Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14
Acknowledgements
Jason Greenall (Manitoba Wildlife) and Annabelle Jessop (Canadian National Collection) provided collection records for the Ottoe Skipper. Access to collections was provided by Donald Lafontaine (Canadian National Collection), Robert Roughly (University of Manitoba) and Robert Robbins (Smithsonian Institution). Invaluable information on, and related to, the Ottoe Skipper was graciously supplied by Robert Dana, Philip Delphey, Timothy McCabe, Ronald Royer, Stephen Spomer, Scott and Ann Swengel, Peggy Westorpe and Richard Westwood. James Duncan, Gordon Jones, Jack Dubois and William Watkins (Manitoba Conservation) provided assistance in securing the necessary collection permits, maps of Manitoba, and other invaluable assistance with this project. Alain Filion (Canadian Wildlife Service) provided the maps used in this report. Theresa Fowler provided many helpful comments and served as coordinator and editor of this report. I thank Marie Andrée Giguère for assistance in preparing the figure of H. ottoe.
Funding for the preparation of this status report was provided by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada.
Authorities contacted
- Dana, Robert. November 2002, February 2004. Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Rd., Box 25, St. Paul, MN 55155-4025.
- Delphey, Phillip. October 2002. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Twin Cities Field Office, 4101 E. 80th Street, Bloomington, MN 55425.
- Duncan, James. February 2002 and May 2005. Acting Chief, Program Manager for the Insect Species Group, Biodiversity Conservation Section, Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection Branch, Manitoba Conservation, Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg MB R3J 3W3.
- Greenall, Jason. March 2002. Botanist/Ecologist, Biodiversity Conservation Section, Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection Branch, Manitoba Conservation, Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg MB R3J 3W3.
- Jessop, Annabelle. February 2002. Biodiversity Section, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald. October 2001 and September 2004. Research Scientist and Curator of Lepidoptera, Biodiversity Section, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario.
- McCabe, Timothy. March 2002. Curator, New York State Museum, Cultural Education Center, Room 3132, Albany, N.Y. 12230-0001.
- Roughley, R. March, July 2002. Entomologist, Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
- Royer, Ronald. October 2002. Division of Science, Minot State University, 500 University Avenue West, Minot, ND 58707, Tel: (701) 858-3209.
- Spomer, Stephen M. March 2002. Entomologist, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Institute of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Department of Entomology, 202 Plant Industry, Lincoln, NE 68583-0816.
- Swengel, Scott. November 2002. 909 Birch St. Baraboo, WI 53913.
- Watkins, William. April, July 2003. Program Manager for the Insect Species Group, Biodiversity Conservation Section, Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection Branch, Manitoba Conservation, Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg MB R3J 3W3.
- Westhorpe, Peggy L. July 2003. Habitat Stewardship Manager, Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection Branch, Manitoba Conservation, Box 24, 200 Saulteaux Crescent, Winnipeg MB R3J 3W3.
- Westwood, Richard. October 2002, May 2003. Co-author of The Butterflies of Manitoba, Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research & Departments of Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9.