Chamisson Ground Beetle

Carabus chamissonis

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Chamisson Ground Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Carabus chamissonis
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Carabidae
Habitat
Ecology: this is primarily an insect of the open, dry country, particularly the tundra (Lindroth 1961-1969).
Distribution

Distribution

~180,000 km2 (concentrated in the northwest, but also reaches Norman Wells in the south- many specimens from various elevations, and also known from Holman: Victoria Isl.).
Score: 
F

Number of Occurrences

57 records known from 6 localities (compiled collections databases). Collections databasing is incomplete, thus species is likely underrepresented
Score: 
BE
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
in NT acc. 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: 
S3S5
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, modified from undetermined to secure based on additional information
Last Updated: 
July 25, 2020

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