Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park
Map showing the location of Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park
LocationManitoba, Canada
Nearest townBrandon, Manitoba
Coordinates49°42′31″N 99°36′15″W / 49.70861°N 99.60417°W / 49.70861; -99.60417[1]
Area1.32 km2 (0.51 sq mi)
Established2004
Governing bodyGovernment of Manitoba

Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park was designated a provincial park by the Government of Manitoba in 2004.[2] The park is 1.32 square kilometres (0.51 sq mi) in size.[2] The park is considered to be a Class III protected area under the IUCN protected area management categories.[3]

Entomology

Aweme was the name given to their homestead and the surrounding region by the Criddle and Vane families.[4] This region is the location of the longest continuous observation of insect activity and variety at a single area in Manitoba, much of it represented by voucher specimens in collections across North America. The most significant collections of this material are held by the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes (CNC) in Ottawa and the J.B. Wallis Museum of Entomology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg.[4]

Norman Criddle was very familiar with the insects of the area and made sure that anything new or different was sent to the appropriate specialist for review. Several insect species are described based on specimens collected there.[4]

Ephraim Porter Felt described the following species of gall midges based on specimens collected at Aweme in the first decade of the twentieth century.[5]

A similar relationship with H.C. Fall resulted in the addition of new beetle taxa.[4]


See also

References

  1. ↑ "Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park". Geographical Names. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 A System Plan for Manitoba's Provincial Park (PDF). Government of Manitoba. March 1997. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park". Protected Planet. United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Roughly, R. E. (2000). "Aweme, Manitoba - An important historical grasslands site" (PDF). Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (6). Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Gagné, R.J.; Jaschhof, M. (2017). "A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF) (4th ed.). Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 1 December 2019.


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