Scaphinotus imperfectus

Scaphinotus imperfectus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. imperfectus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus imperfectus (Horn, 1861)
Synonyms
Nomaretus imperfectusG.Horn, 1861

Scaphinotus imperfectus, the imperfect snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae ("ground beetles"), in the suborder Adephaga ("ground and water beetles"). ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in North America ^[2] (Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), where it inhabits deciduous and coniferous forests and thickets along streams.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. ^[4]

References

1. "Scaphinotus imperfectus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
2. "Scaphinotus imperfectus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
3. "Scaphinotus imperfectus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
4. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys, issue 245, 1–1722.
• Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1, 323 + 22 plates.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.