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| Scaphinotus angusticollis in Olympic National Forest, United States | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Carabinae |
| Tribe: | Cychrini |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus Dejean, 1826 |
Scaphinotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 species, all native to North America. They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless.
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Species
These 59 species belong to the genus Scaphinotus:
- Scaphinotus aeneicollis (Beutenmüller, 1903)
- Scaphinotus andrewsii (T.W.Harris, 1839)
- Scaphinotus angulatus (T.W.Harris, 1839)
- Scaphinotus angusticollis (Mannerheim, 1823)
- Scaphinotus behrensi (Roeschke, 1907)
- Scaphinotus bilobus (Say, 1823)
- Scaphinotus bullatus Van Dyke, 1924
- Scaphinotus cavicollis (LeConte, 1859)
- Scaphinotus cordatus (LeConte, 1853)
- Scaphinotus crenatus (Motschulsky, 1859)
- Scaphinotus cristatus (T.W.Harris, 1839)
- Scaphinotus debilis (LeConte, 1853)
- Scaphinotus elevatus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Scaphinotus fissicollis (LeConte, 1853)
- Scaphinotus guyotii (LeConte, 1863)
- Scaphinotus hatchi Beer, 1971
- Scaphinotus hoffmani (Barr, 2009)
- Scaphinotus hubbardi (Schwarz, 1895)
- Scaphinotus imperfectus (G.Horn, 1861)
- Scaphinotus incompletus (Schwarz, 1895)
- Scaphinotus infletus Allen & Carlton, 1988
- Scaphinotus interruptus (Ménétriés, 1843)
- Scaphinotus irregularis (Beutenmüller, 1903)
- Scaphinotus johnsoni Van Dyke, 1924
- Scaphinotus kelloggi (Dury, 1912)
- Scaphinotus liebecki Van Dyke, 1936
- Scaphinotus lodingi (Valentine, 1935)
- Scaphinotus longiceps Van Dyke, 1924 (Humboldt ground beetle)
- Scaphinotus macrogonus Bates, 1891
- Scaphinotus mannii Wickham, 1919
- Scaphinotus marginatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1820)
- Scaphinotus merkelii (G.Horn, 1890)
- Scaphinotus mexicanus (Bates, 1882)
- Scaphinotus obliquus (LeConte, 1868)
- Scaphinotus oreophilus (Rivers, 1890)
- Scaphinotus parisiana Allen & Carlton, 1988
- Scaphinotus petersi Roeschke, 1907
- Scaphinotus punctatus (LeConte, 1859)
- Scaphinotus regularis (LeConte, 1884)
- Scaphinotus reichlei (Barr, 2009)
- Scaphinotus relictus (G.Horn, 1881)
- Scaphinotus ridingsii (Bland, 1863)
- Scaphinotus riversi (Roeschke, 1907)
- Scaphinotus rugiceps (G.Horn, 1872)
- Scaphinotus schwarzi (Beutenmüller, 1913)
- Scaphinotus snowi (LeConte, 1881)
- Scaphinotus striatopunctatus (Chaudoir, 1844)
- Scaphinotus subtilis (Schaum, 1863)
- Scaphinotus tenuis (Casey, 1914)
- Scaphinotus tricarinatus (Casey, 1914)
- Scaphinotus unicolor (Fabricius, 1787)
- Scaphinotus unistriatus (Darlington, 1932)
- Scaphinotus vandykei Roeschke, 1907
- Scaphinotus velutinus (Ménétriés, 1843)
- Scaphinotus ventricosus (Dejean, 1831)
- Scaphinotus viduus (Dejean, 1826)
- Scaphinotus violaceus (LeConte, 1863)
- Scaphinotus webbi Bell, 1959
- † Scaphinotus serus (Scudder, 1900)
References
- Ober, K., et al. (2011). The evolution and age of populations of Scaphinotus petersi Roeschke on Arizona Sky Islands (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cychrini). ZooKeys 147: 183-97.
- Mitchell, S G. and K. A. Ober. Evolution of Scaphinotus petersi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and the role of climate and geography in the Madrean sky islands of southeastern Arizona, USA. Quaternary Research 79(2): 274-83.
- "Scaphinotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- "Browse Scaphinotus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
External links
Media related to Scaphinotus at Wikimedia Commons
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