Metallic Ground Beetle

Agonum metallescens

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Metallic Ground Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Agonum metallescens
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Carabidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

RECORDS. Northwest Territories: Spence River, 38 mi. se. Fort Simpson, 1 9.VI. 1972, A. Smetana (CNC), 1 6; Rabbitskin River, 23 mi. se. Fort Simpson, 19.VI.1972, A. Smetana (CNC), 2 66, 1 2; Fort Simpson, 10.VI.1972, A. Smetana (CNC), 3 92.
References: 
A332
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
in NT according 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. 402pp
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Ranked for NT in Feb 2010 as part of the Canada_wide ranks by Henri Goulet, Ph.D., Yves Bousquet, George Ball, Danny Shpeley, Chris Majka, Gregory Pohl, David Langor, and Reg Webster. Reference used LINDROTH, C. H. The Ground-Beetles (Carabidae, excl. Cicindelidae) of Canada and Alaska.; Reviewed in 2020 by Charlene Wood, no change
Last Updated: 
July 25, 2020

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Bousquet, Y. (1987) The carabid fauna of Canada and Alaska: range extensions, additions, and descriptions of two new species of Dyschirius (Coleoptera: Carabidae).. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 41(2): 111-135. - A332 Return