Athabascan Predaceous Diving Beetle

Acilius athabascae

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Athabascan Predaceous Diving Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Acilius athabascae
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Dytiscidae
Habitat
small boggy boreal ponds and lakes wih ext moss mats along margins
References: 
B168
Distribution

Ecozones

Boreal Plains
References: 
B168

Distribution

less than 1%
Score: 
AE
References: 
B168

Number of Occurrences

1 west of Ft Smith; no record found in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes (CNCI) online searchable database (accessed 02/2014)
Score: 
A
References: 
B168

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
in NT according to Larson et al. 2000, but not in NT acc to Bousquet, Y. Bouchard, P. Davies, AE, and Sikes, DS. 2013. Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. 2nd edition. Pensoft Series Faunistica No 109
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Ranked by James R. Duncan, Ph.D (2010), Manitoba Conservation, 200 Saulteaux Crescent, P.O. Box 24, Winnipeg, MB , R3J 3W3 as part of Canada-wide ranks. Based on the Checklist by Larson DJ and Roughley RE (W046) and verified by the National General Status Working Group (March 2010).
Last Updated: 
July 15, 2014

References

Ecozones

  • Larson, D.J., Alarie, Y. and Roughley, R.E. (2000) Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coeoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska.. NRC Research Press ENR Library - B168 Return

Habitat

  • Larson, D.J., Alarie, Y. and Roughley, R.E. (2000) Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coeoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska.. NRC Research Press ENR Library - B168 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Larson, D.J., Alarie, Y. and Roughley, R.E. (2000) Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coeoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska.. NRC Research Press ENR Library - B168 Return

Range Extent

  • Larson, D.J., Alarie, Y. and Roughley, R.E. (2000) Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coeoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska.. NRC Research Press ENR Library - B168 Return