Species Details

Blethisa quadricollis

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SeasonalityAll of the Alberta records are from June. IdentificationThe largest species in the genus, at once recognized by the rounded hind angles of the prothorax. Black, usually with bronzy, brassy or golden, along the margins often bluish or greenish, lustre. Length 15.5-17.8 mm.

Scientific Name Blethisa quadricollis Habitat This species prefers acid bogs and occurs in Shagnum covered with Oxycoccus at the border of pools. Seasonality All of the Alberta records are from June. Identification The largest species in the genus, at once recognized by the rounded hind angles of the prothorax. Black, usually with bronzy, brassy or golden, along the margins often bluish or greenish, lustre. Length 15.5-17.8 mm. Life History Overwinters in the adult stage. Conservation Relatvely rare, due to local occurrences. Diet Info Both larvae and adults are predatory. Range This species ranges across the norther United States and most of Canada. In Alberta the only records are from the central region.

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"Species Details - Blethisa quadricollis, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2875. Accessed 05 Dec. 2024.

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Specimen Information

There are 25 specimens of this Species.

25 results plotted on map in 9 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM26231 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pembina River Collected ByBall, G. E. Date Collected1961-06-06

UASM26232 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pembina River Collected ByBall, G. E. Date Collected1961-06-04/1961-06-05

UASM26233 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Flatbush Collected ByAllen, R. T.; Ball, G. E.; Whitehead, D. R. Date Collected1968-06-22

UASM26234 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Flatbush Collected ByAllen, R. T.; Ball, G. E.; Whitehead, D. R. Date Collected1968-06-22

UASM26235 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Flatbush Collected ByAllen, R. T.; Ball, G. E.; Whitehead, D. R. Date Collected1968-06-22

UASM26236 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Flatbush Collected ByAllen, R. T.; Ball, G. E.; Whitehead, D. R. Date Collected1968-06-22

UASM26237 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26238 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26239 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26240 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26241 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26242 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26243 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26244 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26245 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Smith Collected ByWhitehead, D. R.; Whitehead, G. J. Date Collected1972-06-24

UASM26442 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pembina River Collected ByAllen, R. T.; Ball, G. E.; Whitehead, D. R. Date Collected1960-06-20

UASM175971 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Saskatchewan, Lac La Ronge Collected Byvan Nidek, C.; van Nidek, A. Date Collected1985-06-17/1995-06-26

UASM175972 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: British Columbia, Yoho National Park Collected ByAskevold; Pollock Date Collected1984-04-30

UASM175973 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Maine, Oxford county, Paris Collected ByFrost, C. A. Date Collected1952-07-02

UASM175974 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Maine, Oxford county, Paris Collected ByFrost, C. A. Date Collected1952-07-02

UASM175975 - Blethisa quadricollis

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Massachusetts, Middlesex county, Lexington Collected ByDarlington Date Collected1926-06-19

Adult Seasonal Distribution