Notiophilus biguttatus is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1779. Sometimes referred to as the Common springtail stalker
Notiophilus biguttatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Notiophilus |
Species: | N. biguttatus
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Binomial name | |
Notiophilus biguttatus (Fabricius, 1779)
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In Europe, the species is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, mainland France, Germany, Great Britain and the Isle of Man, Hungary, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, mainland Norway, Poland, mainland Portugal, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia.[1]
It has also been introduced to North America with Canadian records for both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts: Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick and British Columbia.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "Notiophilus biguttatus at Fauna Europaea: Taxon Details". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)". Agriculture.canada.ca. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Christopher G. Majka; Joyce Cook; Susan Westby. "Introduced Carabidae (Coleoptera) from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; new records and ecological perspectives" (PDF). Chebucto.nc.ca. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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