Scaphinotus viduus

Scaphinotus viduus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. viduus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus viduus (Dejean, 1826)
Synonyms
Cychrus viduusDejean, 1826 Cychrus leonardiiT.W.Harris, 1839

Scaphinotus viduus, the bereft snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. ^{[1] [2]} It is found in North America ^[2] (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia), where it inhabits coniferous forests, usually in areas close to water.

Adults are brachypterous, gregarious and nocturnal. They prey on snails, slugs and caterpillars. ^[3]

References

1. "Scaphinotus viduus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
2. "Scaphinotus viduus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
3. A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

• Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys, issue 245, 1–1722.
• 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

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Scaphinotus viduus
• 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.
• Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.