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Beaver
1967
Alaska
Diptera
Study #4
15 June Sample #2 from Barow area, top
of low Polygon. Vegetation:
Moss and lichen: Sphagnum? - entire surface.
Does with this configuration: ~ 1/4 of surface
and grass - Luzula confusa? in small clumps.
Size of sample 160mm x 80mm x 80mm,
Items removed.
1. Black pupae? 1cm from surface no- leaf
folded up.
24. /June 12mm from surface - 3,5 mm long.
Coleoptera - Fem?? - discarded
25/ pupae 12mm " " 2mm long.
Chironomidae ?? saved in vial #2 - 6/15/67
17 June 26 Diptera? 7mm. upper 15mm B.S.
saved in vial #6 (separated from lot #6.)
19 June Sample #3 low marsh lands S.West of
AAcs installation, Barrow Alaska
From now on, specimens will not be numbered.
The basic preliminary work of my own plus
Maclean and Holmes show 3 species of Tipulidae
in the tundra. My major concern is for these
three sp. and so further work will be indicated
as as pertaining to Tipula cerinifera, Pedicia
downai and Phronocera gracilistyla.
Sampling Techniques
5. Maclean and I discussed the needs of