An annotated checklist of Wisconsin Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera)

Authors

Nadine A. Kriska, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Daniel K. Young, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WIFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 2002

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 16, No. 1-3, March-September, 2002. Copyright © 2002 Kriska and Young.
Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/.

Abstract

A survey of Wisconsin Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) conducted from literature searches, collection inventories, and three years of field work (1997-1999), yielded 177 species representing nine families, two of which, Ochodaeidae and Ceratocanthidae, represent new state family records. Fifty-six species (32% of the Wisconsin fauna) represent new state species records, having not previously been recorded from the state. Literature and collection distributional records suggest the potential for at least 33 additional species to occur in Wisconsin.