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ARCTIC No 11 INSECT 2000 NEWS IN THIS ISSUE Editor’s Comments News Briefs Feature species: The Chalcid wasp Encyrtus infidus Symposium on Cold Hardiness 2000 Update On A Survey Of The Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) From The Northwest Territories And Nunavut Project Feature locality: The UK Arctic Research Station at Ny-Ålesund History Corner Publications Available Update to Annotated List of People interested in Arctic Insects Mailing List for Arctic Insect News Contributors to this Issue 10 15 19 21 22 31 EDITOR’S COMMENTS — THE FINAL ISSUE The original objective of Arctic Insect News was to support work in arctic entomology in Canada, because this area is critical to understanding the nature, history and adaptations of the Canadian arthropod fauna However, this objective has not been met Despite some support chiefly in theory for arctic initiatives in Canada, research in arctic entomology has remained strictly limited, by restricted funding, by additional permit requirements and more complex permit procedures, and by a lack of personnel Much of the content of Arctic Insect News now comes from overseas (as for the Feature Species and the Feature Locality articles in this issue), while the Canadian content has often been somewhat limited Indeed, far more arctic researchers now receive the newsletter overseas than in Canada At its recent meeting, the advisory Scientific Committee for the Biological Survey of Canada agreed that Arctic Insect News should be discontinued as a separate newsletter, because it is not serving its initial purpose Moreover, effort is required to support initiatives such as a growing project, including a newsletter, on arthropods of Canadian grasslands Instead, Canadian arctic interests will be supported by including any relevant submissions in a separate section of the main BSC newsletter All those on the arctic newsletter mailing list will now receive this Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) (which is published in spring and in fall), unless they notify the Secretariat otherwise Although Arctic Insect News therefore ends after 11 years, the scientific community may feel that such a vehicle is still useful If so, someone may wish to launch a comparable, but truly international, newsletter with a different title, which could imitate those features of Arctic Insect News felt to be still useful I would like to end these final editorial comments by thanking all contributors and readers for their support of Arctic Insect News and for their kind comments about the publication over the past decade H.V.D ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 NEWS BRIEFS Fourth European Workshop of Invertebrate Ecophysiology The Fourth European Workshop of Invertebrate Ecophysiology (EWIE IV) will take place at St Petersburg State University, Russia, from 9–15 September 2001, continuing the sequence of the previous meetings held in Paimpont, France (1992), „eské Budejovice, Czech Republic (1995) and Birmingham, UK (1998) The workshop will cover all aspects of ecophysiology of terrestrial invertebrates (mainly arthropods), the main themes for separate sessions being: Ô Life cycles and phenological strategies Ô Ô Ô Geographic variation of ecophysiological traits Overwintering and cold hardiness Temperature requirements of development Ô Water relations and respiration Ô Impacts and responses to climate change Other sessions will be also added to the programme if there are a substantial number of oral presentations that lie outside of the main themes The European Journal of Entomology will publish a special issue of all papers and posters presented at EWIE IV, subject to the normal refereeing procedures of the journal Fuller details of the conference can be obtained, preferably by email, from: Professor Vladilen E Kipyatkov, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya emb., St Petersburg, 199034, Russia E-mail:vk@VK1280.spb.edu ASTIS Database on Web The Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) database is now searchable on the web at the following URL: http://www.aina.ucalgary.ca/astis/ The purpose of ASTIS is to make information about northern Canada more accessible The ASTIS database contains over 47,000 records and covers all subjects Two types of information are available: citations to publications and descriptions of research projects about Northern Canada ASTIS is maintained by the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, and is made available free of charge with support from the Canadian Polar Commission Task Force on Northern Research Ô establish 24 university research chairs—12 senior and 12 junior—dedicated to northern research; Ô create 40 northern graduate scholarships and 40 postdoctoral fellowships; Ô support 70 strategic research projects of high social, industrial or environmental relevance (modelled on NSERC’s Strategic Projects program); Ô build partnerships between northern communities and university researchers (modelled on SSHRCs Community-University Research Alliance program); and Ô provide funding for critical equipment, infrastructure and logistical needs The Task Force on Northern Research, which involved people from university, government and northern communities to look at the crisis in northern research, recently published its final report [From Crisis to Opportunity Rebuilding Canada’s Role in Northern Research Final Report to NSERC and SSHRC from the Task Force on Northern Research Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, O t t aw a 43 pp Also available at ftp://ftp.nserc.ca/pub/nserc_pdf/nor/crisis.pdf] The task force made specific recommendations to rebuild Canadian northern research: ARCTIC INSECT NEWS , 2000 FEATURE SPECIES: THE CHALCID WASP ENCYRTUS INFIDUS Eugeny S Sugonyaev Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034, St Petersburg, Russia E-mail: ses@zisp.spb.su E ncyr tus infidus Rossi (H ymen opt era: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) Range: E infidus is widespread in Eurasia, north to Kola peninsula and south to Asia Minor Habitat: Northern taiga forest, including peat bogs and mountainous and forest tundra Larval food: Internal parasite of larva and female of birch coccid, Eulecanium douglasi Sulc (Homoptera: Coccidae), living on polar birch, Betula nana, etc Features of special interest: Chalcid wasp fauna and taxonomy; pattern of seasonal development; host-parasite relationship Sample references: Sugonyaev and Vu Quang Con 1979; Sugonyaev and Voinovic h 1988; Sugonyaev 1990; Sugonyaev and Voinovich 1992 Encyrtus infidus demonstrates the wonderful capacity of a parasitic insect for adaptation and prosperity under different environmental conditions In fact, its mode of seasonal development and parasitization on host in high latitudes seems to be incredible Most of the following observations have been made in the neighbourhood of St Petersburg and at Cape Cartesh in the White Sea situated a little south of the Arctic Circle, partly in the transpolar areas of the Khibin mountain range and the shore of the Barents Sea A significant contribution to the study has been made by N.D Voinovich site infests the first-instar host nymph and forms the overwintering generation (Fig l, I) The first-instar parasite larva of this generation differs from that of the summer generation because it is solitary, loses caudal spiracles and has cuticular respiration (apneustic type) Such adaptations permit the parasitic larva to live successfully inside the body of the host without inhibiting the host’s development It accelerates growth and metamorphosis of the host in order to finish its own development in the young adult host female in spring (“transit parasitism”) In middle latitudes where the host coccid E caraganae Borchs has monocyclic seasonal development (Fig 1, middle), the annual cycle of E.infidus consists of two generations (Fig 1, top) During the development of the summer generation the species is a multiple (“gregarious”) parasite of the mature female host Its larva has open posterior (“caudal”) spiracles which remain in contact with the aeroscopic plate of its own egg chorion, supplying it with atmospheric air (metapneustic type of larva) Emerging from the host body, the female para- In high latitudes, the life cycle of the host coccid E douglassi normally lasts for years As a consequence of this host hemicyclism, the annual cycle and character of parasitism of E infidus are modified: 1) solitary parasitism in the first-instar host nymph transforms into gregarious parasitism with completion of development in the young adult host female; 2) owing to a regulative affect by the parasite, the seasonal development of the infested host acquires an aberrant character and proceeds on the monocyclic scheme like in middle latitudes (Fig 1, middle), and the adult parasite emerges from the young adult host female every summer in order to infest the first-instar host nymph again; 3) the parasite loses part of its annual cycle: the summer generation with metapneustic larva is absent (Fig 1, bottom) The phenomenon of fundamental modification of morphology, mode of parasitism and seasonal development of the parasite under high latitude conditions is a striking example of a specific tactic to overcome a drastic decline of accessible food resources: i.e this strategy of parasitization responds to a hostless period, because for one year at this high latitude the host population is represented by nymphs only Key References Sugonyaev, E.S and Vu Quang Con 1979 Host-parasite relationships in insects on an example of Eulecanium caraganae Borchs and its parasite Encyrtus infidus Rossi Leningrad, Nauka 85 pp (In Russian) ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 Sugonyaev, E.S., and N.D Voinovich 1988 Peculiarities of chalcid-wasp parasitization (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoiea) on Eulecanium douglasi (Homoptera: Coccidae) in the hypoarctic belt of Northern Karelia pp 137 - 180 in Relations between faunas of Northern Europe and Siberia Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences Press, Leningrad (In Russian) Sugonyaev, E.S 1990 Phenology of coccids - a basis of adaptative strategies of wasp parasites in the Northern Hemisphere (Hom Coccidae - Hym Chalcidoidea) pp 135 - 137 in Proceedings (Part II) of the sixth international symposium of scale insects studies Agricultural University Press, Cracow, Poland Sugonyaev E.S and N.D Voinovich 1992 Peculiarities of parasitisation of the chalcid wasp, Encyrtus infidus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) on its host Eulecanium douglasi (Homoptera: Coccoidea) at high latitudes Entomological Review 71(2): 112-117 [originally in Russian in Zoologichesky Zhurnal 70(12): 136-140, 1991] Fig Development of Encyrtus infidus in Leningrad Prov (top) and in N Karelia (bottom) and its synchronization with the development of the host (middle) (from Sugonyaev and Voinovich 1992) Parasite: I) 1st generation; II) 2nd generation; a, b, e, m, n, o) larvae of 1st instar; c, f, p) larvae of 4th instar; d, g, q) pupae; d1, g1, q1) cocoon-like shell; d2, g2, q2) trachea of host; d3, g3, d3) scutellum of & Host: h, i) larvae of 1st instar; j) larvae of 2nd instar; k, l) young and mature &s ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 SYMPOSIUM ON COLD HARDINESS 2000 Hugh V Danks Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O Box 3443, Station “D”, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4, hdanks@mus-nature.ca Temp 2000 - “Insect and Plant Cold Hardiness, a symposium”, took place 28 May to June 2000 at the University of Victoria, B.C hosted by the Department of Biology and organized by Richard Ring This was the 7th meeting in this series, with previous symposia held in Oslo (1982), Victoria (1985), Cambridge (1988), Binghampton (1990), Arnhem (1993), and Copenhagen (1996) About 50 participants in Temp 2000 came from Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, United States and the United Kingdom The papers were organized into sessions on polar and alpine adaptations, adaptations to cold, molecular and biochemical aspects of cold hardiness, applied aspects of cold hardiness and stress physiology, and other topics The conference opened with two keynote papers, “The history of cold hardiness in terrestrial arthropods” by Lauritz Sømme, and “Insect cold hardiness in northern Canada” by Hugh Danks In all about 30 oral papers and a dozen posters were presented Many presentations at the workshop dealt with insects, but some other arthropods (especially collembolans and also mites and spiders), as well as nematodes, plants and vertebrates, were treated Abstracts from the meeting were published in CryoLetters 21(3) (June/July 2000), and a few of these papers were submitted in full for publication in that journal The symposium included also a welcoming reception, a banquet, an optional tour to see the old-growth forest canopy from above, and an optional Chinatown dinner These functions as well as the pauses in the scientific program allowed considerable discussion among participants At the end of the workshop, it was agreed that such a meeting focussed on cold hardiness is of great value and should continue Ways to increase the numbers of presentations about plants were also discussed The next (8th) symposium will be held in „eské Budjovice, Czech Republic, in 2003, organized by Oldrich Nedved and others at the institute of Entomology of the Czech Academy of Sciences Some of the participants at Temp 2000 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 UPDATE ON A SURVEY OF THE BLACK FLIES (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE) FROM THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND NUNAVUT PROJECT Douglas C Currie Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6, dougc@rom.on.ca Peter H Adler Department of Entomology, Clemson University, Long Hall, Box 340365, Clemson,South Carolina, U.S.A 29634-0365, padler@clemson.edu Introduction The Northwest Territories and Nunavut have been virtually unsurveyed for black flies since the completion of the Canadian “Arctic Insect Survey” (AIS) in the mid 1950s While material collected by the AIS remains an important part of the Canadian National Collection of Insects, the sampling was haphazard and specimens are not suitable for modern analysis For example, many nominal species of northern black flies belong to morphologically homogeneous species complexes and can be identified only through analyses of the larval polytene chromosomes Given what is now known about sibling species in southern and northwestern North America (e.g Adler 1986, Currie 1997), the 22 nominal species of black flies recorded from the Canadian Arctic east of the Mackenzie River (Danks 1981) is clearly underestimated To develop a more realistic profile of simuliid diversity east of the Mackenzie River, we undertook a survey of the remote Horton River and its tributaries during the summer of 2000 The Horton River was selected as an initial focus of study because of its close proximity to the eastern boundary of Beringia - the main source area for organisms that repopul at ed t h e Canadian nor th f ollowing deglaciation The survey not only would provide valuable new insights into simuliid diversity in the northwestern Northwest Territories, but also would provide a test for the distributional patterns suggested by Currie (1997) in his account of the black flies of the Yukon We were accompanied by three entomologists who shared interests in other aspects of arctic-insect diversity and ecology: Donna Giberson (University of Prince Edward Island), Brian Brown (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) and Malcom Butler (North Dakota State University) An account of their research, and further details of the Horton River expedition, is provided by Currie et al (2000) Because of lack of roads and the high cost of air transportation, we opted to canoe an approximately 600-km length of the Horton River between Horton Lake (just north of Great Bear Lake) and the Beaufort Sea (Figure 1) This strategy allowed us to sample numerous sites along the way and at the same time provided a south-to-north transect from the High Subarctic Ecoclimatic Region to the Low Arctic Ecoclimatic Region No settlements are situated in the vicinity of the river, so we were compelled to bring everything we needed for the three and a half week trip The Wilderness Adventure Company was engaged to outfit and guide the expedition, allowing us to concentrate as much as possible on our collecting activities A chartered Twinn Otter transported our 5-member team and one river guide from Norman Wells to Horton Lake on July 16; we were retrieved from the mouth of the Horton River and returned to Inuvik on August 11 Collections of Black Flies The Horton River Valley proved to be among the most black-fly infested regions of North America Dense swarms of females descended on our party during the first half of the expedition, providing many fine samples of anthropophilic (i.e., human-biting) species Despite the misery inflicted by these clouds of black flies, the anthropophilic species (mainly members of the Simulium venustum species complex) represented less than 15% of all species that we collected during the expedition ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 The typical “early-evening” peak in biting activity was greatly prolonged because of the length of time it took for the sun to descend below the horizon This added immeasurably to the misery suffered by team members Fortunately, unlike mosquitoes, black flies decreased in activity perceptibly after 10:00 PM Blood-fed anthropophilic species were frequently collected from the bodies of expedition members; numerous others were collected inside our tents, which served as effective traps The vast majority of adults were collected in Malaise Traps that were set at most camping spots and selected lunch stops The traps proved highly effective - even over a short period when the weather conditions were warm and sunny In contrast, insect activity all but ceased when the air temperature dipped into the single digits Nonetheless, the prolonged daylight hours of the arctic summer substantially increased the efficacy of the Malaise Traps Larvae and pupae were collected by hand from 50 sites along the Horton River and its tributaries Most larvae were fixed in Carnoy’s solution (3 parts ethanol: part glacial acetic acid) for chromosomal analyses Selected larvae and pupae were fixed in absolute ethanol to render them suitable for molecular analyses Species Richness Four genera and 29 species of black flies have thus far been identified from the Horton River and its tributaries Approximately half of these species were recognized and identified only through analyses of their polytene chromosomes, highlighting the need for cytological screening when conducting surveys of black flies One of these species, a member of the Simulium venustum species complex (cytoform H/C), had been found only once before (northern Quebec) Our chromosomal analyses of the Horton River populations confirmed that this cytological entity warrants species status The species richness in a single drainage is remarkable given that it exceeds the total number of species (22) previously recorded from all of arctic Canada east of the Mackenzie River When we consider that more than one-third of our 29 species represented only 1% of the total number of specimens that we collected, with some species represented by single specimens, it seems certain that numerous species were overlooked The fact that our collecting activities were confined to the narrow corridor along the Horton River reduced the likelihood of collecting species associated with poorly drained terrain Furthermore, the fact that our collecting was confined to a three-and-a-half week period during midsummer ensured that early-season black flies such as Greniera and Stegopterna were not collected It is difficult to estimate the number of species that might have been encountered given a more comprehensive and thorough collecting program Larvae in our collections were often infected with various parasites Among the larval symbionts that we found were mermithid nematodes, oomycetes, several species of fungi, and species of microsporidia Most of these parasites are widespread in North America Nonetheless, we found quite a number of new host associations Taxonomic Composition Although the simuliid fauna of the western Northwest Territories is much richer than previously supposed, its taxonomic composition differs markedly from that of the Yukon Territory For example, genera that are closely associated with mountainous terrain (e.g., Gymnopais Prosimulium, Helodon, Mayacnephia) are virtually absent (1 species) from the Horton River Valley Collectively, species assigned to these genera account for 40% of the 55 species recorded from the Yukon (Currie 1997) Furthermore, only of 14 species that Currie (loc cit.) considered to be Beringian endemics (i.e., species assigned to his “East Beringian” and “Palaearctic-East Beringian” distributional categories) had their ranges extended eastwardly as far as the Horton River Valley It appears, therefore, that a combination of topographical and historical factors might have shaped the present-day fauna east of the Mackenzie River The genus Simulium is disproportionately represented in the Horton River Valley, contributing 25 of 29 species (86%) This percentage is strikingly higher than the 47% of species that Simulium contributes towards the Yukon fauna Helodon and Cnephia were represented by species each and Metacnephia by species ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 Community Structure The Horton River Valley differs from all other regions in North America in terms of its simuliid community structure Black flies were present in most of the watercourses we sampled, with one exception; headwater springs typically supported no black flies whatsoever Whether groundwater characteristics rendered these streams unsuitable for habitation is not known; however, similar steams in Alaska and the Yukon support diverse and abundant assemblages of black flies Perhaps the absence of headwater specialists reflects the lower vagility of such species and their concomitant inability to emigrate far from source areas following deglaciation We found an average of nearly species per stream site, with the greatest densities and richness - up to 11 species - occurring at the outflows of tundra ponds The Horton River itself contained 12 species, although its lower reaches were so heavily silted that they precluded colonization by any black flies Simulium tuberosum s s was the dominant species at the majority of sites collected In fact, the immature stages of this species were found at more than 80% of all sites and in a remarkable array of watercourses that ranged in width from a few centimeters to more than 100 meters Origins of the Black-fly Fauna of the Western Northwest Territories The Horton River was chosen as a focus for study because of its close proximity to the eastern boundary of Beringia Predictably, virtually all of the species (26) collected are also known from west of the Mackenzie River This finding underscores the importance of Beringia as a source area for black flies that repopulated the north following deglaciation However, the presence of species that have not been recorded from the Yukon or Alaska suggests that glacial refugia other than Beringia might have been the source areas for these black flies Future Plans Our brief foray into the Canadian Arctic reveals that there is still much to be learned about northern black flies The difficulties associated with funding and permits notwithstanding, we ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 plan to mount a similar expedition along the Thelon River in the summer of 2001 Our plan is to canoe through the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary, which straddles the border between the Northwest Territories and Nunavut In addition to learning more about the composition and ecology of northern simuliids, we hope to recollect several enigmatic species, including Simulium giganteum, which is known from the Nearctic Region only from a single male collected in the vicinity of Baker Lake (MacInnes 1973) References Adler, P.H 1986 Ecology and cytology of some Alberta black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) Quaest Entomol 221-18 Currie, D C 1997 Black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of the Yukon, with reference to the black-fly fauna of northwestern North America pp 563-614 in H.V Danks and J A Downes (Eds.), Insects of the Yukon Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa 1034 pp Currie, D.C., D Giberson and B.V Brown 2000 Insects of Keewatin and Mackenzie Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) 19: 48-51 Danks, H V 1981 Arctic Arthropods: a review of systematics and ecology with particular reference to the North American fauna Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa 608 pp MacInnes, K L 1973 Reproductive ecology of five arctic species of Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) Ph D thesis University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario 234 pp Paddling on the Horton River 10 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 FEATURE LOCALITY: THE UK ARCTIC RESEARCH STATION AT NY-ÅLESUND, SVALBARD William Block Senior Research Associate, British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, England The UK Arctic Research Station is situated at Ny-Ålesund (78° 55¢ N , ° 56¢ E ) , Spitsbergen, Svalbard It is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and managed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) The station, which supports mainly life, environmental and earth scientists is part of an international research community which includes stations owned by Norway, Germany, Japan, Italy, France and the UK Reputedly the world’s northernmost community of up to 150 people, it has a unique atmosphere kindled by scientists of various disciplines and nationalities living, working and co-operating in a beautiful, though at times harsh environment All field activities are monitored by a local research and environmental committee co-ordinated by the Norsk Polarinstittut and Kings Bay AS N y -Å l esund is situated on the Brrggerhalvrya on the south side of the deep and sheltered Kongsfjorden on the west coast of Spitsbergen The southern shore alone provides 50 km of tundra and alluvial plains A plant pro- tection area at the head of the fjord is bounded by glaciers and sea Access to other shores and islands is possible by NERC boat Numerous glaciers of various types bisect the 500m peaks surrounding the fjord Most bird species found in Svalbard are represented in the area with barnacle geese, eider duck, terns and kittiwakes nesting in large numbers Land mammals include reindeer, fox and the occasional polar bear The fjord is home to ringed, bearded and common seals, walrus and beluga A remnant of the North Atlantic Drift produces a climate on Spitsbergen’s west coast that is milder than normal at that latitude (coldest winter month average -15°C, warmest summer month average +5°C) The sun is below the horizon from October to March and midnight sun lasts from April to August This year the NERC station was operational in March and from April to early May and continuously from June to September The station provides basic laboratory facilities with equip- Map showing Svalbard and the position of Ny-Clesund on Spitsbergen 18 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 Working through ice (from Davis, C.H 1876 Narrative of the north polar expedition, U.S.S Polaris, C.F Hall commanding) References Davis, C.H 1876 Narrative of the north polar expedition, U.S.S Polaris, C.F Hall commanding U.S Naval observatory, Washington 696 pp Packard, A.S 1877a Explorations of the Polaris expedition to the North Pole American Naturalist 11: 51-53 Packard, A.S 1877b The insects of the American (“Polaris”) expedition Entomologists Monthly Magazine 13: 228-229 Thorell, T 1878 Notice of the spiders of the “Polaris” expedition American Naturalist 12: 393-396 The following passage gives an example of the difficulties of the expedition, like this instance in October 1872 caused by the ship leaking after damage by ice (Davis 1876, pp 440-441) “ one of the firemen who was below getting up steam, reported that the vessel was leaking very fast Mr Schumann was sent to make an examination, and his report was very alarming The water was pouring in so rapidly that he feared the fires would be put out before steam was raised to work the pump; all hands were at once sent to the large main-deck pumps A few pails of hot water from the boiler started the four pumps “Now work for your lives, boys,” said the captain; and all worked with a will; continual streams poured from the pumps The scuppers, even when cleared, were not sufficient to carry off the water in which the crew were standing—insensible to the exposure because working for life Frequent soundings of the well showed that the leak was gaining; the engineers and firemen were urged to their utmost Everything combustible, including seal-blubber, which happened opportunely to be at hand, was thrown into the fire They worked as they never had worked before; for they knew very well that if the water rose to the fire-plates all would be lost After an hour and ten minutes of the severest labor, the welcome word was passed that steam was up and the steam-pump at work; this came not a moment too soon So rapidly had the water gained that, at the moment the pump commenced to work, it was lapping over on the floor of the fire-room In a few moments more it would have reached the fire itself, and the history of one part of the crew of the Polaris would have ended The steam-pump, however did good service, and rapidly gained on the leak, so that all anxiety was for the time removed.” ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 19 PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE This list indicates publications associated with the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) that may be of interest to readers of Arctic Insect News Unless otherwise noted, publications can be requested from the Survey (see back cover for address details) *Prices for publications available from the Entomological Society of Canada include shipping costs Orders from Canada should pay in Canadian dollars and add 7% GST; orders from other countries should pay in U.S dollars Arthropods of Polar Bear Pass, 1980 Danks, H.V Syllogeus Bathurst Island, Arctic Canada 25 68 pp Available upon request Arctic Arthropods A review of 1981 Danks, H.V Entomologisystematics and ecology with cal Society of Canada, Ottawa particular reference to the North 608 pp American fauna $30.00* from the Entomological Society of Canada, 393 Winston Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K2A 1Y8 Bibliography of the Arctic Ar- 1981 Danks, H.V Entomologi- $7.00* from the Entomological thropods of the Nearctic Region cal Society of Canada, Ottawa Society of Canada, address 125 pp above Arctic insects; Adaptations of arctic insects 1986 Kevan, P.G and H.V Book available from booksellers Danks pp 72-77 and 55-57 in B Sage, The arctic and its wildlife Croom Helm, Beckenham 190 pp Insect-plant interactions in arctic 1987 Danks, H.V Rev Ent regions Quebec 31: 52-75 Available upon request Insects of Canada 1988 Danks, H.V Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Document Series no 18 pp Available upon request (version franỗaise aussi disponible) Insects of the boreal zone of Canada 1989 Danks, H.V and R.G Available upon request Foottit Can Ent 121: 626-677 Arctic invertebrate biology: ac- 1989 Danks, H.V and R.A Available upon request tion required A brief Ring Bull ent Soc Can 21(3), Suppl pp 20 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 Arctic insects: instructive diver- Danks, H.V pp 444-470, Vol sity II in C.R Harington (Ed.), Canada*s missing dimension: Science and history in the Canadian arctic islands Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa vols, 855 pp Copies of paper available upon request The two-volume set available from Canadian Museum of Nature, Direct Mail Section, P.O Box 3443, Station “D”, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4 Cost in Canada: $40.61 (includes tax and shipping) Cost outside Canada: $45.00 (U.S.$) (includes shipping) Arctic insects as indicators of environmental change 1992 Danks, H.V Arctic 45(2): Available upon request 159-166 Patterns of diversity in the Canadian insect fauna 1993 Danks, H.V pp 51-74 in Available upon request Ball, G.E and H.V Danks (Eds.), Systematics and entomology: diversity, distribution, adaptation and application Mem ent Soc Can 165 272 pp [Seasonal adaptations in insects 1993 Danks, H.V pp 54-66 in Copies of English version availfrom the high arctic.] M Takeda and S Tanaka able upon request (Eds.), [Seasonal adaptation and diapause in insects] Bun-ichi-Sogo Publ., Ltd., Tokyo (In Japanese) Arctic insects and global change 1994 Ring, R.A pp 61-66 in R Available from author Riewe, and J Oakes (Eds.), Biological Implications of Global Change Environmental Research Series OEC Publ 33 Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Edmonton 114 pp Insect cold-hardiness: insights from the Arctic 1994 Danks, H.V., O Kukal and R.A Ring Arctic 47(4): 391-404 Available upon request The wider integration of studies 1996 Danks, H.V European on insect cold-hardiness Journal of Entomology 93(3): 383-403 Available upon request ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 Insects of the Yukon 21 1997 Danks, H.V and J.A $95.00* from the Entomological Downes (Eds.) Biological Sur- Society of Canada, address vey of Canada (Terrestrial Ar- above thropods), Ottawa x + 1034 pp Life cycles in polar arthropods – 1999 Danks, H.V European flexible or programmed? Journal of Entomology 96(2): 83-102 Insect cold hardiness: A Canadian perspective 1999 Danks H.V CryoLetters 21: 297-308 Available upon request Available upon request UPDATE TO ANNOTATED LIST OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN ARCTIC INSECTS Irina A Bogacheva Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology March Street, 202 Ekaterinburg, Russia 620144 Fax 3432-29-41-61 Arctic interests: Insect-plant relationships, ecology, adaptations, role in ecoystems Leaf-eating insects (leaf beetles, sawflies, moths) Energy requirements, behaviour, structure of insect communities, insect-plant relationships Regions: Tree line of Jamal Peninsula Current projects: Adaptation of some leaf beetles on their northern boundary to arctic conditions Wilfried Breuss Alter Steinleweg A - 6830 Übersaxen Austria Tel 0043-5522-41400 email wilfried.breuss@vol.at Arctic interests: Taxonomy, ecology, biogeography, Araneae, Opiliones, pseudoscorpiones Ecology and faunistics of alpine and sub-arctic habitats Speleology, geology Regions: Arctic, sub-arctic C urrent projects: Spider and harves t m en communities of woodland, wetland sites, caves, mountain habitats and gorges in western Austria Eugeny S Sugonyaev Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences 199034 St Petersburg, Russia Tel 812-1140442 Fax 812-1140444 email: ses@zisp.spb.su Arctic interests: Geographical aspect of host-parasite relationship in insects Peculiarities of formation of parasitization strategies Fauna, taxonomy, ecology of Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae, Aphelinidae, Tetracampidae, Trichogrammatidae Host-parasite relationship, peculiarities of ecological niches of parasites, species diversity Regions: Boreal, hypo- and high arctic areas Current projects: Host-parasite relationship of birch soft scale, Eulecanium douglasi Sulc, and its chalcidoid parasites in the Hypoarctic of northwest Russia Fauna and taxonomy of chalcidoid parasites infesting soft scale insects in Vietnam 22 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 MAILING LIST FOR ARCTIC 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Russian Academy of Sciences St Petersburg, Russia 199034 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 31 CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE Peter Adler is Professor of Entomology at Clemson University, South Carolina, where he holds a teaching and research appointment His research interests are in the systematics and ecology of aquatic insects, especially the Simuliidae of the world William Block was, until recently, a senior research scientist in the Biological Sciences Division of the British Antarctic Survey based in Cambridge, England, where he led the BAS “Survival Strategies Research Programme” for several years He has undertaken extensive field studies in both the maritime and sub-Antarctic in addition to the Arctic His prime research interests are in the ecophysiology of terrestrial arthropods, their adaptations to cold and other environmental stresses, and he continues research and writing as a honorary senior research associate at BAS, as well as holding honorary professorial positions at three British Universities Doug Currie is a Curator of Entomology in the Royal Ontario Museum’s Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology His research interests are in the systematics and comparative biology of aquatic insects, with special reference to the Simuliidae and the Trichoptera He is currently involved in a multi-year initiative to survey insects from across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Hugh V Danks is a research scientist at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, where he is Head of the Secretariat for the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) He has broad interests in the Canadian and arctic insect faunas, and in modes of seasonal adaptation in insects, such as life cycles, diapause and cold-hardiness Eugeny Sugonyaev carries out research at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg, working on host-parasite relationships in insects, including geographical and ecological aspects of the adaptations of various chalcidoid parasitoids, especially in northern areas Arctic Insect News was published 1990 (no 1) to 2000 (no 11) by the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) to support the Survey’s aim of encouraging further work on arctic invertebrates Editor: H.V Danks, Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O Box 3443, Station “D”, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1P 6P4 Tel: (613) 566-4787; Fax: (613) 364-4021; E-mail: hdanks@mus-nature.ca ... chalcidoid parasites infesting soft scale insects in Vietnam 22 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 MAILING LIST FOR ARCTIC INSECT NEWS The current mailing list for this newsletter is reproduced here to favour... 20 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 Arctic insects: instructive diver- Danks, H.V pp 444-470, Vol sity II in C.R Harington (Ed.), Canada*s missing dimension: Science and history in the Canadian arctic. .. Narrative of the north polar expedition, U.S.S Polaris, C.F Hall commanding) 16 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 ARCTIC INSECT NEWS No 11, 2000 sects which are best adapted to the conditions will survive.”