Nebria nivalis

{{short description|Species of beetle}}

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|image = Nebria nivalis 01.JPG|image_caption=Nebria nivalis

|taxon = Nebria nivalis

|authority = (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

}}

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.

{{cite web|url=http://www.habitas.org.uk/groundbeetles/species.asp?item=7156|title=Ground Beetles of Ireland - Nebria nivalis|year=2009|publisher=National Museums Northern Ireland|access-date=27 July 2010}}

In Scandinavia, N. nivalis is found almost exclusively around the margins of snowfields.{{cite book|last=Lindroth|first=C. H.|title=Handbooks for the identification of British insects, vol 4 part 2: Coleoptera: Carabidae|year=1974|publisher=The Royal Entomological Society of London|page=148}} In the Scottish Cairngorms it has been observed foraging on snow, especially at night.{{cite journal|last=Ashmole|first=N. P.|author2=J. M. Nelson |author3=M. R. Shaw|author4=A. Garside|date=August 1983|title=Insects and spiders on snowfields in the Cairngorms, Scotland|journal=Journal of Natural History|volume=17|issue=4|pages=599–613|doi=10.1080/00222938300770491}}