Entomological Society of Canada Student Member Information Form

Name: Chris Borkent

University: McGill University, MacDonald Campus (starting May 2006)

Address: 2396 Estevan Ave, Victoria, BC, V8R 2S5

E-mail Address: chris.borkent@mail.mcgill.ca

Advisor: Terry Wheeler

Thesis Title: TBA

Research Summary:

I will be working on the phylogeny and systematics of one or a few genera of Mycetophilidae (Diptera) in the tribe Sciophilini.

Keywords: Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Systematics, Phylogeny, Forest Ecology

Degree Sought: PhD

Expected Year of Completion: 2010

Publication(s):

Borkent, C.J., and L.D. Harder, submitted. Flies (Diptera) as pollinators of two dioecious plants: Behaviour and implications for plant mating. Canadian Entomologist.

Borkent, C.J., and R.A. Cannings, 2004. Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in British Columbia: first collection records of an invasive European paper wasp in Canada. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 101: 149-150.

Borkent, C.J., 2003. The association of fly pollination and the dioecious breeding system in flowering plants: An empirical examination. Masters thesis. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

Albert, A.Y.K., C.J. Borkent, S.L. Duquette, M.J. Voordouw, and B.R. Anholt, 2001. Effects of an introduced mosquito on juvenile Tigriopus californicus (Copepoda: Harpacticoidea) in supratidal pools. Archiv fuer Hydrobiologia 152: 203-213.