Notiophilus biguttatus

Notiophilus biguttatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Notiophilus
Species: N. biguttatus
Binomial name
Notiophilus biguttatus
(Fabricius, 1779)

Notiophilus biguttatus is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1779.

In Europe, the species is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, mainland France, Germany, Great Britain and the Isle of Man, Hungary, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Northern Ireland, mainland Norway, Poland, mainland Portugal, Russia, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia.[1]

It has also been introduced to North America with Canadian records for both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts: Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick and British Columbia.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Notiophilus biguttatus at Fauna Europaea: Taxon Details". Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. ↑ http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/carabids/phps/n_e.php
  3. ↑ http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/Introduced_Carabidae.pdf


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