Pelophila borealis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Pelophila
- Species
- Pelophila borealis
- Scientific Name
- Pelophila borealis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pelophila borealis
Pelophila borealis, the boreal mud-loving beetle, is a species of ground beetle in Nebriinae subfamily which was described by Gustaf von Paykull in 1790. The species can be found in Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Russia, and Sweden. It is black in colour and is shiny. The species ranges from 9.5–10.1 millimetres (0.37–0.40 in) in length.
Pelophila borealis in languages:
- Finnish
- tulvakiitäjäinen
- Swedish
- älvlöpare
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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