• Login
    View Item 
    •   MINDS@UW Home
    • MINDS@UW Milwaukee
    • University Offices, Institutes, and Centers
    • UWM Field Station
    • UWM Field Station Bulletins
    • View Item
    •   MINDS@UW Home
    • MINDS@UW Milwaukee
    • University Offices, Institutes, and Centers
    • UWM Field Station
    • UWM Field Station Bulletins
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    A Preliminary, Annotated List of Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the UW-Milwaukee Field Station

    Thumbnail
    File(s)
    Main File (616.2Kb)
    Date
    2013-01-01
    Author
    Young, Daniel K
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Coleoptera, the beetles, account for nearly 25% of all known animal species, and nearly 18% of all described species of life on the planet. Their species richness is equal to the number of all plant species in the world and six times the number of all vertebrate species. They are found almost everywhere, yet many minute or cryptic species go virtually un-noticed even by trained naturalists. Little wonder, then, that such a dominant group might pass through time relatively unknown to most naturalists, hobbyists, and even entomologists; even an elementary comprehension of the beetle fauna of our own region has not been attempted. A single, fragmentary and incomplete list of beetle species was published for Wisconsin in the late 1800’s; the last three words of the final entry merely say, “to be continued.” The present, preliminary, survey chronicles nothing more than a benchmark, a definitive starting point from which to build. For we cannot hope to manage, or even fully appreciate, a community or ecosystem when we do not even know the magnitude or identity of the most species-rich components. Of 103 beetle families known or presumed to inhabit Wisconsin, this survey establishes the presence of 51 families. The annotated list documents approximately 127 species as well as 16 new county records and one new state record.
    Subject
    Beetle
    Coleoptera
    UWM Field Station
    Cedarburg Bog
    Permanent Link
    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/90346
    Type
    article
    Citation
    Young, D.K. 2013. A preliminary, annotated list of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the UW-Milwaukee Field Station. Field Station Bulletin 33: 1-17
    Part of
    • UWM Field Station Bulletins

    Contact Us | Send Feedback
     

     

    Browse

    All of MINDS@UWCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Login

    Contact Us | Send Feedback