Coniferous Metallic Wood-borer

Chrysobothris trinervia

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Coniferous Metallic Wood-borer
Scientific Name: 
Chrysobothris trinervia
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Buprestidae
Habitat
Known from pines, spruce and Douglas fir (Fisher 1942, Bright 1987). In Alberta it has been reared from lodgepole pine and tamarack, and associated with white spruce, balsam fir and pines.
References: 
W054
Distribution

Distribution

Nt: known from 8 sites, broadly distributed (Bright 1987). Red River, Reindeer station, Norman Wells, East of GBL, Eastarm of GSL, Ft Reliance, Ft Smith, Snowdrift)
Score: 
G
References: 
B184

Number of Occurrences

Nt: known from 8 sites, broadly distributed (Bright 1987). Red River, Reindeer station, Norman Wells, East of GBL, Eastarm of GSL, Ft Reliance, Ft Smith, Snowdrift)
Score: 
BE
References: 
B184

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
S Rank: 
S4S5
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks by Chandra Venables (2012) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment).; Reviewed ranks by Chandra Venables (2012-2014) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment) – no change; Reviewed in 2020 by Charlene Wood, no change
Last Updated: 
July 24, 2020

References

Habitat

  • U of Alberta (2012) Entomology Collection (webpage). http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?b=Coleoptera&c=7&s=5430 - W054 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Bright, DE. (1978) The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles of Canada and Alaska, Part 15.. In The Insect and Arachnids of Canada, Part 2. Department of Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ont. 335 pp. - B184 Return

Range Extent

  • Bright, DE. (1978) The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles of Canada and Alaska, Part 15.. In The Insect and Arachnids of Canada, Part 2. Department of Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ont. 335 pp. - B184 Return