Bigjaw Soldier Beetle

Rhagonycha mandibularis

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Bigjaw Soldier Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Rhagonycha mandibularis
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Cantharidae
Habitat
Habitat: Taïga, Boreal, Mixedwood Plain and Northern Appalachian zones, rarely collected in the Arctic zone.
Distribution

Distribution

accounting for approximately 380,000 km2 area (minimum convex polygon method).
Score: 
G

Number of Occurrences

Nt: listed as occurring but no localities provided (McNamara 1991a).8 widespread localities in NT (Pelletier and Hébert 2014 The Cantharidae of Eastern Canada and Northeastern United States), At least 20 records found in museum databases.
Score: 
BD
References: 
W061
Threats

Intrinsic Vulnerability

Score: 
C
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Nt: listed as occurring but no localities provided (McNamara 1991a).McNamara, J. 1991a. Family Canthardiae: soldier beetles. In Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska. (Y. Bousquet ed.). Publication 1861/E, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
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 in 2020 by Charlene Wood, modified from undetermined to secure based on additional information
Last Updated: 
July 24, 2020

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Bousquet, Y. (1991) Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska. http://www.canacoll.org/Coleo/Checklist/checklist.htm - W061 Return