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Species Details

Hypnoidus bicolor

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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/2-1903/9-16581. 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.

UASM20763 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByO'Hara, W. M. Date Collected1979-06-16

UASM20764 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByO'Hara, W. M. Date Collected1979-06-16

UASM20765 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Drumheller Collected ByRevell, J. Date Collected1926-06-05

UASM20766 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Drumheller Collected ByRevell, J. Date Collected1926-06-05

UASM20767 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge Collected ByRevell, J. Date Collected1926-06-06

UASM20768 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Drumheller Collected ByRevell, J. Date Collected1926-06-05

UASM97893 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park, Mouse Cache Creek Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-06-14/2006-06-25

UASM97894 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park, Mouse Cache Creek Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-07-18/2006-07-24

UASM97895 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park, Mouse Cache Creek Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-06-14/2006-06-25

UASM97896 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park, Mouse Cache Creek Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-06-14/2006-06-25

UASM97897 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park, Kakwa River Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-06-24/2006-07-18

UASM97898 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2006-07-18/2006-07-23

UASM97899 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S. Date Collected2006-07-18/2006-07-23

UASM97900 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-07-17/2006-07-22

UASM97901 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-07-17/2006-07-22

UASM97902 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-07-17/2006-07-22

UASM97903 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-07-17/2006-07-22

UASM97904 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-07-17/2006-07-22

UASM97905 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park, Dead Horse Meadows Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-06-15/2006-06-20

UASM97906 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park, Dead Horse Meadows Collected ByJohnson, T. Date Collected2006-06-15/2006-06-20

UASM100886 - Hypnoidus bicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, Gardiner Lakes Collected ByHilchie, G. J.; Hilchie, J. S.; Holmberg, R. Date Collected2004-06-09/2004-06-14

Adult Seasonal Distribution