Ticks from mammals from Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, northern Nova Scotia, and Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 1394-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwilym S. Jones ◽  
Howard H. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Small Mammals ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
New Host ◽  
Tamias Striatus ◽  
Sorex Cinereus ◽  
Gaspe Peninsula ◽  
New Host Records ◽  
Gaspé Peninsula

Four species of ticks were recovered from small mammals collected in Prince Edward Island. New Brunswick, northern Nova Scotia, and the Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec. Included among these were the following new host records: Ixodes marxi ex Sorex cinereus, I. muris ex. Clethrionomys gapperi, and Haemaphysalis leporispalustris ex. Tamias striatus. New provincial records were Ixodes marxi, I. muris, and Haemaphysalis leporispalustris from Prince Edward Island and Ixodes muris from New Brunswick.

MITES, TICKS, AND FLEAS OF THE MICE ZAPUS HUDSONIUS AND NAPAEOZAPUS INSIGNIS FROM THE MARITIME PROVINCES AND GASPÉ PENINSULA, QUEBEC, CANADA

1982 ◽  
Vol 114 (11) ◽  
pp. 1031-1035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gwilym S. Jones ◽  
Howard H. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Maritime Provinces ◽  
Napaeozapus Insignis ◽  
Gaspe Peninsula ◽  
Gaspé Peninsula

AbstractMites, ticks, and fleas were removed from the fur of 110 specimens of Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann) from Prince Edward Island, coastal New Brunswick, and northern Nova Scotia. The species which were most abundant and the only ones which occurred on these mice throughout the area were Dermacarus newyorkensis, Neotrombicula harperi, Androlaelaps fahrenholzi, and Ixodes muris. Also examined were 47 specimens of Napaeozapus insignis (Miller) from the above provinces plus Gaspé Peninsula, Quebec. Dermacarus newyorkensis and Neotrombicula harperi were the most abundant ectoparasites. Neotrombicula harperi was the only ectoparasite which occurred on N. insignis throughout the region.

A Virus Disease and Introduced Parasites as Factors Controlling the European Spruce Sawfly, Diprion hercyniae (Htg.), in Central New Brunswick

1957 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 371-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. T. Bird ◽  
D. E. Elgee
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Spruce Forests ◽  
North Shore ◽  
The North ◽  
Gaspe Peninsula ◽  
Gaspé Peninsula ◽  
St Lawrence River

An outbreak of the European spruce sawfly, Diprion hercyniae (Htg.), was discovered in the Gaspé Peninsula in 1930. By 1938, heavy infestations had developed west of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, throughout New Brunswick and northern Maine, and in parts of Vermont and New Hampshire. Moderate to light infestations occurred through all other parts of the spruce forests of this region and extended from Nova Scotia, to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, and west to Ontario.

STUDIES ON THE BIOLOGY OF TAENIA CRASSICEPS (ZEDER, 1800) RUDOLPHI, 1810 (CESTODA)

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 969-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reino S. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Initial Rate ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Microtus Pennsylvanicus ◽  
Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus ◽  
Sciurus Carolinensis ◽  
New Host ◽  
Tamias Striatus ◽  
Taenia Crassiceps ◽  
Marmota Monax ◽  
New Host Records

Taenia crassiceps was common in Vulpes fulva examined from southern Ontario. Metacestodes occurred naturally in Microtus pennsylvanicus, Marmota monax, Tamias striatus, and Ondatra zibethicus, and Peromyscus maniculatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, and Sciurus carolinensis were infected experimentally; all rodents are new host records. Cysticerci developed into adults in dogs or foxes within 5 to 6 weeks; five coyote pups resisted infection. Development of the metacestode was followed mainly in white mice. Infections were most common subcutaneously, but also occurred in both body cavities. Mice approximately 4 weeks of age were most susceptible. Asexual reproduction occurred by exogenous, and rarely endogenous, budding from the abscolex pole beginning approximately 3 weeks after infection. Metacestodes in various stages of development were injected into mice subcutaneously, intrapleurally, but mainly intraperitoneally. Subsequent development and reproduction were similar to that following infection with eggs. Apparently all metacestodes are capable of budding. The initial rate of reproduction was higher subcutaneously and intrapleurally than intraperitoneally, but within approximately 100 days the rate became higher and continued higher intraperitoneally than elsewhere. Reproduction never reached a logarithmic rate. Metacestodes inoculated serially up to 21 times at 50-day intervals increased greatly in size and continued budding. Four other series were maintained by serial subinoculation at 50-day intervals through 23 generations without a significant change in the rate of reproduction.

scholarly journals New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera and allies in the Maritimes and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec

2014 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Catling ◽  
Donald F. McAlpine ◽  
Christopher I. G. Adam ◽  
Gilles Belliveau ◽  
Denis Doucet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Forficula Auricularia ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
La Madeleine

Chortophaga viridifasciata, Forficula auricularia, Melanoplus stonei, Scudderia furcata furcata, Scudderia pistillata, and Trimerotropis verruculata from Prince Edward Island and Doru taeniatum, Melanoplus punctulatus, Orchelimum gladiator, and Spharagemon bolli from New Brunswick are new provincial records. Other records of interest include the endemic Melanoplus madeleineae from Île d’Entrée in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec; Trimerotropis verruculata from the Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec; and Chortophaga viridifasciata, Stethophyma lineatum, and Tetrix subulata, new for Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The ranges of Conocephalus brevipennis, Tetrix arenosa angusta, Tetrix ornata, and Tetrix subulata are significantly extended in New Brunswick. A previously unpublished record from 2003 of Roeseliana roeselii (Metrioptera roeselii) is the earliest report of this European introduction to the Maritimes.

Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Canada and Alaska

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4666 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
VALERIE M. BEHAN-PELLETIER ◽  
ZOË LINDO
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
National Park ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Large Numbers

This checklist of the oribatid fauna of Canada and Alaska (excluding Astigmata) includes 580 identified species in 249 genera and 96 families. The known fauna of Canada includes 556 identified species in 247 genera, and that of Alaska includes 182 species in 95 genera; 39 of the 42 oribatid superfamilies are represented. We further list ~ 300 species that are currently unidentified, and possibly undescribed. In addition, we list 42 genera that are represented only by unidentified and probably undescribed species. For each species we give combinations and synonymies, specific locations in Alaska and the Provinces and Territories of Canada, habitats, and biogeography.                There are 182 identified species known for Alaska, 152 for Yukon, 122 for Northwest Territories, 58 for Nunavut; 210 for British Columbia, 213 for Alberta, 15 for Saskatchewan, 84 for Manitoba, 167 for Ontario, 210 for Québec, 110 for Nova Scotia, 77 for New Brunswick, 84 for Newfoundland and 6 for Prince Edward Island. The known fauna of Canada is smaller than that of Austria, and is approximately equivalent to that of the Czech Republic. As these countries are much smaller in size than Canada and less ecologically diverse, we consider the Canadian and Alaskan fauna are at most 25% known. The paucity of these data reflects the absence of taxonomic and faunistic studies on Oribatida in State, Provinces or Territories, and especially in the Canadian and Alaskan National Park systems and the hundreds of Provincial Parks.                Despite the almost 90% increase in described species since the catalogue of Marshall et al. (1987), there is a need for focussed, coordinated research on Oribatida in the natural regions throughout Canada and Alaska, and for monographs on families and genera with large numbers of undescribed species, such as Brachychthoniidae, Damaeidae, Cepheidae, Liacaridae, Oppiidae, Suctobelbidae, Hydrozetidae, Phenopelopidae, Scheloribatidae, Haplozetidae and Galumnidae. 

Silurian Proporidae and Plasmoporidae (Anthozoa, Tabulata) from the Chaleurs Bay region, Canada

1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham A. Young ◽  
James P. A. Noble
Keyword(s):  
New Brunswick ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Facies Distribution ◽  
Patch Reefs ◽  
Holotype Specimen ◽  
Upper Silurian ◽  
Gaspe Peninsula ◽  
Open Shelf ◽  
Gaspé Peninsula

Six species belonging to the families Proporidae and Plasmoporidae occur in the Lower and Upper Silurian rocks of the Limestone Point and La Vieille Formations of northern New Brunswick and of the Anse à Pierre-Loiselle, La Vieille, and Gascons Formations of the Gaspé Peninsula of Québec. The three species ofProporaare widely distributed but show varying faunal affinities, while both species ofPlasmopora, Plasmopora loganiandPlasmopora corrugata, are new and are almost endemic. Revised concepts ofProporaandPlasmoporaare proposed. The holotype specimen for the type species ofCamptolithuswas examined and confirms the genus as distinct fromPropora, rather than a synonym as has been previously suggested.The facies distribution of these corals is variable. In general, the proporids, which mostly occur in facies indicating shallow carbonate banks and patch reefs, are more restricted in distribution than the plasmoporids, which occur in these facies and also in others representing a variety of open-shelf environments.

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