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Tribe Nebriini


The nearctic species of Nebria Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nebriini): classification, phylogeny, zoogeography, and...
By Kavanaugh, D. H.
Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Department of Entomology, University of Alberta, xlviii + 1041 pp., 1978
Full title: "The nearctic species of Nebria Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nebriini): classification, phylogeny, zoogeography, and natural history"

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Most complete treatment and key to NA fauna.

The Nearctic species of the genus Leistus Frolich (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
By Erwin T.L.
Pan-Pac. Entomol. 46: 111‒119, 1970

Genus Nippononebria in the Nearctic region, with description of a new subgenus, Vancouveria (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
By D.H. Kavanaugh
Entomological News, 106: 153-160, 1995
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A new species of Nebria Latreille (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nebriini) from the Grand Canyon, Arizona.
By Kavanaugh, D. H.
Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 77:1-5., 2008
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A new and endemic species of Nebria Latreille (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nebriini), threatened by climate change...
By Kavanaugh, D. H., & S. D. Schoville
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Ser. 4., 60:73-84, 2009
Full title: "A new and endemic species of Nebria Latreille (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Nebriini), threatened by climate change in the Trinity Alps of northern California."

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A re-consideration of the taxonomic status of Nebria lacustris Casey (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Nebriini) based on...
By D.H. Kavanaugh, S.L. Archambeault, P.D. Roopnarine, & J. Ledford
ZooKeys 147: 199–228, 2011
Full title: "A re-consideration of the taxonomic status of Nebria lacustris Casey (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Nebriini) based on multiple datasets – a single species or a species complex?"

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Morphological and molecular analysis of Nebria lacustris Casey, establishing Nebria bellorum Kavanaugh as a distinct species.

Discovery of Nebria brevicollis, a European ground beetle, established in Willamette Valley, Oregon
By Kavanaugh, D.H., and LaBonte, J.R.
Proceedings of the California Academy of sciences 59(9): 481-488., 2008
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New West Indian Carabidæ, with a list of the Cuban species
By Darlington P.J.
Psyche 41: 66‒130, 1934