Scaphinotus
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
| Scaphinotus | |
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| Scaphinotus angusticollis in Olympic National Forest, United States | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Carabidae | 
| Tribe: | Cychrini | 
| Genus: | Scaphinotus Dejean, 1826  | 
Species
    
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
    
- 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.
 
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