Prairie Stinking Beetle

Chlaenius purpuricollis

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Prairie Stinking Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Chlaenius purpuricollis
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Carabidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

2 mi. se. Fort Simpson, 1 7-20.VI. 1972, A. Smetana (CNC), I 6, 1 2. This is the northernmost and first record
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.
Last Updated: 
January 20, 2014

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