What's new at the CNC

The CanaColl - CNC website is in the process of being updated. The original site, still available at: www.canacoll.org, was developed by Jeff Skevington and is still being not only maintained but constantly updated (especially Jeff's speciality - the Diptera section).
At the moment, the only major change is the Hymenoptera section. As other sections are finished, they will be available for viewing and comment.

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A gallery of hymenopteran insects, photographed by Henri Goulet, is ready for viewing.

Recent Papers by CNC Staff

Cumming, J. M., Sinclair, B. J., Brooks, S. E., O’Hara, J. E. and Skevington, J. H. (2011). History of dipterology at the Canadian National Collection of Insects with special reference to the Manual of Nearctic Diptera. The Canadian Entomologist. Submitted, January 2011.

Gibson, J.F., Kelso, S., Kits, J.H., Jackson, M.D., Miranda, G.F.G., and Skevington, J.H. (2011). Diptera-Specific PCR-Amplification Primers of Use in Molecular Phylogenetic Research. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Submitted Sept. 2010.

Gibson, J. F., Skevington, J. H. and Camras, S. (2011). Conopidae (Diptera). In: L. E. Claps, G. Debandi, and S. Roig-Juñent (eds.), Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, volume 3. Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. Submitted July 2010.

Wilson, J.J., Landry, J.F., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Nazari, V., Hajibabaei, M. & Hebert, P.D.N. (2010). Identity of the ailanthus webworm moth (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae), a complex of two species: evidence from DNA barcoding, morphology and ecology. ZooKeys 46: 41–60. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.46.406A

Section News

Diptera

An Excel spreadsheet listing all of the Diptera holdings, updated 21 January 2011, is now available.

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Hymenoptera

Dr. Henri Goulet has retired after 35 years of exemplary service. Check out his web page for information.