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<DIV>From: "Laurence Packer" <laurencepacker@yahoo.com><BR>Sent: Friday,
June 12, 2009 11:04:06 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<BR><BR><BR>The following
pairs of bumble bee species fall into a taxonomic grey area - some authorities
being unsure of their taxonomic status. If you have any specimens of any
of these species from anywhere in the country that have been collected in the
past 10 years and kept pinned and dry, or in ethanol, or if you could obtain a
couple of specimens fresh, we would be most grateful.<BR><BR>If you could send
us the specimen(s), we would remove one leg for barcoding. Take a picture
of it, and return them.<BR><BR>We need to get as broad a geographic coverage as
possible for this, so even if you think a particular species is common in your
area and not of interest to us, please still get one or two and send
it.<BR><BR>We only need a couple of specimens from each site - where site might
generally be considered within a 50km radius within an ecozone - different
altitudes within a short geographic distance up a mountainside in AB or BC would
each count as being worthy of sampling.<BR><BR>Please send specimens to: Nick De
Silva, c/o Laurence Packer's Laboratory, Biology, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON.,
M3J 1P3<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Laurence<BR><BR>the species are:<BR><BR><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">terricola /
occidentalis<BR>fervidus / californicus<BR>pensylvanicus / sonorous<BR>auricomus
/ nevadensis<BR>borealis / appositus</SPAN><BR></DIV>
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