A preliminary list of the conservative beetle species of the Chicago Wilderness Region. Compiled in May, 2006 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   X X-IN, E-MI, E-WI, E-OH
Chrysomelidae  
Pachybrachis calcaratus Fall 3
Pachybrachis luridus (F.) Ceanothus, Amorpha 5 SC
Pachybrachis sp. (image) Coreopsis tripteris 3
Pachybrachis sp. EGR 71 E. G. Riley   5 SC  
Pachybrachis sp. EGR 26 E. G. Riley   5 SC  
Pachybrachis sp. EGR 3 E. G. Riley 3
Pachybrachis othonus othonus (Say) ? 5
Apionidae  
(Coelocephalapion decoloratum) (Smith) Desmodium 3
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 3
Trichapion modicum (image) (Kissinger) Amorpha 3
(Trichapion perforicolle) (Fall) Koelaria, Tephrosia 3
Trichapion reconditum (image) (Gryllenhal) Desmodium 3
Trichapion rostrum (Say) Baptisia 2
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