Scaphinotus elevatus

Scaphinotus elevatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. elevatus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus elevatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Scaphinotus elevatus, the eastern snail eater, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Subspecies

These six subspecies belong to the species Scaphinotus elevatus:

• Scaphinotus elevatus coloradensis Van Dyke, 1907
• Scaphinotus elevatus elevatus (Fabricius, 1787)
• Scaphinotus elevatus flammeus Haldeman, 1844
• Scaphinotus elevatus lengi Van Dyke, 1938
• Scaphinotus elevatus neomexicanus Van Dyke, 1924
• Scaphinotus elevatus tenebricosus Roeschke, 1907

References

1. "Scaphinotus elevatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Scaphinotus elevatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Scaphinotus elevatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 . PMC   3577090 . PMID   23431087.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-33029-0.