Scaphinotus punctatus

Scaphinotus punctatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. punctatus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus punctatus (LeConte, 1859)
Synonyms
Cychrus punctatusLeConte, 1859 Brennus catenulatusCasey, 1897 Brennus gravidus Casey, 1897 Cychrus mimusG.Horn, 1874

Scaphinotus punctatus, the punctate snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. ^{[1] [2]} It is found in Central America and North America ^{[2] [3]} (Baja California and California), where it inhabits forests. It is found along lake shores and streams, as well as in dry fields.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They have been recorded feeding on snails, caterpillars (both living and dead), berries, as well as other beetles. ^[4]

References

1. "Scaphinotus punctatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
2. "Scaphinotus punctatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
3. Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722.
4. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

• 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.

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.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.