INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS OF BATHURST ISLAND, CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO

Abstract Terrestrial arthropods collected from Bathurst Island in 1969 are listed: 78 species (4 spiders, 13 mites, and 61 insects, 30 of which are chironomids) have now been collected in this area of the high arctic. Notes on the overwintering of some of the commoner insect species are given. Altho...

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Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Authors: Danks, H. V., Byers, J. R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1972
Subjects:
Insect Science
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Structural Biology
Arctic
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Bathurst Island
Arctic Archipelago
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent10481-1
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00041602
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Summary:Abstract Terrestrial arthropods collected from Bathurst Island in 1969 are listed: 78 species (4 spiders, 13 mites, and 61 insects, 30 of which are chironomids) have now been collected in this area of the high arctic. Notes on the overwintering of some of the commoner insect species are given. Although the collecting season was a poor one in 1969 because of adverse weather conditions, the list probably represents half or more of the island’s arthropod fauna. The nature of the list indicates that this fauna is impoverished compared to some other areas of the Queen Elizabeth Islands. This impoverishment may be largely explained by climatic factors.

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