Biology:Nebria piperi
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Nebria piperi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Nebria |
| Species: | N. piperi
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| Binomial name | |
| Nebria piperi Van Dyke, 1925
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Nebria piperi, Piper's gazelle beetle, is a species of beetle from family Carabidae found in Canada and the US states of Washington (near the Tahoma River),[1] Alaska and Oregon, as well as in British Columbia. It is found near water on barren, stony banks of rivers.
Adults are nocturnal and carnivorous.[2]
Description and further distribution
It is 19 millimetres (0.75 in) in length and is shiny metallic purple coloured.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q6985108 entry
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