Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 23 No. 2, Fall 2004


 

News and Notes


 

General information and editorial notes

News and Notes

Forest arthropods project news

The Black Flies of North America published

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Entomology Web Products

Arctic Symposium at the ESC meeting

Summary of the Scientific Committee meeting

New postgraduate Scholarship

Key to parasitoids and predators of Pissodes

Members of the Scientific Committee 2004

The Quiz Page

Project Update: Other Scientific Priorities

Opinion Page

Bird-Associated Mites in Canada: How Many Are There?

Web Site Notes

Arctic Corner

Update on the Insects of the Arctic project

Selected publications

Selected future conferences

Quips and Quotes

Requests for Material or Information Invited

 

New Postgraduate Scholarship

The Biological Survey has initiated a postgraduate award to encourage interest in the study of faunistics in Canadian habitats by providing further support to students working on the biodiversity of insects or other terrestrial arthropods in Canada.

The $1000 award will be administered by the Entomological Society of Canada (ESC), and will be awarded every second year, alternating with the Keith Kevan award, and therefore given in 2004, 2006, etc.

The Survey has arranged for start-up funding for the award but more donations will help ensure the long-term stability and growth of the fund. To make a donation please send a cheque to: The Entomological Society of Canada, 393 Winston Avenue
Ottawa, ON K2A 1Y8. Indicate in a covering letter that the funds are for the Biological Survey of Canada Scholarship fund. Tax receipts will be issued. For further information email entsoc.can@bellnet.ca

Applicants must be post-graduate students at the time of application, be studying at a Canadian university, and be carrying out a project on insect (or terrestrial arthropod) faunistics in a Canadian habitat. Application forms and further details at http://esc-sec.org/BSC_Scholarship_2004.pdf or from the Chair of the ESC Student Awards Committee, Rosemarie De Clerck-Floate (floate@agr.gc.ca).


Key to parasitoids and predators of Pissodes

An illustrated key for the identification of 31 species of Diptera and Hymenoptera was developed for the publication Rearing, identification, and biology of parasitoids and predators associated with Pissodes weevils in Canada, by D.J.M. Williams and D.W. Langor.

The publication is now available online at
 
http://nofc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/biodiversity/en/keys/index_e.php, and the key to adult Hymenoptera and Diptera associated with Pissodes species in Canada has been transformed into an interactive key.

 

 

 

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