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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Nebriinae » Notiophilini » Notiophilus » Notiophilus biguttatus
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ground beetle - Notiophilus biguttatus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

ground beetle - Notiophilus biguttatus
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
April 17, 2005
Size: <1/4"
This one looks odd with big eyes, ridges around the elytra, with a smooth raised middle section. Can this go any further than Carabidae?
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Contributed by tom murray on 18 April, 2005 - 10:21pm
Last updated 29 March, 2009 - 8:57pm

This is first MA record of Notiophilus biguttatus.
See post-2012 caraboid registry.
… Peter W. Messer, 2 May, 2018 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Notiophilus.
… v belov, 29 March, 2009 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

Notiophilus sp.
Yay, one I actually recognize:-) These little guys are very distinctive, though. Notiophilus are specialized predators of springtails.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 April, 2005 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Notiophilus species
Of the 9 species that occur in eastern Canada, biguttatus and nemoralis seem most similar to this one. In Canada, biguttatus is found in New Brunswick, NS and NF, and nemoralis is found only in Quebec, according to this CBIF page. Check out the eyeballs on that first one (aeneus) - almost looks painful.
… Robin McLeod, 19 April, 2005 - 9:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Rhode Island list
Rhode Island Checklist includes: Notiophilus aeneus Herbst, N. biguttatus (Fabricius) and N. novemstriatus LeConte. The Canadian site illustrates these and I don't see a match.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 19 May, 2005 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

 
N. biguttatus -- i have no doubts
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… v belov, 29 March, 2009 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

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