Scaphinotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 species, all native to North America.[1] They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless.[2][3]
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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 |
| Tribe: | Cychrini |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus Dejean, 1826 |
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Species edit
These 59 species belong to the genus Scaphinotus:[4]
- 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 edit
- ^ 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 edit
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