The 2004 joint annual meeting of the Entomological
Society of Canada and the Acadian Entomological Society took place in
Charlottetown, P.E.I., 15-18 October 2004. The meeting was attended by about
235 people. Many of these were student members and there were a large number
of entrants for the student presentations competition. Items in the program
or associated with it included:
A plenary symposium, in accordance with the meeting
theme, on Insects in the Landscape.
Symposia on "Insect Population Dynamics",
"Insect Vectors and Human Health", "Insects of the Canadian
Central Barrens".
Workshops on "Advances in Potato Pest
Management" and "Modern Trends in Orchard Pest Management".
Submitted papers in several sessions.
A student presentation competition, in several
sessions, Biological Control (pest management and biodiversity), Behaviour
and Population Ecology, for the President’s Prize of the Entomological
Society of Canada.
An extensive poster session, including a student
competition for the President’s Prize.
The ESC Heritage Lecture given by Dr. Neil Holliday
entitled "Norman Criddle: Pioneer Entomologist of the Prairies".
The ESC Gold Medal Address given by Dr. Judy Myers.
Associated meetings of the Agriculture and Agri-Food
working group on Biological Control and the Scientific Committee for the
Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods).
Governing Board and Annual General Meetings also took
place, the Gold medal and other honours were awarded, and there were many
opportunities for informal exchange of information, including opening mixers
and a banquet.
Symposium on Insects of the Canadian Central Barrens.
The Biological Survey symposium on arctic insects,
introduced by organizer D. J. Giberson reported a variety of detailed
information gathered about the insects of this previously little known area
(and see also Giberson, D.J. and D.C. Currie. 2004. Update on the
"Insects of the Arctic" project: field collecting in 2003 and
2004. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial
Arthropods) 23(2): 72-79; Giberson, D.J. and H.V. Shaverdo. 2003. Update
on the survey of aquatic insects from Keewatin and Mackenzie project: The
predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae). Newsletter
of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) 22(2):
61-65; Project Update: Insects of Keewatin and Mackenzie. Newsletter of
the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) 2003. 23(1):
12-13]; Currie, D.C., D.J. Giberson and P.H. Adler. 2002. Insect
biodiversity in the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary. Newsletter of the
Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) 21(2): 59-66.;
Currie, D.C., D.J. Giberson, and B.V. Brown. 2000. Insects of Keewatin and
Mackenzie. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial
Arthropods) 19(2): 48-51; Currie, D.C. and P.H. Adler. 2000. Update on a
survey of the black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Northwest
Territories and Nunavut project. Arctic Insect News No. 11: 6-9.)
Insects in the northern Landscape. R.A. Ring
Diversity and biogeography of the Central Barrens black
flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). D.C. Currie, P.H. Adler, D.J. Giberson.
Higher Diptera in the Canadian Arctic: past studies,
present patterns and future needs. T.A. Wheeler, S. Boucher
Northern water beetles: patterns of distribution and
opportunities for study. R.E. Roughley
Filling in some gaps: Mayflies, Stoneflies, and
Caddisflies of the central barrens of the Canadian Arctic. D.J.
Giberson
Summary and general discussion. R.E. Roughley
Papers on systematics and related themes
Many presentations were made in contributed sessions on
biodiversity. The following titles include some of the papers of faunal
interest that were presented in these and various other scientific sessions,
including posters. (Interesting treatments on a range of other subjects were
presented in the various sessions.)
The influence of landscape of the larval ecology of
Newfoundland Hydropsychidae (Trichoptera). C-L. Fietsch, M. Colbo.
The ground-dwelling spider fauna from two vineyards in
southern Quebec. E. Bolduc, C. Buddle, N. Bostanian, C. Vincent.
Spiders associated with fallen logs in Forillon
National Park, Quebec. H. Varady-Szabo, C.M. Buddle.
Diversity patterns of saproxylic Coleoptera in
mechanically-killed trees and natural snags of the main tree species of
the eastern boreal mixed-wood forest. M. Saint-Germain, C.M. Buddle, P.
Drapeau
Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) diversity and
community structure in relation to disturbance gradients. A. Mercado,
C.M. Buddle
Effect of forest management on the diversity of carabid
beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in jack pine (Pinus banksiana)
forests in southeastern Manitoba. K. Ryan, N.J. Holliday, A.R. Westwood.
The effects of urbanization on ant assemblages
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) associated with the Molson Nature Reserve,
Quebec. J-P. Lessard, C.M. Buddle
A morphological analysis of higher-level phylogenetic
relationships among nitiduid beetles (Coleoptera, Nitiduidae). C. Condy
Ontogeny, variation, and synonymy in North American Cybaeus
spiders (Araneae, Cybaeidae). R.G. Bennett
Molecular phylogeny of salticid spiders. W. Maddison,
M. Hedin, and K Needham
Systematics of the tribe Azeliini (Diptera: Muscidae). J.
Savage
Phylogeny and distributional patterns of scarab beetles
in the southern hemisphere. A.B.T. Smith
Larval morphology of Aspidytidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga)
and its phylogenetic implications. Y. Alarie, D.T. Bilton.
Weevils of the subfamily Ceutorhynchinae (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae) in Canada. P. Bouchard
Tribal-level phylogeny of the Tortricidae, based on
three DNA sequence regions. F. Sperling, M Horak, F. FitzGibbon
Using the occurrence of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and
Trichoptera to characterize Newfoundland streams. M. Colbo, D. Cote, V.
Kendall
Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the cabbage
seepod weevil, Ceutorynchus obstrictus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
in North America, a case of mistaken identity. G. Gibson, B. Ulmer, H.
Bauer
Conservation of biodiversity in Swedish managed boreal
forests. B. Ekbom, M. Schroeder, S. Larsson, M.A. McGeoch
Testing biodiversity theory with ground-dwelling
spiders: the role of disturbance and productivity. C.M. Buddle
Effects of single-tree selection harvesting on
hymenopteran biodiversity in the canopy & understorey of mature
maple-dominated forests. S. Smith, N. Islam, J. Sousa, J. Huber
Pyrophiles and carabophiles: phoretic mite assemblages
colonizing burnt areas on pyrophilous carabid beetles (Sericoda spp.)
(Coleoptera: Carabidae). D.E. Walter, A. Dechene, H. Proctor.
Feather mites of birds in Canada: a wealth of
undescribed diversity. S. Mironov, T. Galloway, H. Proctor
Seasonal variation of ground beetle and rove beetle
assemblages, and a quest for an optimal sampling strategy. G. Pohl, D.W.
Langor