Nebria piperi

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Nebria piperi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Nebria
Species:
N. piperi
Binomial name
Nebria piperi
Van Dyke, 1925

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

  1. 1 2 "Nebria piperi Van Dyke, 1925". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  2. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)