project Update: Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands Opinion Page: DNA Barcoding: Deus ex Machina Review of Scientific Priorities 2003 Biological Survey of Canada: Taking Stock after 25 Years Arctic Corner Predaceous water beetles from Keewatin and Mackenzie Selected Publications associated with the Biological Survey Requests for Material or Information Invited
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— test your knowledge of Canada and its fauna — 1. Name five
rivers longer than a thousand kilometres that are entirely or almost
entirely within Canada. Also name two rivers longer than a thousand
kilometres that originate in Canada but have their outflow in the United
States? Answer
2. What is the significance of the Canadian hamlet of
Taloyoak?Answer
3. Name five Canadian insect species with life cycles
that normally last for more than one year. Answer
4. Name 3 families of Coleoptera for which more than
100 species have been reported from the Yukon Territory alone. Answer 5. Concentration corner 145,000 adults of one common univoltine species of
chironomid emerge in spring from a small shallow eutrophic pond. 50% of
the females deposit their first batch of 500 eggs in the same pond, 80% of
which hatch, but 99% of the resulting larvae do not survive to adulthood.
How many chironomids emerge from the pond the next season? Answer
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