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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-200-987883054 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Fred, On 11-Sep-10, at 4:56 PM, Frederick W. Schueler wrote: > We'll be sending any Sowbugs (Woodlice) or Harvestmen we uncover to =20= > Don McAlpine at the New Brunswick Museum, who is making good on two =20= > centuries of these groups of largely introduced species having been =20= > shamefully ignored in Canada. Anyone who wants to help reduce the =20 > shame of the way these groups have been ignored by contributing =20 > samples should contact Don at <Donald.McAlpine [at] nbm-mnb.ca>. You should be aware of the fact that Barry Wright, now retired from =20 the Nova Scotia Museum, studied Nova Scotia myriapods (amongst many =20 other things) for many years, building up a substantial collection =20 which housed in the Nova Scotia Museum. Similarly, Calum Ewing, now =20 director of Museum Operations at the Nova Scotia Museum, has studied =20 both opilionids and spiders for many years, and again there are very =20 substantial holding of these groups at the Nova Scotia Museum. Also, Derek Davis, also retired from the Nova Scotia Museum, but still =20= active in malacological research, spent a lifetime conducting research =20= on the terrestrial, freshwater aquatic, and marine molluscs of Nova =20 Scotia which lead to publications such as: Davis, D.S. 1985. Synopsis and distribution tables of and and =20 freshwater Mollusca of Nova Scotia. Curatorial report 54, Nova Scotia =20= Museum, Halifax, NS. 30 pp. Davis, D.S. 2007. Freshwater Mussels of Nova Scotia. Curatorial report =20= 98, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS. 76 pp. And others. I note there are some 20 published papers on Nova Scotia =20 mussels alone! There is, in fact, a very long history of publications =20= extending back almost 150 years on the molluscs of Nova Scotia =20 commencing with studies such as: Willis, J.R. 1863. Nova Scotia Shells. Privately printed. Reprinted in =20= Ganong, W.F. 1870. John Robert Willis, the first Nova Scotia =20 conchologist: a memorial. Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova =20 Scotia Institute of Science 7: 404-428. Jones, J.M. 1877 Molluscs of Nova Scotia. Proceedings and Transactions =20= of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 4: 321-330. In my own field (beetles) a tremendous amount has been done in Nova =20 Scotia on ground beetles (perhaps the commonest of beetles found under =20= stones, boards, logs, etc.) commencing with the work of the greatest =20 20th century carabidologist, Swedeish zoogeographer Carl Lindroth who =20= collected extensively here in 1951, subsequently publishing: Lindroth, C.H. 1954. Carabid beetles from Nova Scotia. The Canadian =20 Entomologist 86: 299-310. Subsequently Andre Larochelle and Marie-Claude Larivi=E8re, two pre-=20 eminent Canadian carabidologists, surveyed the province extensively in =20= 1987 and 1988 before publishing: Larochelle, A. & Larivi=E8re, M.-C. (1990) Premi=E9res mentions de =20 Carabidae (Coleoptera) pour le Maine, le Nouveau-Brunswick, la =20 Nouvelle-=C9cosse et L'=CEle-du-Prince-=C9douard. Fabreries 15(2): = 25-37. There is, of course, much more to be learned, however, there's a very =20= solid base in Nova Scotia on invertebrates that live under rocks, in =20 ponds, rivers, in forests, and fields. Keep flipping! Best wishes! Christopher Majka Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia, =20 Canada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | = http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | = http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | = http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | = http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html "Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old =20 war-horse at the sound of a trumpet." - Charles Darwin --Apple-Mail-200-987883054 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Fred,<div><br><div><div>On = 11-Sep-10, at 4:56 PM, Frederick W. Schueler wrote:</div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>We'll be sending any Sowbugs (Woodlice) or Harvestmen = we uncover to Don McAlpine at the New Brunswick Museum, who is making = good on two centuries of these groups of largely introduced species = having been shamefully ignored in Canada. Anyone who wants to help = reduce the shame of the way these groups have been ignored by = contributing samples should contact Don at <Donald.McAlpine [at] = nbm-mnb.ca>.<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>You should be aware = of the fact that Barry Wright, now retired from the Nova Scotia Museum, = studied Nova Scotia myriapods (amongst many other things) for many = years, building up a substantial collection which housed in the Nova = Scotia Museum. Similarly, Calum Ewing, now director of Museum Operations = at the Nova Scotia Museum, has studied both opilionids and spiders for = many years, and again there are very substantial holding of these groups = at the Nova Scotia Museum.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Also, Derek = Davis, also retired from the Nova Scotia Museum, but still active in = malacological research, spent a lifetime conducting research on the = terrestrial, freshwater aquatic, and marine molluscs of Nova Scotia = which lead to publications such as:</div><div><br></div><div>Davis, D.S. = 1985. Synopsis and distribution tables of and and freshwater Mollusca of = Nova Scotia. Curatorial report 54, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS. 30 = pp.</div><div><br></div><div>Davis, D.S. 2007. Freshwater Mussels = of Nova Scotia. Curatorial report 98, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS. = 76 pp.</div><div><br></div><div>And others. I note there are some = 20 published papers on Nova Scotia mussels alone! There is, in fact, a = very long history of publications extending back almost 150 years on the = molluscs of Nova Scotia commencing with studies such = as:</div><div><br></div><div>Willis, J.R. 1863. Nova Scotia Shells. = Privately printed. Reprinted in Ganong, W.F. 1870. John Robert Willis, = the first Nova Scotia conchologist: a memorial. Proceedings and = Transactions of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 7: = 404-428.</div><div><br></div><div>Jones, J.M. 1877 Molluscs of Nova = Scotia. Proceedings and Transactions of the N