This book was released in January 2018. An open access ebook version is available.
Category Archives: Publications
An updated and annotated checklist of the thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) of British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska
The article appeared in December 2017.
https://journal.entsocbc.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/974
An annotated and illustrated checklist of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland
The article appeared in the journal ZooKeys on August 17.
An annotated catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic region (continental North America north of Mexico)
This article, pertaining to multiple Alaskan species, was published on June 27 in The Coleopterists Bulletin.
Using stable isotopes to assess the contribution of terrestrial and riverine organic matter to diets of nearshore marine consumers in a glacially influenced estuary
The article appeared May 31, 2017 in the journal Estuaries and Coasts.
Myialges trinotoni (Acariformes: Epidermoptidae), a hyperparasitic mite infesting Trinoton querquedulae (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) on waterfowl
In this article Myialges trinotoni was recorded from Alaska for the first time.
2017 Newsletter posted
The May 2017 issue of the Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society has now been posted.
Building a DNA barcode library of Alaska’s nonmarine arthropods
The early version of this article in the journal Genome appeared in October 2016, but the final version was posted more recently. Almost half (48.5%) of the known 8,277 Alaskan, non-marine-arthropod species now have associated DNA barcodes, enabling species identifications by DNA barcoding.
citation:
Sikes, D. S., M. L. Bowser, J. M. Morton, C. Bickford, S. Meierotto and K. Hildebrandt. 2017. Building a DNA barcode library of Alaska’s non-marine arthropods. Genome 60:248-259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2015-0203
The Liriomyza (Diptera: Schizophora: Agromyzidae) of Canada & Alaska
This article, appearing February 21 in the journal Zootaxa, pertains to several species of Alaskan agromyzids.
Citation:
Lonsdale, O. 2017. The Liriomyza (Diptera: Schizophora: Agromyzidae) of Canada & Alaska Zootaxa 4234:1-156. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4234.1.1
Aquatic insect community structure and secondary production in southcentral Alaska streams with contrasting thermal and hydrologic regimes
In her M.Sc. thesis, dated December 2016, Samantha Hertel analyzed aquatic arthropod communities in the Copper River Delta.
Citation:
Hertel, S. D. 2016. Aquatic insect community structure and secondary production in southcentral alaska streams with contrasting thermal and hydrologic regimes (Order No. 10241078). M.Sc. thesis, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1867049666