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European Gazelle Beetle

🇳🇱 Gewone kortnek ·Nebria brevicollis

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European Gazelle Beetle, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Koji Shiraiwa · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Nebria brevicollis is a species of ground beetle native to Europe and the Near East. In Europe, it is found in all countries and islands except the Azores, the Canary Islands, the Channel Islands, Franz Josef Land, Gibraltar, Madeira, Malta, Monaco, the North Aegean Islands, Novaya Zemlya, San Marino, the Selvagens Islands, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and Vatican City. , where it has been found in...

base stats

  • NL sightings 79iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 9,448iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 79 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 9,448 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1792 (234 years ago).

fact sheet

English
European Gazelle Beetle
Nederlands
Gewone kortnek
scientific name
Nebria brevicollis
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Carabidae
sightings in NL
79
sightings in Europe
1,920
sightings worldwide
9,448
GBIF records in NL
2,623
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1792 by Johan Christian Fabricius

relatives· Carabidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 126988, Wikidata Q1720174, GBIF 1035578, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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