Nebria piperi
| Nebria piperi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Nebria |
| Species: | N. piperi
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| Binomial name | |
| Nebria piperi Van Dyke, 1925
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Nebria piperi, Piper's gazelle beetle, is a species of beetle from family Carabidae found in Canada and the US states of Washington (near the Tahoma River),[1] Alaska and Oregon, as well as in British Columbia. It is found near water on barren, stony banks of rivers.
Adults are nocturnal and carnivorous.[2]
Description and further distribution
It is 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in length and is shiny metallic purple coloured.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Nebria piperi Van Dyke, 1925". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)