The article, based on work near Toolik Lake, Alaska, appeared today in the journal Oikos.
The Taxonomy of the North American Species of Parameletus Bengtsson, 1908 (Ephemeroptera: Siphlonuridae), with Keys to Nymphs and Male Imagos
The article appeared November 1st in the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3752/cjai.2017.33
Refuge Notebook: Mystery solved!
Large gulls congregate in a field off of Ciechanski Road in search of food.
The article documented Larus gulls feeding on the moth Crambus perlella in a hay field.
The unknown caterpillar sent off in a LifeScanner vial was subsequently identified as Crambus perlella from its DNA.
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.
Refuge Notebook: The bad biter par excellence
Biting snipe flies on the face of a sedated mountain goat, Kenai Mountains, July 13, 2017. At the same time the flies were attacking the attendant biologists in comparable numbers. Photo credit: Dom Watts/USFWS.
The article provides information on Symphoromyia biting snipe flies.
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.
Refuge Notebook: Butterworts: carnivorous and easily overlooked beauties
Partially digested carcass of a springtail caught by a hairy butterwort at Headquarters Lake, Soldotna, May 22, 2017. Note the glistening glands discernable in this image (credit: Matt Bowser/USFWS).
This article (URI below) appeared today in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Refuge Notebook series.
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.