Progress 10/01/10 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience for this project is threefold: governmental agencies, the scientific community and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The surveys were done in collaboration with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. National Park Service, Bohart Museum of Entomology, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Laboratory. We had 31 student trainees, including 25 undergraduates and 6 graduate students involved in the insect field sampling, curating and identification in these projects. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Results of these studies have been submitted as reports to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. National Park Service. Updates and current activities have also been published in the Bohart Museum Society newsletter, International Society of Hymenopterists newsletter, Department of Entomology & Nematology website and blog, and press releases. A paper on the bees of the Algodones Dunes is being prepared as well as one on the biodiversity of these dunes. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?California is considered to be one of the world's biodiversity hotspots, yet there is no census of California insects. An estimated 100,000 species of insects are thought to be in California, with 9% of these new to science. In addition, roughly 200 exotic insects reach the state each year. In addition, many insect species are endemic to the state. Insects provide essential ecosystem services in urban, agricultural and wildland habitats. Thus we will continue faunal surveys of selected habitats, continue to document insect distributions, and educate the public. Public information and education is a major part of this project.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Long-term surveys of several regions are continuing, including the Algodones Dunes (Imperial Co.), Monvero Dunes (Fresno Co.), Alcatraz Island near San Francisco, and the Golden Gate National Recreational Area. In addition, I have done at least 400 service identifications of California insects for the public, non-governmental and governmental agencies.

Publications

• Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Kimsey, L.S. and M.S. Wasbauer. 2013. Revision of the brachycistidine genus Colocistis Krombein (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 33:1-24.
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, winter 2015 Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, spring 2015

Progress 10/01/13 to 09/30/14

Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience for this project is threefold: governmental agencies, the scientific community and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The surveys were done in collaboration with the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center. We had 20 student trainees involved including 17 undergraduate students and three graduate students in these projects. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Results of these studies have been submitted as reports to the U. S. Bureau of Land Management, California Fish & Game and the National Park Service. Updates and current activities have also been published in the Bohart Museum Society newsletter. A paper on the bees of the Algodones Dunes is being prepared as well as one on the biodiversity of the dunes. Finally, I am writing a new edition of the Mosquitoes of California in collaboration with the previous edition's surviving author, Robert Washino and Thomas Zavortink. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? California is one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots based on plant and vertebrate diversity. Yet we know very little about the insect biodiversity of the state. This is further confounded by it being great place for humans and exotic species to live. An estimated 100,000 species of insects occur in California, 9% are new to science and a large number that are endemic to the state. Insects provide critical ecosystem services in wild lands, urban and agricultural environments in the state, such as pollination services, decomposition of plant and animal debris, scavengers, predators, and disease vectors. Californians spend millions of dollars each year on insect management and control. This makes the need for a well-documented knowledge of the insect species and a well-educated public critical. Public information and education is also a major part of this project.

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Long-term surveys of several regions in California are continuing, including the Algodones Dunes (Imperial County), and Alcatraz Island near San Francisco. I also participated in a BioBlitz for the Golden Gate National Seashore for the National Park Service.

Publications

• Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2012 Citation: Kurczewski, F. E. G. B. Edwards, L. S. Kimsey and K. E. Kurczewski. 2012. Observations on the nesting behavior of Miscophus (Nitelopterus) laticeps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 88(3):311-318.
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Fall 2013
• Type: Other Status: Other Year Published: 2014 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Winter 2014
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Spring 2014
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Summer 2014
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2014 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Fall 2014

Progress 01/01/13 to 09/30/13

Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience for this project is threefold: governmental agencies, the scientific community and the general public. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The surveys were done in collaboration with the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant, Plant Pest Diagnostics Center. We had 13 student trainees involved including 11 undergraduate students and two graduate students in these projects. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Long-term surveys of several regions in California are continuing, including the Algodones Dunes (Imperial County), and Alcatraz Island near San Francisco. Results of these studies have been submitted as reports to the U. S. Bureau of Land Management, California Fish & Game and the National Park Service. Updates and current activities have also been published in the Bohart Museum Society newsletter. A paper on the bees of the Algodones Dunes is being prepared and well as one on the biodiversity of the dunes. I have also produced an additional 13 one-page information sheets on insects, spiders and other invertebrates for download through the Bohart Museum webpage and to provide the public visiting, emailing or calling the museum. Finally, I am writing a new edition of the Mosquitoes of California in collaboration with the previous edition’s surviving author, Robert Washino and Thomas Zavortink. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? According to Conservation International California is one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots based on plant and vertebrate diversity. It is also a really great place for humans to live and exotic species of insects. Insect diversity is orders of magnitude greater than these groups. An estimated 100,000 species of insects occur in California, 9% are new to science and a large number that are endemic to the state. Insects provide critical ecosystem services in wildlands, urban and agricultural environments in the state, such as pollination services, decomposition of plant and animal debris, scavengers, predators, and disease vectors. Californians spend millions of dollars each year on insect management and control. This makes the need for a well-documented knowledge of the insect species and a well-educated public critical. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups. Additionally, public information and education is also a major part of this project.

Publications

• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Winter
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Spring
• Type: Other Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Summer
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 28: Carpet beetle
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 29: Indian meal moth
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 30: Ticks
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 31:Tomato hornworm
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 32: Fleas
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 33: Darkling beetle
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 34: Noseeum
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 35: Wolf spiders
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 36: Cellar spider
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 38: Urban myths
• Type: Other Status: Other Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 39: Mold mites
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 42: Woolly aphids
• Type: Other Status: Published Year Published: 2013 Citation: Information Note 43: Medically important mites

Progress 01/01/12 to 12/31/12

Outputs
OUTPUTS: We are continuing long-term surveys of several regions in California, including the Algodones Dunes, in Imperial County, the insect fauna of Alcatraz Island near San Francisco, Imperial and the Putah Creek watershed, Yolo County. Results of these studies have been submitted as reports to the U. S. Bureau of Land Management, California Fish & Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Updates and current activities have also been published in the Bohart Museum Society newsletter. Data from a study of the impact of human activities on the Algodones Dunes is still being analyzed and should be submitted for publication in the coming year. An article on the insect biodiversity of the Algodones Dunes is in preparation. A California Insect Survey Bulletin volume has been published on the social yellow jackets, hornets and paper wasps of North America, with James M. Carpenter. <p> I have produced and revised one-page information sheets on insects, spiders and other invertebrates for download through the Bohart Museum webpage and to provide the public visiting or calling the museum. PARTICIPANTS: The surveys were done in collaboration with the Putah Creek Conservancy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. National Parks, the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant, Pest Management Program. We had 12 student trainees involved including 11 undergraduate students and two graduate students in these projects. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for this project is threefold: governmental agencies, the scientific community and the general public. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
Based on the plant and vertebrate diversity, California is considered to contain one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots. Our studies show that this diversity is orders of magnitude greater in the insect fauna. There are still many species new to science and a large number that are endemic to the state. Insects provide critical ecosystem services in wildlands and in human environments in the state, including pollination services, decomposers and scavengers, predators, and vectors of disease. Californians spend millions of dollars each year on insect management and control. Yet determining the need for control requires a well-documented knowledge of the insect species, and a well-educated public which we still do not have. There are hundreds of new species yet to be documented and perhaps hundreds of exotic species in the state. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• Kimsey, L. S. and J. M. Carpenter. 2012. The Vespinae of North America (Vespidae, Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 28:37-65.
• Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Winter 2012; Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Spring 2012; Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Fall 2012; Information Note 12: Jumping spiders; Information Note 13: Sac Spiders; Information Note 14: Springtails; Information Note 15:Carpenter bees; Information Note 16: House centipedes; Information Note 17: Horntail wasps; Information Note 18: Spider bites; Information Note 19:Fire ants; Information Note 20: Pipevine swallowtails; Information Note 21: Clothes moth; Information Note 22: Sun scorpions; Information Note 24: Recluse spiders; Information Note 25: Anise swallowtail; Information Note 26: Praying matids; Information Note 27: Oriental cockroach

Progress 01/01/11 to 12/31/11

Outputs
OUTPUTS: We are continuing long-term surveys of several regions in California, including a survey of the insect fauna of Alcatraz National Monument near San Francisco and the Putah Creek watershed, Yolo Co. Results of these studies have been submitted as reports to the California Fish & Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Updates and current activities have also been published in the Bohart Museum Society newsletter. Data from a study of the impact of human activities on the Algodones Dunes is still being analyzed and should be submitted for publication in the coming year. An article on the insect biodiversity of the Algodones Dunes is in preparation. Two California Insect Survey Bulletin volumes are in preparation: one on the social yellowjackets, hornets and paper wasps of California, with James M. Carpenter, and one on Tiphiidae of California. A manuscript on the yellowjackets and paperwasps of North America is nearly completed. Additionally, we have produced one-page information sheets on insects, spiders and other invertebrates for download through the Bohart Museum webpage and to provide the public visiting or calling the museum. PARTICIPANTS: The surveys were done in collaboration with the Putah Creek Conservancy, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. National Parks, the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology and the California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant, Pest Management Program. We had 10 student trainees involved including nine undergraduate students and two graduate students in these projects. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for this project is threefold: governmental agencies, the scientific community and the general public. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
California is considered to contain one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots, based on plant and vertebrate diversity. Our studies show that this diversity is orders of magnitude greater in the insect fauna. There are still many species new to science and a large number that are endemic to the state. Insects provide critical ecosystem services in wildlands and human environments in the state, including pollination services, decomposers and scavengers, predators, and vectors of disease. Californians spend millions of dollars each year on insect management and control. Yet determining the need for control requires a well-documented knowledge of the taxonomy of the insect fauna, and a well-educated public which we still do not have. There are hundreds of new species yet to be documented and perhaps hundreds of exotic species in the state. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• Zavortink, T. J. and L. S. Kimsey. 2011. Insects of the Algodones Dunes. The Jepson Globe 21(1):3, 6-7. Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Fall 2010 Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Winter/Spring 2011 Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Fall 2011 Information Note 1: Widow spiders Information Note 2: Earwigs Information Note 3: Termites Information Note 4: Aphids Information Note 5:Sowbugs Information Note 6: Argentine ants Information Note 7: Lice Information Note 8: Jerusalem crickets Information Note 9:Boxeldar bugs Information Note 10: Kissing bugs Information Note 11: American cockroach Information Note 12: Jumping spiders Information Note 13: Sac spiders

Progress 01/01/10 to 12/31/10

Outputs
OUTPUTS: We are continuing long-term surveys of several regions in California, including a survey of the insect fauna of the Algodones Dunes in Imperial Co., Alcatraz National Monument near San Francisco, and the Putah Creek watershed, Yolo Co. Current results of these studies have been submitted as reports to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, California Fish & Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Updates and current activities have also been published in the Bohart Museum Society newsletter. Data from a study of the impact of human activities on the Algodones Dunes is being analyzed and should be submitted for publication shortly. An article on the insect biodiversity of the Algodones Dunes is in preparation. Two California Insect Survey Bulletin volumes are in preparation: one on the social yellowjackets, hornets and paper wasps of California, with James M. Carpenter, and one on Tiphiidae of California. A paper describing two new species of pompilid from California has been published. PARTICIPANTS: A large number of individuals are involved in this project. Surveys are done in collaboration between the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology and the California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant, Pest Management Program. We had a large number of student trainees involved including six undergraduate students and two graduate students. In addition, 32 systematists from around the world are doing insect identifications for the project. TARGET AUDIENCES: The target audience for this project is threefold: governmental agencies, the scientific community and the general public. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
California is considered to contain one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots, based on plant and vertebrate diversity. Our studies show that this diversity is orders of magnitude greater in the insect fauna. There are many species new to science and probably a greater number that are endemic to California. For example in the Algodones Dunes study we discovered that 6% of the insects are new to science and endemic to the dunes and 7% were exotic to North America, probably originating in agricultural lands west of the dunes. Insects provide critical to the ecosystem services in wildlands and human environments in the state, including pollination services, decomposers and scavengers, predators, and vectors of disease. Insect management and control costs Californians spend millions of dollars each year on insect management and control. Yet determining the need for control requires a well-documented knowledge of the taxonomy of the insect fauna, which we still do not have. There are hundreds of new species yet to be documents and perhaps hundreds of exotic species in the state. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• Bohart Museum Society Newsletter, Fall 2010

Progress 01/01/09 to 12/31/09

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Inventory and long term monitoring of several regions in California are continuing including the insect fauna of Alcatraz State Park, the Putah Creek watershed and the Algodones Dunes, Imperial Co. In addition, several revisions of the California Hymenoptera fauna are underway, including the social Vespidae of California, with James M. Carpenter, and the Tiphiidae of California. A graduate student thesis on the forensically important flies of California has been accepted for publication in the California Insect Survey Bulletin. PARTICIPANTS: Not relevant to this project. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
California is one of the most biodiverse regions in North America. Conservation International has called the California Floristic Province as one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots. This is largely based on plant and vertebrate diversity, but preliminary studies show that it is also reflected in the insect diversity. There are many species new to science and many that are endemic to this region. Insects impact both the wildlands and human environments; serving a variety of functions in ecosystem health including pollination services, decomposers and scavengers, predators and vectors of disease. Insect management and control costs the State of California millions of dollars each year. Making valid judgments about the need for control requires a better knowledge of the taxonomy of the insect fauna. There are tens of thousands of native insect species and perhaps hundreds of exotic species naturalized in the state. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• No publications reported this period

Progress 01/01/08 to 12/31/08

Outputs
OUTPUTS: Inventory and long term monitoring of several regions in California are continuing including the insect fauna of Alcatraz State Park, the Putah Creek watershed and the UCD research ecosystem site. In addition, several revisions of the California Hymenoptera fauna are underway, including the social Vespidae of California, with James M. Carpenter, and the Tiphiidae of California. The chrysidid wasps of California, is still in press in the Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. A graduate student thesis on the forensically important flies of California is in preparation. PARTICIPANTS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. TARGET AUDIENCES: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.

Impacts
Conservation International has called the California ecoregion as one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots. This is largely based on plant and vertebrate diversity, but preliminary studies show that it is also reflected in the insect diversity. There are many species new to science and many that are endemic to this region. Insects impact both the wildlands and human environments; serving a variety of functions in ecosystem health including pollination services, decomposers and scavengers, predators and vectors of disease. Insect management and control costs the State of California millions of dollars each year. Making valid judgments about the need for control requires a better knowledge of the taxonomy of the insect fauna. There are tens of thousands of native insect species and perhaps hundreds of exotic species naturalized in the state. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• Kimsey, L. S. 2003. Chrysididae of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. In press.
• Niemela, M. K. 2008 in prep. The forensically important flies of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey.

Progress 01/01/07 to 12/31/07

Outputs
Inventory and long term monitoring of several regions in California are continuing including a survey of the insect fauna of Alcatraz State Park, the insect fauna of the Algodones Dunes, Imperial Co., and inventory of the at risk insect species found in state and national forest lands in California. A revision of the social Vespidae (yellowjackets, hornets and paperwasps) of California, with James M. Carpenter, and the Tiphiidae of California. Michael Niemela's M.S. thesis on the forensically important flies of California is completed and has been submitted for publication.

Impacts
Conservation International has called the California ecoregion as one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots, based on plant and vertebrate diversity. However, preliminary studies show that this diversity is also seen in the insect. There are many species new to science and many that are endemic to California. Insects are critical to the ecosystem health of both the wildlands and human environments in the state. Insects serve a variety of functions including pollination services, decomposers and scavengers, predators, and vectors of disease. Insect management and control costs the State of California millions of dollars each year. Making valid judgments about the need for control requires a well-documented knowledge of the taxonomy of the insect fauna. There are perhaps hundreds of exotic species naturalized in the state, some pests some not but all have an impact. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• No publications reported this period

Progress 01/01/06 to 12/31/06

Outputs
Inventory and long term monitoring of several regions in California are continuing including a survey of the insect fauna of Alcatraz State Park, the insect fauna of the Algodones Dunes in Imperial Co. and inventory of the at risk insect species found in state and national forest lands in California. A revision of the social Vespidae (yellowjackets, hornets and paperwasps) of California, with James M. Carpenter, and the Tiphiidae of California. Michael Niemela's M.S. thesis on the forensically important flies of California is nearly completed.

Impacts
Conservation International has called the California ecoregion as one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots. This is largely based on plant and vertebrate diversity, but preliminary studies show that it is also reflected in the insect diversity. There are many species new to science and many that are endemic to this region. Insects impact both the wildlands and human environments; serving a variety of functions in ecosystem health including pollination services, decomposers and scavengers, predators and vectors of disease. Insect management and control costs the State of California millions of dollars each year. Making valid judgments about the need for control requires a better knowledge of the taxonomy of the insect fauna. There are tens of thousands of native insect species and perhaps hundreds of exotic species naturalized in the state. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• Kimsey, L.S. 2006. California Cuckoo Wasps in the Family Chrysididae. University of California Publications in Entomology 125:1-311.

Progress 01/01/05 to 12/31/05

Outputs
Inventory and long term monitoring of several regions in California are continuing including the insect fauna of Alcatraz State Park, the Putah Creek watershed and the UCD research ecosystem site. In addition, several revisions of the California Hymenoptera fauna are underway, including the social Vespidae of California, with James M. Carpenter, and the Tiphiidae of California. The chrysidid wasps of California, is still in press in the Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. A graduate student thesis on the forensically important flies of California is in preparation.

Impacts
Conservation International has called the California ecoregion as one of the top ten global biodiversity hotspots. This is largely based on plant and vertebrate diversity, but preliminary studies show that it is also reflected in the insect diversity. There are many species new to science and many that are endemic to this region. Insects impact both the wildlands and human environments; serving a variety of functions in ecosystem health including pollination services, decomposers and scavengers, predators and vectors of disease. Insect management and control costs the State of California millions of dollars each year. Making valid judgments about the need for control requires a better knowledge of the taxonomy of the insect fauna. There are tens of thousands of native insect species and perhaps hundreds of exotic species naturalized in the state. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• No publications reported this period

Progress 01/01/04 to 12/31/04

Outputs
Inventory and long term monitoring of several regions in California are continuing including the insect fauna in the Putah Creek watershed and a research ecosystem site on the UC Davis campus. t In addition, several revisions of the California Hymenoptera fauna are underway. One is on the social Vespidae of California and the other is on the Tiphiidae of California. The chrysidid wasps of California, is now in press in the Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. A manuscript on the sphecid wasp genus Podalonia (by Richard M. Bohart) is nearly ready for submission to the Bulletin.

Impacts
California is one of the top global biodiversity hotspots, with a great deal of insect diversity and many species new to science. There are tens of thousands of native insect species and perhaps hundreds of exotic species naturalized in the state. The California Insect Survey is designed to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of native and exotic insect groups.

Publications

• Kimsey, L.S. 2003. Chrysididae of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. In press.

Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03

Outputs
An inventory of several regions in California underway including the insect fauna in a highly disturbed Sacramento Valley habitat in the Putah Creek watershed and the insect fauna of the Carrizo Plain National Monument. In addition, several revisions of the California Hymenoptera fauna are completed. One, the Chrysididae wasps of California, is now in press in the Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. A manuscript on the wasp family Bradynobaenidae (a graduate student thesis) is ready for submission to the Bulletin.

Impacts
Calif. is one of the global biodiversity hotspots. There are tens of thousands of native insect species and perhaps hundreds of exotic species introduced into the state each year. Many native species are new to science as endemism is very high in some groups. The goal of the Calif. Insect Survey is to address this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of insect groups.

Publications

• Kimsey, L. S. 2003. Chrysididae of California. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. In press.

Progress 01/01/02 to 12/31/02

Outputs
Preliminary surveys of the bees and chironomid midges of Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks have been completed, as has the survey of the lower Putah Creek watershed in the Sacramento Valley. Reports are in preparation. In addition, a monograph of the species of chrysidid wasps of California has been completed, and monographs of the California species of Podalonia wasps and Bradynobaenidae wasps are nearly completed.

Impacts
The insect fauna of California is poorly known. There are many species new to science and many new exotics introduced each year. The California Insect Survey is addressing this information gap by supporting surveys and revisions of California insects, particularly those of economic, environmental and cultural importance.

Publications

• Kimsey, L.S. 2002. California cuckoo wasps in the family chrysididae. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. 200 pp. Submitted.

Progress 01/01/01 to 12/31/01

Outputs
Surveys and inventories of several regions in California are continuing, those currently underway include the bees and chironomid midges of Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Park, and a year round inventory of the insect fauna in a highly disturbed Sacramento Valley habitat in the Putah Creek watershed. three manuscripts will be completed early in 2002 for submission to the bulletin of teh California Insect Survey, including the chrysidid cuckoo wasps, sphecid wasp genus Podalonia and Bradynobaenidae of California.

Impacts
The insect species of California are poorly known. Many of these species are new to science, endemism is very high in some groups, and many are newly introduced. We are addressing this information gap by instituting inventory and revisions of insect. groups found in the state, particularly those of economic, environmental or cultural importance

Publications

• No publications reported this period

Progress 01/01/00 to 12/31/00

Outputs
We have just initiated surveys of the bees and parasitoid wasps of California. In addition, two manuscripts for the Bulletin of the California Insect Survey are in preparation, including the Chrysidid wasps of California and the sphecid wasp genus Podalonia of California. We have submitted a grant to the National Science Foundation to inventory the bees and parasitoid wasps of northern California, and have received funding to begin an inventory of the bees of Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks.

Impacts
The insects of California are so poorly known that many species are new to science or newly introduced to the State. This lack of information has a profound impact on our ability to address habitat quality issues, implement pest control programs, and can confound our understanding of the biodiversity of the State, with its associated ramifications. The solution to this problem is to implement surveys and inventories of the insect fauna, and produce hand books, bulletins, Internet searchable databases and web-based diagnostic tools.

Publications

• 2000. No publications reported this period.