Derek Sikes and Jill Stockbridge (UAM) described a new species of Mecopteran in the journal ZooKeys.
Category Archives: Publications
New Publication: Characterizing spatial distributions of insect pests across Alaskan forested landscape: a case study using aspen leaf miner (Phyllocnistis populiella Chambers)
In this article appearing online in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry, long-term temperature and precipitation data were shown to be important ecological drivers in determining the distribution of aspen leaf minor (Phyllocnistis populiella Chambers) and the aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) host in the state of Alaska.
The abstract is available via the URI below.
New Publication: Unexpectedly high among-habitat spider (Araneae) faunal diversity from the Arctic Long-Term Experimental Research (LTER) field station at Toolik Lake, Alaska, United States of America
Appearing in a special issue of the Canadian Entomologist on arctic entomology in the 21st century, the authors compared species diversity predictions of a three-year study of spider diversity with a single-season sampling effort using multiple methods, finding surprisingly high diversity (75 species).
The abstract is available via the URI below.
New Publication: A worldwide review of the genus Arganthomyza Roháček, with revision of the Nearctic species (Diptera: Anthomyzidae)
In this monograph published in the journal Zootaxa in January, members of the genus Arganthomyza (formerly within Anthomyza) were treated. Two of the five species described as new occur in Alaska.
This is not an open access article, but the abstract is available at the the URI below.
New Publication: Factors influencing northern spruce engraver colonization of white spruce slash in interior Alaska
In this article, which appeared in the February 2013 issue of Forest Ecology and Management, the authors studied the effects of several slash treatments on colonization rates and reproductive success of the northern spruce engraver (Ips perturbatus) on white spruce (Picea glauca). The full article should be available at one of the URI’s below. A second URI has been provided because dx.doi.org appeared to be unavailable at the time of this posting.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.040
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112712005919
New Publication: New aquatic insect (Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, and Plecoptera) records for Alaska, U.S.A.: range extensions and a comment on under-sampled habitats
In this article, which appeared in October 2012 issue of The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, the authors reported on eight aquatic insect species new to Alaska, each representing a North American range extension. The full article is available at the URI below.
New Publication: A Checklist of the Moths of Alaska
The on-line version appeared yesterday in the journal, Zootaxa. The authors list 710 species of moths from Alaska, including three new records for North America. The full article is available at the URI below.