Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Macrohabitat: Lowlands to midlands, sea level- 900 meters altitude. In Europe, this species is a pronounced forest beetle except in the humid climate of the west where it occurs in open country. Microhabitat: Clearings, roadsides, vacant lots, open grassy cultivated fields, and forest edges. Adults occur on shaded or open ground that is consisting of moderately dry gravelly, sandy, or loamy ground covered with sparse vegetation, or leaf litter. DIspersal abilities: Wing-polymorphic. European records indicate macropterous adults fly. Seasonal occurrence: Adults have been found in May-November; teneral adults in June-September. Behavior: Adults are mostly diurnal, taking cover on cloudy days under dead leaves or stones, among conifer needles or pieces of wood; they are carnivorous and in Europe, adults have been observed eating Collembola, mites, flies, and other arthropods. Larvae are known to climb on tree trunks. This species is favored by human activities and is an effective colonist. Adults hibernate. (Erwin, 2001; Larochelle & Lariviere, 2003; Lindroth, 1961; Data from CAS, UASM collections)
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Description
Geographic Status:PAL
Locality: Introduced. Palearctic; Canada- BC, NB, NF, NS, PM; USA- ME, NH.
Common Name: Spotted Big-Eyed Beetle
Synonyms: Elaphrus biguttatus Fabricus, 1779; Dermestes aquaticus Geoffroy, 1785; Elaphrus semipunctatus Duftschmid, 1812; Notiophilus latus Waterhouse, 1833; Notiophilus nitidus Waterhouse, 1833; Notiophilus striatus Waterhouse, 1833; Notiophilus melanophtalmus Slosser-Klekovski, 1877; Notiophilus pseudoquadripunctatus Everts, 1918; Notiophilus pseudolateralis Louvet, 1925; Notiophilus coerulescens Depoli, 1929
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Distribution
National Distribution
Canada
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Notiophilus biguttatus
Public Records: 0
Species: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
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Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
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Wikipedia
Notiophilus biguttatus
Notiophilus biguttatus is a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic. First described by Fabricius in 1779.
In Europe, it is found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, Bulgaria, Corse, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, mainland France, Germany, 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.
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.[1][2]
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