Click beetles and wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae)  of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba

Willem van Herk

doi:10.5886/5drq7v8p

Click beetles and wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba

Citation

van Herk W (2016). Click beetles and wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Version 6.1. Biological Survey of Canada. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5886/5drq7v8p accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-01.

Description

This chapter describes the Elateridae of Alberta (144 species), Saskatchewan (108 species), and Manitoba (109 species). It provides current names for species, as well as synonymized names that persist in the literature. Also discussed are the species that have been left out during recent changes to elaterid renaming and classification, although no new name combinations are given. The chapter outlines species distributions, biogeography where known, and the life histories of five common species: Aeolus mellillus (Say), Agriotes mancus (Say), Hypnoidus bicolor (Eschscholtz), Limonius californicus (Mannerheim), and Selatosomus aeripennis destructor (Brown). An examination of the seasonal movements and activity of larvae in response to soil temperature and moisture and moulting cycles is followed by an overview of past research on Prairie Province species. The chapter concludes with a discussion of current research needs and management issues.

Taxonomic Coverages

Coleoptera
common name: beetles rank: order
Elateridae
common name: click beetles rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Canadian prairie provinces

Bibliographic Citations

van Herk, W. G. and R. S. Vernon. 2014. Click Beetles and Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. In Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Volume 4): Biodiversity and Systematics Part 2. Edited by D. J. Giberson and H. A. Cárcamo. Biological Survey of Canada. pp. 87-117. http://dx.doi.org/10.3752/9780968932179.ch2 - doi:10.3752/9780968932179.ch2

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