Tundra-dwelling Ocellate Rove Beetle

Olophrum latum

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Tundra-dwelling Ocellate Rove Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Olophrum latum
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Staphylinidae
Habitat
clumps of emergent subaquatic vegetation (particularly Carex) growing in shallow water. A few were taken by sifting moist Salix and Alnus leaf litter, from floating debris on rivers, and from under the carcass of a Microtus and a duck. This species is known from both arctic and subarctic habitats.
References: 
A291
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Northwest Territories: Aklavik, 1,000 ft, 1 .V. 1931, 18.VI. 1931, 27.VIII. 1931, 18.IX. 1929,O. Bryant (CAS) 6; Aklavik, 18.VI. 1956, R.E. Leech (CNC) 1; Anderson River delta, Little Fish Lake, 24.VI.-19.VII.1977, D. Shpeley, G.E. Ball (CNC) 1; Chesterfield, 29.VI.1950,26. VII. 1950, J.G. Chillcott (CNC) 3; Chesterfield, 2.VII. 1950,9. VIII. 1950, J.R. Vockeroth (CNC) 2; Coppermine, 2.VII.1951, S.D. Hicks (CNC) 1; Eskimo Point, 7.VI.1950, 21.VI.1950, G.R. Roberts (CNC) 13; Inuvik, Loc. 01-77, Anderson Riv. Exp., 21.VI.1977, D. Shpeley, G.E. Ball (CNC) 2; Muskox Lake, 64"45' N, 108"101 W, 21 .VII. 1953, J.G. Chillcott (CNC) 1; Salmita Mines, 64"05' N, 11 1'15' W, 20.VI.1953, J.G. Chillcott (CNC) 2.
References: 
A291
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Nt: known from 4 sites (Campbell 1983). Campbell, JM. 1983. A revision of the North American Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) the genus Olophrum Erichson. The Canadian Entomologist. 115: 577-622.
S Rank: 
S3S4
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks by Chandra Venables (2012) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment).
Last Updated: 
December 16, 2013

References

Habitat

  • Campbell, JM. (1983) A revision of the North American Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) the genus Olophrum Erichson.. The Canadian Entomologist. 115: 577-622. - A291 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Campbell, JM. (1983) A revision of the North American Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) the genus Olophrum Erichson.. The Canadian Entomologist. 115: 577-622. - A291 Return