Notiophilus directus

Notiophilus directus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Notiophilus
Species:
N. directus
Binomial name
Notiophilus directus
Casey, 1920
Synonyms
  • Notiophilus lanei Hatch, 1949

Notiophilus directus, , the straight big-eyed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (Alberta, British Columbia, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming), where it inhabits moraines or areas near brooks and lakes.

Adults are wing-dimorphic, with some being macropterous and others brachypterous.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Notiophilus directus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Notiophilus directus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.