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Species Notiophilus palustris

Notiophilus palustris
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 palustris (Notiophilus palustris)
Explanation of Names
Notiophilus palustris (Duftschmid 1812)
Range
native to, and widespread across n. Eurasia, adventive in NA (Atlantic Canada: NS-PE)(1)(2)
Habitat
moist and shadowy situations, mostly w ściółce, in moss, leaf litter(2)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NS 1968(1)(3)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Coleoptera Poloniae
3.Notiophilus palustris (Coleoptera, Carabidae), a Eurasian carabid beetle new to North america
Larochelle, A. and M.C. Lariviere . 1990. Entomological News 101: 211-212.