Scaphinotus

Scaphinotus
	Scaphinotus angusticollis in Olympic National Forest, United States
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
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.^[1] They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless.^[2]

Scaphinotus angusticollis

Species[]

These 64 species belong to the genus Scaphinotus:^[3]

Scaphinotus aeneicollis (Beutenmüller, 1903)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus andrewsii (T. Harris, 1839)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus angulatus (T. Harris, 1839)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus angusticollis (Mannerheim in Fischer von Waldheim, 1823)^{i c g b}
(Roeschke, 1907)^{i c g}
Scaphinotus bilobus (Say, 1823)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus bullatus Van Dyke, 1924^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus cavicollis (LeConte, 1859)^{i c g b} (concave-collared snail-eating beetle)
Scaphinotus cordatus (LeConte, 1853)^{i c g b}
(Motschulsky, 1859)^{i c g}
Scaphinotus cristatus (T. Harris, 1839)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus debilis (LeConte, 1853)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus elevatus (Fabricius, 1787)^{i c g b} (eastern snail eater)
Scaphinotus fissicollis (LeConte, 1853)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus guyotii (LeConte, 1863)^{i c g b}
Beer, 1971^{i c g}
Scaphinotus hoffmani (Barr, 2009)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus hubbardi (Schwarz, 1895)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus imperfectus (G. Horn, 1861)^{i c g b}
(Schwarz, 1895)^{i c g}
Scaphinotus infletus Allen & Carlton, 1988^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus interruptus (Menetries, 1843)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus irregularis (Beutenmüller, 1903)^{i b}
Scaphinotus johnsoni Van Dyke, 1924^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus kelloggi (Dury, 1912)^{i c g b}
van den Berghe, 1994
Barr
Scaphinotus liebecki Van Dyke, 1936^{i c g b} (Liebeck's snail-eating beetle)
(Valentine, 1935)^{i c g}
Scaphinotus longiceps Van Dyke, 1924^{i c g b} (Humboldt ground beetle)
Bates, 1891^{c g}
Wickham, 1919^{i c g}
Scaphinotus marginatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1820)^{i c g b}
(G. Horn, 1890)^{i c g}
Bates, 1882^{c g}
Scaphinotus obliquus (LeConte, 1868)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus oreophilus (Rivers, 1890)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus parisiana Allen & Carlton, 1988^{i c g b}
Barr
Scaphinotus petersi Roeschke, 1907^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus punctatus (LeConte, 1859)^{i c g b}
(LeConte, 1884)^{i c g}
(Barr, 2009)^{i c g}
(G. Horn, 1881)^{i c g}
Scaphinotus ridingsii (Bland, 1863)^{i c g b}
(Roeschke, 1907)^{i c g}
(G. Horn, 1872)^{i c g}
(Beutenmüller, 1913)^{i c g}
(Scudder, 1900)^{c g}
Scaphinotus snowi (LeConte, 1881)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus striatopunctatus (Chaudoir, 1844)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus subtilis (Schaum, 1863)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus tenuis (Casey, 1914)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus tricarinatus (Casey, 1914)^{i c g b}
Barr
Scaphinotus unicolor (Fabricius, 1787)^{i c g b}
(Darlington, 1932)^{i c g}
Barr
Scaphinotus vandykei Roeschke, 1907^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus velutinus (Ménétriés, 1843)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus ventricosus (Dejean, 1831)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus viduus (Dejean, 1826)^{i c g b}
Scaphinotus violaceus (LeConte, 1863)^{i c g b}
Bell, 1959^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[4] c = Catalogue of Life,^[5] g = GBIF,^[6] b = Bugguide.net^[7]

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 Dejean, 1826". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.
^ "Scaphinotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
^ "Browse Scaphinotus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
^ "Scaphinotus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
^ "Scaphinotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

External links[]

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] "Scaphinotus Dejean, 1826". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.

[itis-4] "Scaphinotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

[catlife-5] "Browse Scaphinotus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

[gbif-6] "Scaphinotus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

[bugref-7] "Scaphinotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

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Scaphinotus

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