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Increases in international trade combined with the undeniable effects of global warming have led, and continue to lead, to significant changes in species composition on the planet. Comprehensive species checklists represent valuable tools to assess biodiversity patterns and monitor distributional changes over time.
Here we report the distribution for all 8 238 species-group taxa of Coleoptera known to occur in Canada and Alaska. From west to east, the number of species-group taxa are 1 448 (Alaska), 1 041 (Yukon Territory), 1 115 (Northern Territory), 123 (Nunavut), 3 932 (British Columbia), 2 863 (Alberta), 2 353 (Saskatchewan), 2 679 (Manitoba), 4 513 (Ontario), 4 127 (Quebec), 2 704 (New Brunswick), 2 286 (Nova Scotia), 899 (Prince Edward Island), 501 (Labrador) and 1 099 (Newfoundland). We document the presence of 393 Holarctic and 629 established adventive species-group taxa. The five most diverse families in the region are Staphylinidae (1 682 species), Carabidae (989 species), Curculionidae (823 species), Chrysomelidae (598 species) and Elateridae (386 species).
The valid scientific name, including author names and year of publication, is given for each species-group taxon. The classification follows current knowledge about the relationships of beetles down to the rank of subfamily. Tribes, subtribes, genera, subgenera and species-group taxa are listed alphabetically. References to pertinent identification keys are given under the corresponding supraspecific taxa. The first edition of the Checklist of Beetles of Canada and Alaska was published in 1991. Based on our results, we have added over 800 species to the fauna of the region over the last 20 years, 20% of which are adventive species.
Contents
Abstract 9
Introduction 9
Format 9
Acknowledgments 10
Order Coleoptera 14
Suborder ARCHOSTEMATA 14
Family CUPEDIDAE Laporte, 1836 14
Family MICROMALTHIDAE Barber, 1913 14
Suborder ADEPHAGA 14
Family GYRINIDAE Latreille, 1810 14
Family TRACHYPACHIDAE C.G. Thomson, 1857 15
Family RHYSODIDAE Laporte, 1840 16
Family CARABIDAE Latreille, 1802 16
Family HALIPLIDAE Aubé, 1836 53
Family NOTERIDAE C.G. Thomson, 1860 54
Family AMPHIZOIDAE LeConte, 1853 54
Family DYTISCIDAE Leach, 1815 54
Suborder POLYPHAGA 63
Superfamily HYDROPHILOIDEA Latreille, 1802 63
Family HYDROPHILIDAE Latreille, 1802 63
Family SPHAERITIDAE Shuckard, 1839 69
Family HISTERIDAE Gyllenhal, 1808 69
Superfamily STAPHYLINOIDEA Latreille, 1802 74
Family HYDRAENIDAE Mulsant, 1844 74
Family PTILIIDAE Erichson, 1845 76
Family AGYRTIDAE C.G. Thomson, 1859 78
Family LEIODIDAE Fleming, 1821 79
Family SILPHIDAE Latreille, 1806 86
Family STAPHYLINIDAE Latreille, 1802 87
Superfamily SCARABAEOIDEA Latreille, 1802 149
Family GEOTRUPIDAE Latreille, 1802 149
Family PASSALIDAE Leach, 1815 150
Family TROGIDAE MacLeay, 1819 150
Family GLARESIDAE Kolbe, 1905 151
Family LUCANIDAE Latreille, 1804 151
Family OCHODAEIDAE Mulsant & Rey, 1871 152
Family HYBOSORIDAE Erichson, 1847 152
Family GLAPHYRIDAE MacLeay, 1819 152
Family SCARABAEIDAE Latreille, 1802 153
Superfamily SCIRTOIDEA Fleming, 1821 163
Family EUCINETIDAE Lacordaire, 1857 163
Family CLAMBIDAE Fischer von Waldheim, 1821 164
Family SCIRTIDAE Fleming, 1821 164
Superfamily DASCILLOIDEA Guérin-Méneville, 1843 165
Family RHIPICERIDAE Latreille, 1834 165
Superfamily BUPRESTOIDEA Leach, 1815 165
Family BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 165
Superfamily BYRRHOIDEA Latreille, 1804 171
Family BYRRHIDAE Latreille, 1804 171
Family ELMIDAE Curtis, 1830 173
Family DRYOPIDAE Billberg, 1820 175
Family LUTROCHIDAE Kasap & Crowson, 1975 175
Family LIMNICHIDAE Erichson, 1846 175
Family HETEROCERIDAE MacLeay, 1825 176
Family PSEPHENIDAE Lacordaire, 1854 177
Family PTILODACTYLIDAE Laporte, 1836 177
Superfamily ELATEROIDEA Leach, 1815 178
Family ARTEMATOPODIDAE Lacordaire, 1857 178
Family EUCNEMIDAE Eschscholtz, 1829 178
Family THROSCIDAE Laporte, 1840 181
Family ELATERIDAE Leach, 1815 181
Family LYCIDAE Laporte, 1836 193
Family PHENGODIDAE LeConte, 1861 195
Family LAMPYRIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 195
Family CANTHARIDAE Imhoff, 1856 197
Superfamily DERODONTOIDEA LeConte, 1861 201
Family DERODONTIDAE LeConte, 1861 201
Family NOSODENDRIDAE Erichson, 1846 201
Superfamily BOSTRICHOIDEA Latreille, 1802 201
Family DERMESTIDAE Latreille, 1804 201
Family ENDECATOMIDAE LeConte, 1861 204
Family BOSTRICHIDAE Latreille, 1802 204
Family PTINIDAE Latreille, 1802 206
Superfamily LYMEXYLOIDEA Fleming, 1821 211
Family LYMEXYLIDAE Fleming, 1821 211
Superfamily CLEROIDEA Latreille, 1802 211
Family TROGOSSITIDAE Latreille, 1802 211
Family CLERIDAE Latreille, 1802 212
Family MELYRIDAE Leach, 1815 215
Superfamily CUCUJOIDEA Latreille, 1802 217
Family BYTURIDAE Gistel, 1848 217
Family SPHINDIDAE Jacquelin du Val, 1860 217
Family BIPHYLLIDAE LeConte, 1861 218
Family EROTYLIDAE Latreille, 1802 218
Family MONOTOMIDAE Laporte, 1840 220
Family CRYPTOPHAGIDAE Kirby, 1826 221
Family SILVANIDAE Kirby, 1837 223
Family CUCUJIDAE Latreille, 1802 224
Family PASSANDRIDAE Blanchard, 1845 225
Family PHALACRIDAE Leach, 1815 225
Family LAEMOPHLOEIDAE Ganglbauer, 1899 225
Family KATERETIDAE Kirby, 1837 226
Family NITIDULIDAE Latreille, 1802 227
Family BOTHRIDERIDAE Erichson, 1845 232
Family CERYLONIDAE Billberg, 1820 232
Family ENDOMYCHIDAE Leach, 1815 233
Family COCCINELLIDAE Latreille, 1807 234
Family CORYLOPHIDAE LeConte, 1852 240
Family LATRIDIIDAE Erichson, 1842 241
Superfamily TENEBRIONOIDEA Latreille, 1802 243
Family MYCETOPHAGIDAE Leach, 1815 243
Family CIIDAE Leach, 1819 244
Family TETRATOMIDAE Billberg, 1820 245
Family MELANDRYIDAE Leach, 1815 247
Family MORDELLIDAE Latreille, 1802 250
Family RIPIPHORIDAE Gemminger, 1870 252
Family ZOPHERIDAE Solier, 1834 253
Family TENEBRIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 254
Family PROSTOMIDAE C.G. Thomson, 1859 262
Family SYNCHROIDAE Lacordaire, 1859 262
Family STENOTRACHELIDAE C.G. Thomson, 1859 263
Family OEDEMERIDAE Latreille, 1810 263
Family MELOIDAE Gyllenhal, 1810 264
Family MYCTERIDAE Oken, 1843 267
Family BORIDAE C.G. Thomson, 1859 267
Family PYTHIDAE Solier, 1834 267
Family PYROCHROIDAE Latreille, 1806 268
Family SALPINGIDAE Leach, 1815 268
Family ANTHICIDAE Latreille, 1819 269
Family ADERIDAE Csiki, 1909 272
Family SCRAPTIIDAE Gistel, 1848 273
Family ISCHALIIDAE Blair, 1920 274
Superfamily CHRYSOMELOIDEA Latreille, 1802 274
Family CERAMBYCIDAE Latreille, 1802 274
Family MEGALOPODIDAE Latreille, 1802 292
Family ORSODACNIDAE C.G. Thomson, 1859 292
Family CHRYSOMELIDAE Latreille, 1802 293
Superfamily CURCULIONOIDEA Latreille, 1802 314
Family NEMONYCHIDAE Bedel, 1882 314
Family ANTHRIBIDAE Billberg, 1820 315
Family ATTELABIDAE Billberg, 1820 316
Family BRENTIDAE Billberg, 1820 318
Family DRYOPHTHORIDAE Schönherr, 1825 321
Family BRACHYCERIDAE Billberg, 1820 322
Family CURCULIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 323
References 358
Index to supraspecific taxa 380
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