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Nebria
Nebria eschscholtzi
Carabidae overview
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Identification:
No lateroventral processes on maxilla; setae inserted directly on ventral maxillary surface; prothorax very short, small with strongly arcuate sides, usually constricted at base, and often cordiform. Elytra with nine complete and one abbreviated scutellar stria; third interval always having two or more setigerous dorsal punctures.
Range:
Holarctic.
Natural History:
This genus is adapted to cold and represented in northern and mountain regions; fifty-five species found in North America. Many are strongly hygrophilous, but confined to stony, barren margins of running waters. These beetles are carnivorous and nocturnal.
References:
Kavanaugh, D. H. 1992. Carabid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences Number 16. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lindroth, C. H. 1961-1969. The ground beetles (Carabidae excl. Cicindelinae) of Canada and Alaska. Parts 1-6. Opuscula Entomologica xlviii + 1192 pp.
Last updated Thursday, July 20, 2006, by Lisa Ferrier
