Amphicosmoecus canax

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SeasonalityAdults are flying from mid-September to late October. IdentificationAdult antennae are orange-brown with dark brown scapes. The vertex of the head is dark straw-yellow with light brown areas. Spurs are straw-yellow. In males, segment 10 is large, paired and shaped like sickle-like blades (Nimmo, 1971).

Scientific Name Amphicosmoecus canax Habitat Mountain and foothill creeks or rivers and in Saskatchewan in some lakes (Wiggins, 1996). Seasonality Adults are flying from mid-September to late October. Identification

Adult antennae are orange-brown with dark brown scapes. The vertex of the head is dark straw-yellow with light brown areas. Spurs are straw-yellow. In males, segment 10 is large, paired and shaped like sickle-like…

Life History Univoltine. Conservation Common in the mountains. Diet Info No information available. Range

The range for this species from Alberta and eastern British Columbia, south to Utah and California and west to Saskatchewan. In Alberta, usually found in the mountains, foothills and possibly cold muskeg streams of…

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"Species Details - Amphicosmoecus canax, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3049. Accessed 09 May. 2024.

Authorship

Name Robinson, E.

Role species page author

Date 2003-01

References

11 results plotted on map in 8 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM4411 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bow River Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1966-10-03

UASM4414 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Gorge Creek Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1962-10-19

UASM4410 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Jasper National Park, Ranger Creek Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1967-10-07

UASM4412 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bow River Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1967-09-24

UASM4413 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1966-09-24

UASM4415 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Little Brule Creek Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1968-09-20

UASM4416 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Banff National Park, Totem Creek Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1967-09-24

UASM6139 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Fairview Collected ByPike, Edward Marshall Date Collected1979-10-10

UASM6165 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Fairview Collected ByPike, Edward Marshall Date Collected1979-09-14

UASM6166 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Fairview Collected ByPike, Edward Marshall Date Collected1979-09-10

UASM6455 - Amphicosmoecus canax

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Shunda Creek Camp Collected ByNimmo, A. Date Collected1967-10-09

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