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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Nebriinae » Notiophilini » Notiophilus » Notiophilus aeneus

Species Notiophilus aeneus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Works Cited
small bronze ground beetle - Brassy Big-eyed Beetle (Notiophilus aeneus)? - Notiophilus aeneus Beetle - Notiophilus aeneus brassy big-eyed beetle - Notiophilus aeneus Carabidae - Notiophilus aeneus Notiophilus ? - Notiophilus aeneus Notiophilus ? - Notiophilus aeneus Seems to be Notiophilus aeneus (Herbst) - Notiophilus aeneus Pennsylvania Beetle - Notiophilus aeneus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Nebriinae
Tribe Notiophilini
Genus Notiophilus
Species aeneus (Notiophilus aeneus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Notiophilus aeneus (Herbst, 1806)

Synonyms:
Elaphrus aeneus Herbst 1806
Nothiophilus porrectus Say 1830
Identification
Elytra with two preapical setigerous punctures, antennae and legs pale reddish, pronotum markedly constricted basally. (1)
Range
Eastern (CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NB, NC, NH, NJ, NS, NY, OH, ON, PA, PE, PQ, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV) (2)
Habitat
"Occurs in moss in litter in damp hardwood woods." (1)
Season
Mostly diurnal adults active in spring and early summer (3)
Food
Probably prey on small insects (3)
Works Cited
1.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
2.Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae including Cicindelini) of America north of Mexico
Y. Bousquet and A. Larochelle. 1993. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 125: 1-397.
3.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 31 December, 2007 - 3:24pm
Additional contributions by Marci Hess
Last updated 12 November, 2019 - 1:37pm

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