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.
Citation
Page Citation for Hypnoidus bicolor
Page Citation
"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. Accessed 01 May. 2024.
References
Author
Brooks, A. R.
Title
Adult Elateridae of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba (Coleoptera).
Publication Date
1960
Series Title
The Canadian Entomologist. Supplement
Volume
92
Pages
63
Author
Bousquet, Yves
Title
Checklist of beetles of Canada and Alaska.
Publication Date
1991
Pages
430
Specimen Information
There are 133 specimens of this Species.
UASM20721 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Consort
Collected ByBall, G. E.; Madge, R. B.; McFadden, M. W.
Date Collected1961-06-06
UASM20722 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByLarson, D. J.
Date Collected1963-05-10
UASM20723 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pincher
Collected ByStrickland, Edgar H.
Date Collected1932-05-02
UASM20724 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByLarson, D. J.
Date Collected1963-05-10
UASM20725 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Lake Louise
Collected ByCarr, F. S.
Date Collected1926-07-05
UASM20726 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cypress Hills
Collected ByGetty, R.; Larson, D. J.
Date Collected1964-05-10
UASM20727 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lundbreck
Date Collected1931-07-12
UASM20728 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Kananaskis
Collected ByPowett, R. B.
Date Collected1959-05-17
UASM20729 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Gull Lake
Collected ByStrickland, Edgar H.
Date Collected1929-06-08
UASM20730 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winterburn
Collected ByLeMaistre, W. G.
Date Collected1955-05-14
UASM20731 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pincher
Collected ByStrickland, Edgar H.
Date Collected1932-05-20
UASM20732 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Winterburn
Collected ByLeMaistre, W. G.
Date Collected1955-05-14
UASM20733 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Lethbridge
Collected ByLarson, D. J.
Date Collected1963-05-10
UASM20734 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Gull Lake
Collected ByStrickland, Edgar H.
Date Collected1929-06-08
UASM20735 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Kananaskis
Collected ByPowett, R. B.
Date Collected1957-05-17
UASM20736 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Jasper National Park, Portal Creek
Collected ByLarson, D. J.
Date Collected1966-05-01
UASM20737 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bistcho Lake
Collected ByShpeley, D.
Date Collected1987-06-12/1987-06-21
UASM20738 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bistcho Lake
Collected ByShpeley, D.
Date Collected1987-06-12/1987-06-21
UASM20739 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByKenakin, L. M.
Date Collected1968-05-08
UASM20740 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Gorge Creek
Collected ByLister, R.
Date Collected1955-07-13
UASM20741 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Tofield
Collected ByBall, K. E.; Ball, E. H.
Date Collected1955-05-29