ALG News
March 2010: NEW PUBLICATION!
An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada.
ZooKeys 38 (2010) Special Issue. doi:10.3897/zookeys.38.383
Four ALG members have recently published an annotated checklist of Alberta
Lepidoptera. It lists 2367 species reported to occur in the province,
as well as 138 species whose occurrence in Alberta is probable. Each species
entry includes adult flight time and distribution status in the Cordilleran,
Boreal, and Grasslands ecozones, as well as references to taxonomic works
and to the literature and public collection sources of the records. Detailed
notes on taxonomy, nomenclature, distribution, habitat, and biology are
given for over 1500 of the listed species. An additional section provides
details on 171 species erroneously reported from Alberta in previous works.
An introductory section provides a general overview of the order Lepidoptera
and the natural regions of Alberta, and the history and current state
of knowledge of Alberta Lepidoptera. Each of the 63 families (and selected
subfamilies) occurring in Alberta is briefly reviewed, with information
on distinguishing features, general appearance, and general biology. The
list is accompanied by an appendix of proposed nomenclature changes, consisting
of revised status for 25 taxa raised from synonymy to species level, and
new synonymy for 20 species-level and one genus-level taxa here considered
to be subjective synonyms, with resultant revised synonymy for one taxon
and formalization of seven new combinations.
Family of pioneer Alberta lepidopterist visit Strickland Museum:
Gail McBride, the niece of pioneer Alberta lepidopterist Kenneth
Bowman, and her husband John paid a special visit the Strickland
Museum at the University of Alberta in December 2005. They had seen
a picture of "Uncle Ken" featured on a poster about special
collections at the U of A, which prompted them to stop by and check
out his legacy. Gail and John met with several ALGers, examined her
uncle Ken's collection, and shared some stories about his work. |
 Leslie
Hendra, grand-daughter of pioneer Alberta lepidopterist Kenneth Bowman,
and her husband Michael Clarke visited the Strickland Museum at the
Universoty of Alberta in September 2007. They met with ALGers, examined
the Bowman collection, and shared some storied about "granddad".
Leslie is the author of a biography of Ken Bowman published recently
in the Blue Jay, and has provided extensive information on her grandfather
to ALGers.
View
Blue Jay Article (Hendra, L. 2005. Kenneth Bowman, Alberta Lepidopterist.
Blue Jay 63:168-174).
View
the supplement to the Blue Jay article (Sept. 2007). |
Awards and Recognition
Charley Bird being awarded the F.S. Carr Amateur Award, from Entomological
Society of Alberta representative Greg Pohl, in Olds in 2007. |
Gary Anweiler receiving the Criddle Amateur Award from Entomological
Society of Canada president Bob Lamb, at Canmore in 2005. |
Other News
 ALGers
celebrate Gary Anweiler's retirement, and Jason Edwards unveils the
society website, in 2003. |
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