Pingo Ground Beetle

Pterostichus pinguedineus

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Pingo Ground Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Pterostichus pinguedineus
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Carabidae
Distribution

Ecozones

Southern Arctic, Taiga Plains
References: 
R198

Distribution

several localities from Mackenzie Delta (H236); Nt: known from 1 site (Danks 1981a).
Score: 
G
References: 
B122
H236

Number of Occurrences

several localities from Mackenzie Delta (H236); Nt: known from 1 site (Danks 1981a).
Score: 
AD
References: 
B122
H236

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
Population

Population Size

References: 
R198
Threats

Threats

Score: 
C

Intrinsic Vulnerability

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Not thought to be at risk of extripation or extinction in the forseeable future Wide ranging species (globally), multiple occurences found in NT, in NT according to Bousquet, Y. Bouchard, P. Davies, AE, and Sikes, DS. 2013. Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. 2nd edition. Pensoft Series Faunistica No 109. 402pp
S Rank: 
S3S5
Decision Process Description: 
Ranked for NT in Feb 2010 as part of the Canada_wide ranks by Henri Goulet, Ph.D., Yves Bousquet, George Ball, Danny Shpeley, Chris Majka, Gregory Pohl, David Langor, and Reg Webster. Reference used LINDROTH, C. H. The Ground-Beetles (Carabidae, excl. Cicindelidae) of Canada and Alaska.
Last Updated: 
February 2, 2017

References

Ecozones

  • Goulet, H. (2010) Carabidae Canada GSRanks v10 (Excell file) in RE: Conference call February 16 at 1:00 pm and. E-mail list sent Tue 16/02/2010 10:50 from Hebert,Remi [NCR] [Remi.Hebert@ec.gc.ca]to S Carriere based on The Ground Beetles of Canada website http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/carabids/phps/a_e.php Printed copy in binder - R198 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Danks, H.V. (1981) Arctic Arthropods. Entomological Society of Canada RWED Library QL 434.59 .D3 - B122 Return
  • Cannings S and Goulet H (2010) Carabid beetle details (Excell file Carabid NWT Not5) in e-mail sent from Cannings S to S Carriere on Fri 19/02/2010 16:07. Notes on NWT Carabid ranked as other than Undetermined Printed in Bunider - H236 Return

Population Size

Goulet, H. (2010) Carabidae Canada GSRanks v10 (Excell file) in RE: Conference call February 16 at 1:00 pm and. E-mail list sent Tue 16/02/2010 10:50 from Hebert,Remi [NCR] [Remi.Hebert@ec.gc.ca]to S Carriere based on The Ground Beetles of Canada website http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/carabids/phps/a_e.php Printed copy in binder - R198 Return

Range Extent

  • Danks, H.V. (1981) Arctic Arthropods. Entomological Society of Canada RWED Library QL 434.59 .D3 - B122 Return
  • Cannings S and Goulet H (2010) Carabid beetle details (Excell file Carabid NWT Not5) in e-mail sent from Cannings S to S Carriere on Fri 19/02/2010 16:07. Notes on NWT Carabid ranked as other than Undetermined Printed in Bunider - H236 Return