Nebria rufescens is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that can be found everywhere in Europe, except for Benelux, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City, and various European islands. The range extends from western and northern Europe to Siberia and North America. The habitat consists of montane or submontane areas where it can be found along the banks of rocky streams.
Adults are somewhat large (9-12 mm) and black.
Subspecies
- Nebria rufescens rufescens - upland heart-shield (Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, (former) Yugoslavia, North Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, China, North Korea, Russia)
- Nebria rufescens castanipes <small>(Kirby, 1837)</small> (USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland) - chestnut-legged gazelle beetle
- Nebria rufescens lassenensis <small>Kavanaugh, 1979</small> (California, Oregon) - lassen gazelle beetle
- Nebria rufescens lindrothi <small>Kavanaugh, 1979</small> (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming) - Lindroth's gazelle beetle
- Nebria rufescens munsteri <small>Larsson & Gigja, 1959</small> (Iceland)
- Nebria rufescens rishiriensis <small>Habu, 1972</small> (Japan)
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