HABITAT STRUCTURE OF A DROSOPHILID COMMUNITY AT INUVIK, NWT, CANADA (DIPTERA: DROSOPHILIDAE)

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: Toda, Masanori J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1985
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Northwest Territories; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Inuvik; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent117135-1; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00024731

The northern subarctic region is the limit of the distribution of Drosophilidae (Toda 1984); the family is of tropical origin (Throckmorton 1975). Hence, a drosophilid community inhabiting the northernmost subarctic region is likely to have a relatively simple community structure. This note presents information on the habitat preferences of a drosophilid community at Inuvik (68°22′ N, 133°45′ W) in the Mackenzie delta, Northwest Territories, Canada.