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.
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 02 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.
UASM20742 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1955-06-21
UASM20743 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon
Collected ByFreitag, R.
Date Collected1962-10-03
UASM20744 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByKenakin, L. M.
Date Collected1964-05-08
UASM20745 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Medicine Hat
Collected ByLister, R.; Ball, G. E.
Date Collected1955-05-07
UASM20746 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1955-06-21
UASM20747 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Gorge Creek
Collected ByLister, R.
Date Collected1955-07-13
UASM20748 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pembina River
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1957-06-02
UASM20749 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Red Deer River
Collected ByBall, G. E. & family
Date Collected1957-05-26
UASM20750 - 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
UASM20751 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Tofield
Collected ByBall, K. E.; Ball, E. H.
Date Collected1955-05-27
UASM20752 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pembina River
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1957-06-06
UASM20753 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Medicine Hat
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1955-06-15
UASM20754 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Medicine Hat
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1955-06-05
UASM20755 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByKenakin, L. M.
Date Collected1968-05-14
UASM20756 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Elkwater
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1955-06-15
UASM20757 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Stirling Lake
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1955-06-09
UASM20758 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Keoma
Collected ByBall, G. E.
Date Collected1955-06-09
UASM20759 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Ralston
Collected ByBall, G. E.; Lister, R.
Date Collected1955-05-11
UASM20760 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Empress
Collected ByO'Hara, J. E.; O'Hara, W. M.
Date Collected1979-05-19/1979-05-20
UASM20761 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Jenner
Collected ByHilchie, Gerald J.
Date Collected1977-07-22
UASM20762 - Hypnoidus bicolor
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Collected ByO'Hara, W. M.
Date Collected1979-06-16