Nebria nivalis

Nebria nivalis is a ground beetle in the subfamily Nebriinae. It is found mainly in Scandinavia and northern Russia; it is rare in the British Isles, where it occurs at isolated upland locations in North Wales, northern England, Scotland and the west of Ireland. ^[1]

Nebria nivalis
Nebria nivalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Nebria
Species:	N. nivalis
Binomial name
Nebria nivalis (Paykull, 1790)
Synonyms
Carabus nivalis Paykull, 1790 Nebria obscuripes Poppius, 1906 Nebria femorata Motschulsky, 1866 Nebria molbis Motschulsky, 1866 Nebria mollis Motschulsky, 1866 Nebria femoralis Motschulsky, 1859 Nebria bifaria Mannerheim, 1853

In Scandinavia, N. nivalis is found almost exclusively around the margins of snowfields.^[2] In the Scottish Cairngorms it has been observed foraging on snow, especially at night.^[3]

Subspecies

• Nebria nivalis nivalis (Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, USA, Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Greenland) - Snow gazelle beetle
• Nebria nivalis gaspesiana Kavanaugh, 1979 (Labrador, Newfoundland, Quebec, Maine) - Gaspe gazelle beetle

Nebria nivalis gaspesiana

Nebria nivalis nivalis