Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

News and Notes

General information and editorial notes

News and Notes

BSC 2008 Curation Blitz at the Canadian Museum of Nature

Biological Survey of Canada symposium at the ESC annual meeting

Summary of the Scientific
Committee meeting  

Project Update: The BSC's BioBlitz program

Little beetles and big headaches

Arthropod inventory work in Labrador

Arctic Corner

Northern Insect Survey

The Biological Survey of Canada is hosting a Curation Blitz at the Canadian Museum of Nature on Monday, October 20th from 6–10 PM (in conjunction with the Entomological Society of Canada annual meeting). This event will take place at the Natural Heritage Building in Gatineau, Quebec, where CMN collections are housed. This is a short drive across the river from Ottawa and transportation is available upon request.

The Canadian Museum of Nature houses a world-class Coleoptera collection with particular strengths in scarabs and weevils. The CMN collections are strong in Neotropical and Nearctic material with reasonable coverage from other parts of the world.

Anyone interested is encouraged to attend – from experts who can identify material to novices who just want to browse the collection. If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Andrew Smith at asmith@mus-nature.ca

BSC 2008 symposium at the Entomological Society of Canada annual meeting in Ottawa – Wednesday, October 22nd from 8:00-9:45 AM

List of presentations

Andrew Smith,
Biological Survey of Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature
An overview of the Biological Survey of Canada

Steve Marshall and Dave Cheung
University of Guelph
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification and cost-effective identification of Canadian arthropods

Douglas C. Currie(1), Donna J. Giberson(2), Christopher M. Buddle(3)
(1)Royal Ontario Museum, (2)University of Prince Edward Island, (3)McGill University
The Northern Insect Survey: reassessing Canada’s northern arthropod biodiversity

David B. McCorquodale(1), Chris G. Majka(2), S.M. Marriott(1), D.J. Giberson(3)
(1)Cape Breton University; (2)Nova Scotia Museum; (3)University of Prince Edward Island
Has the arrival of non-native lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) altered the distribution of native species in the Canadian Maritime provinces?

Andrea Dechene
McGill University
Recent work on oribatid biodiversity in Quebec

Zoë Lindo(1) and Neville Winchester(2)
(1)McGill University, (2)University of Victoria
Patterns of arboreal biodiversity across spatial scales

Marla Schwarzfeld,
University of Alberta
Patterns of ichneumonid diversity in a boreal forest ecosystem