First Record of the Bluespotted Poacher, Xeneretmus triacanthus, in British Columbia

1971 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 1347-1348
Author(s):  
Alex E. Peden ◽  
C. G. Gruchy
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
First Record ◽  
Single Specimen

A single specimen of the bluespotted poacher (Xeneretmus triacanthus) provides the first record of this species from British Columbia. The specimen, which extends the known range from Puget Sound to Kwatna Inlet, is described in detail.

Notes on, and Additions to the Cerambycidae of Vancouver Island

1950 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
George A. Hardy
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Single Male ◽  
The Status ◽  
Interesting Species

The following article contains two records apparently new to Vancouver Island, notes concerning two species rare in collections from the island and remarks concerning the status of Leptura soror LeConte.Holopleura murginata LeC. A single male, taken on Mount Tzouhalem, Duncan, Vancouver Island, on May 21, 1947, by R. L. Fiddick apparently provides the first record for the island. This interesting species was called to my attention by G. Stace Smith of Creston to whom it was originally sent for determination. The only other British Columbia record, published by H. B. Leech (1945) is based on a single specimen beaten from a Douglas fir at Arrowhead, B.C. by G. Slade on May 10, 1945.

The First Record of the Smooth Lump-Sucker, Cyclopterichthys ventricosus (Pallas), in British Columbia Waters

1952 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 141-142
Author(s):  
W. A. Clemens ◽  
G. V. Wilby
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
First Record

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Occella impi, a New Species of Sea Poacher from British Columbia with Notes on Related Species (Agonidae, Pisces)

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 1109-1114 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. Gruchy
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Queen Charlotte Islands ◽  
A New Species

Occella impi, a new species of sea poacher, is described from a single specimen captured in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Occella impi differs from other species of Occella in having spinous plates on the breast, the anus nearer the anal fin, and fewer anal rays; also, the numbers of bony body plates are distinctive. A key to the known species of Occella, based primarily on the numbers of bony body plates, is included. The size of the maxillary barbel and number of infralateral plates are shown to be characteristic of the genera Occella and Stellerina.

New Lower Jurassic ammonite faunas from the Fernie Formation, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains

1987 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 1688-1704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell L. Hall
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North American ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Red Deer ◽  
First Record ◽  
Lower Jurassic ◽  
Canadian Rocky Mountains ◽  
Poker Chip

New ammonite faunas are described from sections along Bighorn and Scalp creeks in central-western Alberta where Lower Jurassic parts of the Fernie Formation are exposed. The first record of the upper Sinemurian Obtusum Zone from the Fernie is based on the occurrence of Asteroceras cf. stellare and Epophioceras cf. breoni in the basal pebbly coquina on Bighorn Creek. The overlying Red Deer Member has yielded Amaltheus cf. stokesi, representing the upper Pliensbachian Margaritatus Zone; in immediately superjacent strata the first North American examples of ?Amauroceras occur together with Protogrammoceras and ?Aveyroniceras. In the basal parts of the overlying Poker Chip Shale a fauna including Harpoceras cf. falciferum, Harpoceratoides, Polyplectus cf. subplanatus, Hildaites cf. serpentiniformis, and Dactylioceras cf. athleticum is correlated with the lower Toarcian Falciferum Zone.The upper parts of the Poker Chip Shale on Fording River in southeastern British Columbia contain a fauna representing some part of the upper Toarcian, but owing to poor preservation, generic identifications are only tentatively made.

scholarly journals First record ofPhormia regina(Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from mummies at the Sant’Antonio Abate Cathedral of Castelsardo, Sardinia, Italy

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgia Giordani ◽  
Fabiola Tuccia ◽  
Ignazio Floris ◽  
Stefano Vanin
Keyword(s):  
Warm Season ◽  
First Record ◽  
Phormia Regina ◽  
Calliphora Vicina ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human Decomposition ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Biodiversity Changes

The studies of insects from archaeological contexts can provide an important supplement of information to reconstruct past events, climate and environments. Furthermore, the list of the species present in an area in the past allows the reconstruction of the entomofauna on that area at that time, that can be different from the nowadays condition, providing information about biodiversity changes. In this work, the results of a funerary archaeoentomological study on samples collected from mummified corpses discovered during the restoration of the crypt of the Sant’Antonio Abate Cathedral of Castelsardo (Sardinia, Italy) are reported. The majority of the sampled specimens were Diptera puparia, whereas only few Lepidoptera cocoons and some Coleoptera fragments were isolated. Among Diptera, Calliphoridae puparia were identified asPhormia regina(Meigen, 1826) andCalliphora vicina, (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) both species typical of the first colonization waves of exposed bodies. Three puparia fragments were also identified as belonging to aSarcophagaMeigen, 1826, species (Sarcophagidae). Several Muscidae puparia of the speciesHydrotaea capensis(Weidmermann, 1818), a late colonizer of bodies, and typical of buried bodies were also collected. The few moth (Lepidoptera) cocoons were identified as belonging to the family Tineidae. This family comprises species feeding on dry tissues and hair typical of the later phases of the human decomposition. Among Coleoptera a single specimen in the family Histeridae,Saprinus semistriatus(Scriba, 1790) and a single elytra, potentially of a species in the family Tenebrionidae, were also collected. Overall, the samples collected indicated an initial colonization of the bodies in an exposed context, mainly in a warm season. This research allows the finding of elements indicating the presence, at least in the past, ofP. reginain Sardinia. This species at the moment seems extinct from Sardinia while it is quite common in the continent.

scholarly journals First record of the Bignose Unicornfish, Naso vlamingii (Perciformes, Acanthuridae) from Korea

Check List ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-548
Author(s):  
Hyuck Joon Kwun ◽  
Heakyoung Jung
Keyword(s):  
Fish Fauna ◽  
First Record ◽  
Jeju Island ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Southeastern Coast ◽  
First Time ◽  
Fin Spines

Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes, 1835) is reported from Korea for the first time and a morphological description is provided. A single specimen of N. vlamingii was collected from the southeastern coast of Jeju Island, Korea in September 2017. This species is characterized by the presence of 2 bony plates on the middle of the caudal peduncle, 6 dorsal and 2 anal fin spines, and a rounded, convex, swollen snout. This species is the fifth species of the genus Naso Lacepède, 1801 in the Korean fish fauna, and the newly proposed Korean name for the species is “Keun-ko-pyo-mun-jwi-chi”.

scholarly journals Egg Predation at a Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, Nest

2008 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Martin L. Morton ◽  
Maria E. Pereyra
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Golden Eagle ◽  
Aquila Chrysaetos ◽  
Egg Predation ◽  
Common Raven

We observed an egg being taken from a Golden Eagle nest near Atlin, British Columbia, by a Common Raven. This is apparently the first record of its kind.

First record of Propagurus haigae (McLaughlin, 1997) (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguridae) from Japan

Crustaceana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-483
Author(s):  
Masayuki Osawa ◽  
Takuo Higashiji
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Distribution Range ◽  
Ryukyu Islands ◽  
Single Specimen ◽  
Present Specimen ◽  
The Third ◽  
Japanese Waters ◽  
First Time

Abstract Propagurus haigae (McLaughlin, 1997), a relatively large-sized species of Paguridae, is reported for the first time from Japanese waters based on a single specimen collected from a depth of 620 m off Ie Island, central Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. It is the third species of the genus Propagurus McLaughlin & de Saint Laurent, 1998 known from Japanese waters. The present specimen greatly extends the distribution range of P. haigae, because the previous northernmost record was the Molucca Sea in Indonesia.

Nonstationary effects of ocean temperature on Pacific salmon productivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (11) ◽  
pp. 1923-1928 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Litzow ◽  
Lorenzo Ciannelli ◽  
Curry J. Cunningham ◽  
Bethany Johnson ◽  
Patricia Puerta
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Bering Sea ◽  
Temperature Effects ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
Gulf Of Alaska ◽  
Additive Models ◽  
Oncorhynchus Gorbuscha ◽  
Nonstationary Temperature ◽  
Oncorhynchus Keta ◽  
Ocean Temperature

We tested the hypothesis that ocean temperature effects on productivity for northeast Pacific pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka), and chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) changed after 1988–1989, coincident with a decline in Aleutian Low variance. Nonstationary temperature effects were tested with three different analytical methods (correlation, mixed-effects models, and variable coefficient generalized additive models) applied to spawner–recruit time series from 86 wild runs between Puget Sound and the northern Bering Sea. All three methods supported the hypothesis, with evidence for change in temperature effects that was strongest in the Gulf of Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington and weakest in the Bering Sea. Productivity for all three species showed generally positive responses to ocean temperature in Alaska before 1988–1989, but generally neutral responses after 1988–1989. British Columbia and Washington salmon showed either neutral responses to temperature (pink), negative responses that weakened after 1988–1989 (sockeye), or a switch from neutral to negative responses (chum). We conclude that the inverse response of Alaskan and more southern salmon populations to temperature variability is a time-dependent phenomenon.

scholarly journals An unusually large Aulocopella winnipegensis and associated demosponges from the Upper Ordovician Beaverfoot Formation, southeastern British Columbia

2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 939-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Keith Rigby ◽  
Paul A Johnston
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Upper Ordovician ◽  
Large Specimen ◽  
Structural Details ◽  
Life Mode

An unusually large specimen of the rare digitate to bladed Aulocopella winnipegensis Rauff and three relatively normal sized specimens of ashtray-shaped Hudsonospongia? sp. constitute the first record of demosponges from the Upper Ordovician Beaverfoot Formation in southeastern British Columbia and the first record of these taxa from western Canada. Gross form and canal structure are well preserved, but dolomitization and (or) coarse microsphaeroidal silicification have obliterated spicules and other structural details. We interpret these sponges as epifaunal recliners, without means of attachment to the substrate, a life mode rarely encountered in the modern sponge biota.

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