Scaphinotus unicolor

Scaphinotus unicolor
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. unicolor
Binomial name
Scaphinotus unicolor (Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
Carabus unicolorFabricius, 1787 Scaphinotus hunteriCrotch, 1871 Scaphinotus grandisGistel, 1857 Scaphinotus herosT.W. Harris, 1839 Scaphinotus shoemakeriLeng, 1914 Scaphinotus elevatus floridanusLeng, 1915

Scaphinotus unicolor, the one-color snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia), where it inhabits forests, often along streams and near springs.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. ^[5]

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Scaphinotus unicolor:

• Scaphinotus unicolor floridanusLeng, 1915
• Scaphinotus unicolor herosT.W.Harris, 1839
• Scaphinotus unicolor shoemakeriLeng, 1914
• Scaphinotus unicolor unicolor(Fabricius, 1787)

References

1. "Scaphinotus unicolor Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Scaphinotus unicolor". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Scaphinotus unicolor 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.