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INSECTS AND ARACHNIDS OF BATHURST ISLAND, CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. V. Danks  and
J. R. Byers
H. V. Danks
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
J. R. Byers
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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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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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 104 , Issue 1 , January 1972 , pp. 81 - 88
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1972

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