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General Element Report: Brychius hungerfordi

Scientific Name: Brychius hungerfordi
Common Name: Hungerford's Crawling Water Beetle
Authority: Spangler, 1954
Family Name: HALIPLIDAE
Family Number:

Tracked: Y
Code: BRYHUN
Coefficient of Wetness: W
Introduced: No
Slide:
Coeff. of Conservatism
NRVIS ID: 180823
Updated: 2001-10-22

Ranking Information

GNAME: Brychius hungerfordi GRANK: G1 GRANK DATE: 1994-04-05
NRANK: COSEWIC: MNR Status: SRANK: S1
Ontario General Status: Ontario General Status Date:
Notes: Currently known in Canada only from a single site in southern Ontario.

Rank History

Rank Type Old Rank Old Rank Date Date Changed Reason Changed Changed By

EO Totals

Total EOs A B C D E F H X None

1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

References

79576 Grant, M., R. Vande Kopple and B. Ebbers. 2000. New distribution record for the endangered crawling water beetle, Brychius hungerfordi (Coleoptera: Haliplidae) and notes on seasonal abundance and food preferences. Great Lakes Entomologist 33(3-4):165-168.

79577 Keller, T.A., M. Grant, B. Ebbers and R. Vande Kopple. 1998. New record for the endangered crawling water beetle, Brychius hungerfordi (Coleoptera: Haliplidae) in Michigan including water chemistry data. Great Lakes Entomologist 31:137-139.

78734 Roughley, R.E. 1989. Brychius hungerfordi Spangler (Coleoptera: Haliplidae), the first record from Canada with notes about habitat. Coleopterists Bulletin 45(3):295-296.

78736 Spangler, P.J. 1954. A new species of water beetle from Michigan (Coleoptera, Haliplidae). Entomological News 65:113-117.

79578 Strand, R.M. and P.J. Spangler. 1994. The natural history, distribution, and larval description of Brychius hungerfordi Spangler (Coleoptera: Haliplidae)\. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 96:208-213.

78735 Wilsman, L.A. and R.M. Strand. 1990. A Status Survey of Brychius hungerfordi (Coleoptera: Haliplidae) in Michigan. A Report to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Region 3, Endangered Species Office, Twin Cities MN, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Natural Heritage Program, Wildlife Division, Dept. Natural Resources, Lansing, MI. ii + 49 pp.

 
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