Notiophilus nitens
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Notiophilus |
| Species: | N. nitens
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| Binomial name | |
| Notiophilus nitens Leconte, 1857
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Notiophilus nitens, the bright big-eyed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington). Its habitat consists of grasslands, pastures, cultivated fields and hills.
Adults are wing-dimorphic, with some adults being brachypterous and others macropterous.[5]
References
- ^ "Notiophilus nitens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Notiophilus nitens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Notiophilus nitens species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
Further reading
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.