Tamarack Lady Beetle

Coccinella monticola

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Tamarack Lady Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Coccinella monticola
Naming References: 
W037
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Coccinellidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Nt: appears widespread parralleling Yt border (Gordon 1985).But only in Aklavik, east arm of GSL acc to Belicek 1976 (A266); Colville Lake Burgeson Emma28/06/2010 see photo in http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?see=I_LB7902
References: 
A265
A266
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Few specimens, widely distributed, not common anywhere, but less common in east.
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks from Dave McCorquodale of University College of Cape Breton (2010); Reviewed ranks by Chandra Venables (2012) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment).
Last Updated: 
June 25, 2014

References

Naming

  • McNamara. J. (1991) Family Coccinellidae (Ladybird beetles). Agriculture Canada Pub. 1861/E in Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska. Bousquet, Y. (Web page verison accessed 3 Jan 2008) http://www.canacoll.org/Coleo/Checklist/checklist.htm - W037 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Gordon, RD. (1985) The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America north of Mexico.. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 93(1): 1-912. - A265 Return
  • Belicek, J. (1976) Coccinellidae of Western Canada and Alaska with analyses of the transmontane zoogeographic relationships between the fauna of British Columbia and Alberta (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).. Quaestiones Entomologicae. 12: 283-409. - A266 Return