Four new species of Draba in northwestern North America

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (18) ◽  
pp. 1873-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald A. Mulligan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Northwestern North America

Four new species of Draba are described from material collected in northwestern North America, D. hatchiae G. A. Mulligan sp.nov. and D. murrayi G. A. Mulligan sp.nov. (2n = 48) from Alaska, and D. kluanei G. A Mulligan sp.nov. and D. scotteri G. A. Mulligan sp.nov. (n = 48) from the Yukon Territory. The four new species are fitted into a previously published key to Draba of Canada and Alaska.

scholarly journals First Records of the Northern Long-eared Bat, Myotis septentrionalis, in the Yukon Territory

2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas S. Jung ◽  
Brian G. Slough ◽  
David W. Nagorsen ◽  
Tanya A. Dewey ◽  
Todd Powell
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
North America ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Myotis Septentrionalis ◽  
Northwestern North America

Three adult male Northern Long-eared Bats, Myotis septentrionalis, were captured in mist nets in July 2004 in the LaBiche River Valley, southeastern Yukon. These are the first records of M. septentrionalis in the Yukon. Further survey work is needed to delineate the extent of the range and population structure of this and other species of bats in northwestern North America.

A new species and taxonomic notes on northern Nearctic Cerodontha (Icteromyza) (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. 557-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stéphanie Boucher
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Northern Canada ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

AbstractCerodontha (Icteromyza) pilosan. sp. is described from the Yukon Territory. The Palaearctic species C. (I.) lineella (Zetterstedt) is recorded for the first time in North America, based on specimens from northern Canada and Alaska, and C. (I.) pollinosa (Melander) is synonymized with C. lineella. Cerodontha pilosa is most similar to C. (I.) longipennis (Loew) and C. (I.) lineella. Distinguishing characters and a modification of Spencer’s key to Canadian species of Cerodontha are given to separate these species.

Descriptions of Two Species of Ceratophyllus Curtis from Yukon Territory (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae)

1960 ◽  
Vol 92 (10) ◽  
pp. 787-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
George P. Holland
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Flea Species ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
American Students ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Ceratophyllus Gallinae

One may well assume that almost all the Nearctic species of mammalian fleas have probably been discovered. Concentrated collecting and study of mammals and their parasites for more than half a century has not only yielded a largely complete roster of the flea species present but has also elucidated the geographical distributions and host associations of many of them. However, this can hardly be said for the bird flea, which have been relatively neglected. The distributions and ecology of the known species are imperfectly understood and interesting records and new species can still be found, especially in the western and northern parts of the region, if one takes the trouble to search. For example, recent collections from birds' nests in Alaska, made by Dr. Robert Rausch, have yielded a number of distributional surprises (e.g., Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank), formerly believed to be confined to eastern North America) and examination of the nests of a mere six species of birds by the writer and J. E. H. Martin of the Entomology Research Institute during a brief collecting trip on the Alaska Highway in August, 1959, revealed five species of fleas, all belonging to the genus Ceratophyllus Curtis, and including two of special interest. One of these is new to science. The second, identified here as Ceratophyllus balati Rosicky, a species recorded in the literature only from Czechoslovakia, is redescribed here for the convenience of North American students, and also to supplement the original description. In addition to describing these, the writer wishes, in this paper, to emphasize the paucity of our knowledge of bird fleas in the hope that ornithologists and others who may find opportunities to collect and examine birds' nests (after the fledglings have left) will search for fleas.

REDEFINITION OF MEGEREMAEUS (ACARI: MEGEREMAEIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES, AND NYMPHS OF M. MONTANUS HIGGINS AND WOOLLEY

1990 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 875-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Northeastern North America ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Northwestern North America ◽  
Mite Genus

AbstractThe oribatid mite genus Megeremaeus is redefined, with the addition of information on leg chaetotaxy and immature instars. Three new species are described, Megeremaeus hylaius from northeastern North America, and M. keewatin and M. kootenai from northwestern North America. Descriptions of the former two species are based on adults and immatures, the latter species on adults only. Nymphs of M. montanus Higgins and Woolley are described. A key is given for the six known species in the genus.

A REVIEW OF THE OENEIS POLIXENES (FABRICIUS) (LEPIDOPTERA: SATYRINAE) COMPLEX IN NORTH AMERICA

1988 ◽  
Vol 120 (7) ◽  
pp. 679-696
Author(s):  
James T. Troubridge ◽  
David K. Parshall
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
North American ◽  
North American Species ◽  
New Subspecies ◽  
Northwestern North America ◽  
One New Species

AbstractNorth American species of the Oeneis polixenes (Fabricius, 1775) complex are reviewed. Two new subspecies, Oeneis polixenes luteus and Oeneis polixenes woodi, as well as one new species, Oeneis philipi, are described from northwestern North America. Oeneis polixenes peartiae (Edwards, 1897) is synonymized with Oeneis polixenes subhyalina (Curtis, 1835).

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