Scaphinotus ventricosus

Scaphinotus ventricosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. ventricosus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus ventricosus (Dejean, 1831)
Synonyms
Cychrus ventricosusDejean, 1831 Brennus brevicollisCasey, 1920 Cychrus ovalisMotschulsky, 1859 Brennus strictusCasey, 1897 Brennus symmetricusCasey, 1897 Cychrus fuchsianusRivers, 1890 Cychrus alternatusMotschulsky, 1859 Cychrus lativentrisMotschulsky, 1850

Scaphinotus ventricosus, the potbellied snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} (California, Oregon), where it inhabits deciduous forests and poison-oak thickets.

Adults are brachypterous, gregarious and nocturnal. ^[5]

References

1. "Scaphinotus ventricosus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. "Scaphinotus ventricosus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
3. "Scaphinotus ventricosus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
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.