''Notiophilus borealis'', the northern big-eyed beetle, is a species of

ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it ...

in the family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America. It inhabits open or slightly shaded gravelly/sandy ground with sparse or short vegetation on moraines, meadows, roadsides and open forests.A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
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