Notiophilus sylvaticus
Species of beetle
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Notiophilus sylvaticus, the forest big-eyed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America (British Columbia, Quebec, Alaska, California, Idaho, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington), where it inhabits open forests and meadows.
| Notiophilus sylvaticus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Notiophilus |
| Species: | N. sylvaticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notiophilus sylvaticus Dejean, 1831 | |
Adults are gregarious, mostly diurnal and wing-dimorphic, with some adults being brachypterous, while others are macropterous.[5]
