The article, which mentions mentions Scaphinotus marginatus in south-central Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. appeared January 7 in Bulletin of the Oregon Entomological Society.
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Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz – a pioneer naturalist and explorer of the Pacific Islands and Western North America
The article, which appeared in Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, covers Eschscholtz’s travels to Alaska in the early 19th century and the resulting discoveries.
Interior ecosystem in the subarctic: wild, living, arthropod biodiversity in the University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States of America
The article appeared October 26 in The Canadian Entomologist.
Protura in arctic regions, with description of Mastodonentomon n. gen. (Acerentomidae, Nipponentominae) and a key to known arctic taxa
The article appeared March 9 in the journal insects.
Towards conserving natural diversity: A biotic inventory by observations, specimens, DNA barcoding and high-throughput sequencing methods
The article appeared today in Biodiversity Data Journal. The authors used high-throughput sequencing to document terrestrial invertebrate biodiversity in part of an Alaskan watershed.
Genetic variation in intraspecific populations of Rabdophaga rosaria (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) indicating possible diversification scenarios into sibling species along with host range expansion on willows (Salicaceae: Salix)
The article appeared yesterday in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
2020 meeting agenda posted
The agenda for the 2020 annual meeting on February 14-15 has been posted at the URL below.
http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_meeting_agenda_15FEB2020.pdf
Are subcortical rove beetles truly Holarctic? An integrative taxonomic revision of north temperate Quedionuchus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
The article, which deals with multiple Alaskan species of rove beetles formerly in the genus Quedius, appeared December 10 in the journal Organisms Diversity & Evolution.
2020 annual meeting details
Our upcoming annual meeting will be held at the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage on February 15th, 2020 (details below).
If you would like to present, please write to president@akentsoc.org.
The Alaska Botanical Garden address is provided below. Parking is in the Benny Benson Secondary School lot.
Assessment of North American arthropod collections: prospects and challenges for addressing biodiversity research
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8086
The article, which appeared November 25 in the journal PeerJ, includes data from two Alaskan entomology collections.