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 |
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]
It is 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in length and is shiny metallic purple coloured. [1]
Nebria piperi |
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