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Species Details

Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum Read more about this collection »

SeasonalityAdults have been collected between 15 March and 3 October. IdentificationSmall (4-6 mm in length), bicoloured reddish and brown-black click beetle with most of the pronotum black and the hind angles of the pronotum and all of the elytra reddish-brown. The frontoclypeal carina is complete, metacoxal plate is relatively abruptly expanded on the inner half and thetarsi and tarsal claws are unmodified.

Scientific Name Hypnoidus bicolor Habitat Grassy areas throughout province. Seasonality Adults have been collected between 15 March and 3 October. Identification
Small (4-6 mm in length), bicoloured reddish and brown-black click beetle with most of the pronotum black and the hind angles of the pronotum and all of the elytra reddish-brown. The frontoclypeal carina is complete,…
Small (4-6 mm in length), bicoloured reddish and brown-black click beetle with most of the pronotum black and the hind angles of the pronotum and all of the elytra reddish-brown. The frontoclypeal carina is complete, metacoxal plate is relatively abruptly expanded on the inner half and thetarsi and tarsal claws are unmodified.
Life History Larvae live in soil and are an important agricultural pest. Populations in some parts of the province are apparently parthenogenetic (only females are present). Conservation Abundant. Range Everywhere in Alberta from prairies to alpine tundra. Transcontinental in North America from Alaska to Newfoundland and south to California in the west and Ohio in the east. Also Kamchatka in eastern Asia.

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"Species Details - Hypnoidus bicolor, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-1903/9-16580. Accessed 11 Nov. 2024.

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Specimen Information

There are 133 specimens of this Species.

133 results plotted on map in 40 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM100906 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Caribou Mountains Wildland Park, Wentzel Lake Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2003-07-06/2003-07-08

UASM100907 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Caribou Mountains Wildland Park, Wentzel Lake Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2003-07-09/2003-07-11

UASM100908 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Caribou Mountains Wildland Park, Wentzel Lake Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2003-07-06/2003-07-08

UASM100909 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Caribou Mountains Wildland Park, Wentzel Lake Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2003-07-06/2003-07-08

UASM100910 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Caribou Mountains Wildland Park, Wentzel Lake Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2003-07-13

UASM100911 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Caribou Mountains Wildland Park, Wentzel Lake Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2003-07-09/2003-07-11

UASM100913 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Caribou Mountains Wildland Park, Wentzel Lake Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2003-07-09/2003-07-11

Adult Seasonal Distribution