Beet Carrion Beetle

Aclypea opaca

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Beet Carrion Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Aclypea opaca
Naming References: 
B167
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Silphidae
Habitat
open habitats, feeds mostly on Chenopodium - exclusively phytophagous
References: 
B167
Distribution

Ecozones

Taiga Plains
References: 
B167

Number of Occurrences

1 (near Aklavik) 1931
Score: 
A
References: 
B167
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Species is found only in the extreme north of NT, Only one collection location is noted (Record is from 1931, Anderson and Peck, 1984)
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Drafted ranks by Robert Anderson and Jane Allison, as part of a contract to rank carrion beetles across Canada (2012)
Last Updated: 
September 10, 2014

References

Ecozones

  • Anderson S.R. and Stewart B. Peck (1985) The Insects and Arachnids of Canada: Part 13. The Crrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae. Agriculture Canada http://www.esc-sec.ca/aafcmonographs/insects_and_arachnids_part_13.pdf - B167 Return

Habitat

  • Anderson S.R. and Stewart B. Peck (1985) The Insects and Arachnids of Canada: Part 13. The Crrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae. Agriculture Canada http://www.esc-sec.ca/aafcmonographs/insects_and_arachnids_part_13.pdf - B167 Return

Naming

  • Anderson S.R. and Stewart B. Peck (1985) The Insects and Arachnids of Canada: Part 13. The Crrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae. Agriculture Canada http://www.esc-sec.ca/aafcmonographs/insects_and_arachnids_part_13.pdf - B167 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Anderson S.R. and Stewart B. Peck (1985) The Insects and Arachnids of Canada: Part 13. The Crrion Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Coleoptera: Silphidae and Agyrtidae. Agriculture Canada http://www.esc-sec.ca/aafcmonographs/insects_and_arachnids_part_13.pdf - B167 Return