Notiophilus sierranus, the mountain big-eyed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (California), where it may be found in midlands areas.

Notiophilus sierranus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Notiophilus
Species:
N. sierranus
Binomial name
Notiophilus sierranus
Casey, 1920
Synonyms
  • Notiophilus obscuratus Fall, 1926
  • Notiophilus obscurus Fall, 1901

Adults are brachypterous.[5]

References

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  1. "Notiophilus sierranus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Notiophilus sierranus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
  4. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

Further reading

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  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.