Scaphinotus vandykei

Scaphinotus vandykei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. vandykei
Binomial name
Scaphinotus vandykei Roeschke, 1907
Synonyms
Scaphinotus fuchsiRoeschke, 1907

Scaphinotus vandykei, Van Dyke's snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is found in North America ^[2] (Arizona), where it inhabits coniferous forests, often in areas near water bodies.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. ^[4]

References

1. "Scaphinotus vandykei Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
2. "Scaphinotus vandykei Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
3. "Scaphinotus vandykei Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
4. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; M. C. Thomas, eds. (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
• 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.
• 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. Pensoft Publishers. pp. 323 + 22 plates. ISBN   978-954-642-2989. ISSN   1312-0174.
• Bousquet Y (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.
• Riley K, Browne R (2011). "Changes in ground beetle diversity and community composition in age structured forests (Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys (147): 601–621. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.147.2102 . PMC   3286241 . PMID   22371677.