Rediscovery of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in British Columbia, Canada, with notes on geographic variation and nesting habits

2014 ◽  
Vol 147 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy Kimoto ◽  
Matthias Buck
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Geographic Variation ◽  
New Name ◽  
Geographical Race ◽  
Parking Lot ◽  
Historic Record ◽  
Nesting Habits ◽  
Eastern Species ◽  
Sweep Net

AbstractWithin Canada, Cerceris fumipennis Say (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) is known to occur in Ontario and Québec but there is also one historic record from 1935 of two female specimens captured in Lytton, British Columbia. No other records have been recorded for the last 77 years. In 2012 and 2013, one male and four females were captured in a sweep net adjacent to a gravel parking lot in Merritt, British Columbia. Although there are differences in size and colouration between the British Columbia and eastern species, the variation between the populations does not warrant assigning a new name to this geographical race.

scholarly journals Geographic variation in the costs of medical care for people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Enns ◽  
◽  
Jeong Eun Min ◽  
Dimitra Panagiotoglou ◽  
Julio S. G. Montaner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Geographic Variation ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv

Geographic variation in the aerial song of the Short-billed Dowitcher (Aves, Scolopacidae)

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 2191-2198 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Miller ◽  
W. W. H. Gunn ◽  
R. E. Harris
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Geographic Variation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fixed Sequence ◽  
Song Structure ◽  
Distinguished Element ◽  
Geographic Differences

The complex aerial song of the Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) is described, and recordings from northern British Columbia (subspecies caurinus), northern Manitoba (hendersoni), and Labrador (griseus) are analyzed. The song is a stereotyped sequence of one to five units that are repeated rapidly and increase successively in duration. Each song unit consists of three readily distinguished element types (I, II, III), which form graded series occurring in fixed sequence. Song structure and element types are similar in all subspecies, but significant quantitative differences exist; the central subspecies (hendersoni) is clearly distinguished from the other two, in particular. These geographic differences are slight in comparison with primary song in many species of Oscines.

A revision of the genus Pultenaea (Fabaceae). 3. The eastern species with recurved leaves

2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 273 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. J. de Kok ◽  
J. G. West
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Separate Group ◽  
New Name ◽  
Group A ◽  
First Time ◽  
Species Being ◽  
Eastern Species

All 37 eastern species of the genus Pultenaea Sm. with recurved leaves have been revised and two names are reduced to synonymy for the first time. Four new species are described: Pultenaea tarik de Kok, P.�borea de Kok, P.�bracteamajor de Kok and P.�bracteaminor de Kok. One taxon is given a new name: P.�rariflora de Kok (�=�Pultenaea paleacea var. pauciflora C.T.White). Two taxa are recognised in this study at the species level for the first time: P.�elusa (J.D. Briggs & Crisp) de Kok and P.�robusta (H.B.Will.) de Kok. For one species: P.�elachista (F.Muell.) Crisp, a neotype is proposed. Seven species are lectotypified (P.�benthamii F.Muell., P.�densifolia F.Muell., P. gunnii Benth., P.�largiflorens F.Muell. ex Benth., P.�myrtoides A.Cunn. ex Benth., P.�patellifolia H.B.Will. and P.�retusa Sm.). Two species (P.�elusa and P.�maidenii Reader) are considered extinct in this study. A key to the group is provided and a brief discussion is given as to the legitimacy of these species being treated as a separate group. A list of all accepted names and synonyms of the eastern species of Pultenaea is given.

Life History and Habits of the Brown Mite, Bryobia arborea M. & A. (Acarina: Tetranychidae) on Apple in Nova Scotia

1962 ◽  
Vol 94 (9) ◽  
pp. 934-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Herbert
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Life History ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Apple Trees ◽  
Geographical Race ◽  
Nova Scotian

Morgan and Anderson (1957) discussed in detail the synonymy of the Bryobia praetiosa Koch complex. They raised the apple inhabiting form to species status, and gave it the name, brown mite, Bryobia arborea.The brown mite from apple trees in Nova Scotia was examined by C. V. G. Morgan, Summerland, British Columbia, and found to be morphologically similar to the B. arborea on apple in British Columbia. It is possible, however, that the Nova Scotian form may be a geographical race.

Geographic variation of grand fir (Abiesgrandis) in the Pacific coast region: 10-year results from a provenance trial

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1065-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang Yi Xie ◽  
Cheng C. Ying
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Geographic Variation ◽  
Frost Damage ◽  
Seed Sources ◽  
Forest Region ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Variation Patterns ◽  
Natural Range ◽  
Region 10 ◽  
Coast Region

The performance of 23 grand fir (Abiesgrandis (Dougl.) Lindl.) seed sources representing the coastal range of the species was examined with respect to height, mortality, frost damage, stem defects, needle disease susceptibility, and lammas growth at four sites in the Vancouver forest region of British Columbia. Variation in height was highly significant among provenances and showed discernible patterns at all ages surveyed (1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 years from outplanting). Provenances from northern, coastal, and low-elevation regions grew tallest. The remaining characters were only investigated 10 years after outplanting. Among-provenance variation in mortality, frost damage, and stem defects was nonsignificant when two provenances from the southern end of the natural range were removed from the analysis. Resistance to needle disease (Uredinopsislongimucronata Faull) was significantly different among provenances and decreased with elevation. Geographic variation in the proportion of trees with lammas growth was also significant but did not display any apparent pattern. Variation patterns were similar at the four testing sites but among-site differences in the average performance were highly significant for all the traits investigated. Eastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and northeastern Olympia Peninsula, Washington, are recommended as primary areas of seed source for reforestation in the Vancouver forest region.

Studies on the Festuca ovina complex in the Canadian Cordillera

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (11) ◽  
pp. 2448-2462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon E. Pavlick
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
The Other ◽  
Canadian Cordillera ◽  
New Variety ◽  
Festuca Ovina ◽  
New Name ◽  
The Status

Seven native taxa of the Festuca ovina complex are recognized for the Canadian Cordillera. Pseudoviviparous material from this region is different from F. vivipara (L.) Sm., and F. vivipara subsp. glabra Frederiksen is raised to the status of species, F. viviparoidea Krajina ex Pavlick. A new name, Festuca viviparoidea subsp. krajinae Pavlick, is proposed for the Canadian Cordillera plants. A new variety from British Columbia, Festuca saximontana Rydb. var. robertsiana Pavlick is described. The other taxa treated are F. saximontana Rydb. var. saximontana; F. saximontana var. purpusiana Frederiksen & Pavlick; F. brachyphylla Schult. & Schult.; F. baffinensis Polun.; and F. minutiflora Rydb., a species rarely collected in Canada. Distributions are given.

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