Notiophilus directus
| Notiophilus directus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Notiophilus |
| Species: | N. directus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notiophilus directus Casey, 1920 | |
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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
- ^ "Notiophilus directus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Notiophilus directus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Notiophilus directus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ 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.