Scaphinotus oreophilus

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Scaphinotus oreophilus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Scaphinotus
Species:
S. oreophilus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus oreophilus
(Rivers, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Cychrus oreophilusRivers, 1890
  • Brennus humeralisCasey, 1914
  • Brennus hoppingiRoeschke, 1907

Scaphinotus oreophilus, the mountain loving snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America [1] [2] [3] [4] (California, Nevada, Utah).

Adults are brachypterous. [5]

References

  1. "Scaphinotus oreophilus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Scaphinotus oreophilus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. 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.
  4. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

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