A preliminary list of the conservative beetle species of the Chicago Wilderness Region. Compiled in May, 2006 [Updated Feb 2008] by Ron Panzer, Karl Gnaedinger and George Derkovitz, Northestern Illinois University.

ORDER, Family, Subfamily, Species

Authors Host plants CW rarity coefficients CW status Regional status
COLEOPTERA (beetles)  
Silphidae  
Nicrophorus americanus Olivier   5 X X-IN, E-MI, E-WI, E-OH
Chrysomelidae  
Pachybrachis calcaratus Fall 5
Pachybrachis luridus (Fabricius) Ceanothus, Amorpha 5 SC
Pachybrachis sp. 1 (image) Coreopsis tripteris 5
Pachybrachis sp. 2 [Black]   Coreopsis ? 3    
Pachybrachis sp. EGR 71 E. G. Riley   5 SC  
Pachybrachis sp. EGR 26 E. G. Riley   4 SC  
Pachybrachis sp. EGR 3 E. G. Riley 3
Pachybrachis othonus othonus (Say) ? 5
Apionidae  
(Coelocephalapion decoloratum) (Smith) Desmodium 3
(Fallapion sp. near anceps ) (Fall) Petalostemum ? 5    
Kissingeria capitone (image) (Kissinger) Petalostemum purpureum 3
Kissingeria amaura (image) (Kissinger) Petalostemum 3
Sayapion segnipes (Say) Tephrosia virgiana 3
Smicronyx discoideus (image) LeConte) Helenium 3    
(Trichapion minor) (Smith) Amorpha, Lupinus 5
Trichapion modicum (image) (Kissinger) Amorpha 5
(Trichapion perforicolle) (Fall) Koeleria, Tephrosia 5
Trichapion reconditum (image) (Gryllenhal) Desmodium 2
Trichapion rostrum (Say) Baptisia 2
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