Tundra Ground Beetle

Stereocerus haematopus

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Tundra Ground Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Stereocerus haematopus
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Carabidae
Habitat
Ecology: one of the most characteristic Carabids of the tundra; most abundant on the tundra, on rather dry, often sandy soil, with Empetrum; regularly associated with Amara alpina (Lindroth 1961-1969).
Distribution

Distribution

Area encompasing known localities ~230,000 km2 (Reindeer Stn to Holman/Victoria Isl.).
Score: 
G

Number of Occurrences

Nt: collected from 15 localities, 12 of which are along the Anderson River and its delta (UASM). In Canaddensis as Pterostichus haematopus. 4 specimens, Norman Wells & Yellowknife, 2011, ID by Crystal Ernst, McGill Univ.;I - 110 records known from 9 localities (compiled collections databases) and additional localities at Richards Isl. and Banks Isl. (Lindroth 1961-1969).
Score: 
BE
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
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; Likely an underestimate given limited databasing.
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.; Reviewed in 2020 by Charlene Wood, modified from undetermined to secure based on additional information
Last Updated: 
July 30, 2020

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