Nebria purpurata
| Nebria purpurata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Nebria |
| Species: | N. purpurata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nebria purpurata LeConte, 1878 | |
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Nebria purpurata, the purple gazelle beetle, is a species of black coloured ground beetle from the Nebriinae subfamily that is endemic to the US states of Colorado[1] and New Mexico, where it is found in mountainous, subalpine and alpine zones, along cold mountain streams.
Adults are brachypterous, nocturnal and carnivorous.[2]
References
- ^ "Nebria purpurata LeConte, 1878". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)