| Scaphinotus johnsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. johnsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaphinotus johnsoni Van Dyke, 1924 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Scaphinotus johnsoni, Johnson's snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America [1] [2] [3] [4] (British Columbia, Washington), where it inhabits Tsuga forests and the subalpine zone in the Olympic Temperate Rainforest.
Adults are brachypterous, gregarious and nocturnal. [5]
