Squarenecked Rove Beetle

Megarthrus angulicollis (Megarthrus depressus; Meg

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
Squarenecked Rove Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Megarthrus angulicollis (Megarthrus depressus; Meg
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Staphylinidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Ft Simpson and Arctic Red River:Arctic Red River, 18.8.1964 (Peck) taiga, ex Carrion, Id in CNCI; Ft. Simson, 15.6.1972 (Smetana) 2d and 49 in CNCI & MHNG.
References: 
A287
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
2 locations: as Megarthrus sinuaticollis angulicollis, in NT according to Campbell, JM., and A. Davies. 1991. Family Staphylinidae: rove beetles. In Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska. (Y. Bousquet ed.). Publication 1861/E, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks by Chandra Venables (2012) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment).
Last Updated: 
January 28, 2014

References

NWT Known Subspecies

Cuccodoro, G; Lobl, I (1997) Revision of the Palaearctic rove beetles of the genus Megarthrus Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Proteininae). JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY 31(9):1347-1415 DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770761 - A286 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Cuccodoro, G and Lobl, I (1996) Revision of the rove-beetles of the genus Megarthrus of America north of Mexico. Mitteilungen Muenchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 86:145-188 http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/4d/36/60/4d36602be5e961df0fccfb08399947e4.pdf - A287 Return