''Nebria atlantica'' 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 i ...
in the
Nebriinae
Nebriinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
* '' Archaeocindis'' Kavanaugh & Erwin, 1991
* ''Archastes'' Jedlicka, 1935
* '' Archileistobrius'' Shilenkov & Kryzhanovskij, 1983
* '' Cicindis'' Br ...
subfamily that is endemic to
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
.
References
atlantica
Atlantica ( gr, Ατλαντικα; ''Atlantika'') is an ancient continent that formed during the Proterozoic about (two billion years ago, Ga) from various 2 Ga cratons located in what are now West Africa and eastern South America.
The name, ...
Beetles described in 1883
Beetles of North Africa
Endemic fauna of Morocco
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