Scaphinotus fissicollis

Scaphinotus fissicollis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. fissicollis
Binomial name
Scaphinotus fissicollis (LeConte, 1853)
Synonyms
Nomaretus fissicollisLeConte, 1853

Scaphinotus fissicollis, the cleft-collared snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} (Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota), where it inhabits deciduous and coniferous forests.

Adults are brachypterous. ^[5]

References

1. "Scaphinotus fissicollis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Scaphinotus fissicollis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Scaphinotus fissicollis 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.
5. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

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.