Cymindis unicolor

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SeasonalityMost specimens found in June and July, but also found as late as October. IdentificationSmall and slender with characteristic prothorax, pronouncedly cordate, strongly sinuate, and only slightly wider than head; sharp hind angles; dorsum piceous to almost black; base of elytra often dark rufous (no humeral spot, though); elytra punctuated on striae and intervals, with complete basal margin, apex obliquely truncate, not sinuate; The complete basal margin and non-sinuate apex of the elytra distinguish it from C. vaporariorum Linné . Only brachypterous specimens seen. (Lindroth 1969)

Scientific Name Cymindis unicolor Habitat Xerophilous, in treeless country, also above timber limit and on tundra (Lindroth 1969). Seasonality Most specimens found in June and July, but also found as late as October. Identification

Small and slender with characteristic prothorax, pronouncedly cordate, strongly sinuate, and only slightly wider than head; sharp hind angles; dorsum piceous to almost black; base of elytra often dark rufous (no humeral spot, though); elytra punctuated on striae and intervals, with complete basal margin, apex obliquely truncate, not sinuate; The complete basal margin and non-sinuate apex of the elytra distinguish it from C. vaporariorum Linné . Only brachypterous specimens seen. (Lindroth 1969)

Life History No information available. Conservation Relatively rare. Diet Info No information available. Range Record from Jasper (Lindroth), and specimens mostly from Andrew Lake in Alberta.

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"Species Details - Cymindis unicolor, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-4739/9-299599. Accessed 04 Nov. 2024.

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UASM32701 - Cymindis unicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Manitoba, Churchill Collected ByPollock, D.; Reichert, L. A. Date Collected1988-07-29

UASM32702 - Cymindis unicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Manitoba, Churchill Collected ByPollock, D.; Reichert, L. A. Date Collected1988-07-29

UASM32703 - Cymindis unicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Manitoba, Churchill Collected ByPollock, D.; Reichert, L. A. Date Collected1988-07-29

UASM32704 - Cymindis unicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Manitoba, Churchill Collected ByPollock, D.; Reichert, L. A. Date Collected1988-07-29

UASM32705 - Cymindis unicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Manitoba, Churchill Collected ByPollock, D.; Reichert, L. A. Date Collected1988-07-29

UASM32706 - Cymindis unicolor

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Manitoba, Churchill Collected ByPollock, D.; Reichert, L. A. Date Collected1988-07-29