BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Omus dejeanii
Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle
| Scientific Name: | Omus dejeanii Reiche, 1838 | ||||||||||
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| English Name: | Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Freitag, R. P. 1999. Catalogue of the tiger beetles of Canada and the United States. National Research Council Research Press, Ottawa, Canada. 195 pp. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | Jan. 2006 - changed from O. dejeani to O. dejeanii as per NatureServe (DDW). | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | CO-OMUDEJ | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G5 (Feb 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S4S5 (Apr 2024) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 4 - Secure (2005) | ||||||||||
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Omus dejeanii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 4, 2026).