Checklist dataset Registered December 06, 2013
Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.
Published by Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre
Description
All 8238 species-group taxa of Coleoptera known to occur in Canada and Alaska are recorded by province/territory or state, along with their author(s) and year of publication, in a classification framework. Only presence of taxa in each Canadian province or territory and Alaska is noted. Labrador is considered a distinct geographical entity. Adventive and Holarctic species-group taxa are indicated. References to pertinent identification keys are given under the corresponding supraspecific taxa.
Geographic scope
- Description
This checklist includes records from all provinces and territories of Canada as well as Alaska.
- Latitude
- From 41.14 to 83.32
- Longitude
- From -169.43 to -51.7
Temporal scope
- range
- January 01, 1758 - December 31, 2013
Taxonomic scope
- Description
All extant described species in the order Coleoptera known to occur in Canada and Alaska are included.
- Coverage
- ColeopteraBeetles
Bibliography
- Google ScholarBousquet, Y., Bouchard, P., Davies, A.E. and Sikes, D.S. in press. Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition. Pensoft, Sofia. 402pp.
- Identifier: doi:10.3897/zookeys.360.4742Google ScholarBousquet Y, Bouchard P, Davies AE, Sikes DS (2013) Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition. ZooKeys 360: 1–44. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.360.4742
Contacts
- Organization
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Position
- Research Scientist (Curator - Coleoptera Unit)
- Address
- 960 Carling Avenue
- Roles
- Originator
Metadata author
Author
Administrative point of contact - Phone
- Organization
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Position
- Technician (Coleoptera Unit)
- Address
- 960 Carling Avenue
- Roles
- Author
- Phone
- Organization
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Position
- Research Scientist (Coleoptera Unit)
- Address
- 960 Carling Avenue
- Roles
- Author
- Phone
- Organization
- University of Alaska Museum
- Position
- Curator of Insects / Associate Professor of Entomology
- Address
- 907 Yukon Drive
- Roles
- Author
- Phone
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Publisher- Organization
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Roles
- Publisher
GBIF registration
- Registration date
- December 06, 2013
- Metadata last modified
- March 29, 2017
- Publication date
- February 01, 2017
- Hosted by
- Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre
- Installation
- Canadensys repository
- Endpoints
- Darwin Core Archive
- EML
- Preferred identifier
- 10.5886/998dbs2a
- Alternative identifiers
Citation
Bouchard P (2017). Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition.. Version 7.3. Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5886/998dbs2a accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-06.