Scaphinotus

Scaphinotus
Scaphinotus angusticollis in Olympic National Forest, United States
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Tribe:	Cychrini
Genus:	Scaphinotus Dejean, 1826

Scaphinotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 species, all native to North America. They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless.

Scaphinotus angusticollis

Species

These 64 species belong to the genus Scaphinotus:

• Scaphinotus aeneicollis (Beutenmüller, 1903) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus andrewsii (T. Harris, 1839) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus angulatus (T. Harris, 1839) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus angusticollis (Mannerheim in Fischer von Waldheim, 1823) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus behrensi (Roeschke, 1907) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus bilobus (Say, 1823) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus bullatus Van Dyke, 1924 ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus cavicollis (LeConte, 1859) ^{i c g b} (concave-collared snail-eating beetle)
• Scaphinotus cordatus (LeConte, 1853) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus crenatus (Motschulsky, 1859) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus cristatus (T. Harris, 1839) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus debilis (LeConte, 1853) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus elevatus (Fabricius, 1787) ^{i c g b} (eastern snail eater)
• Scaphinotus fissicollis (LeConte, 1853) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus guyotii (LeConte, 1863) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus hatchi Beer, 1971 ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus hoffmani (Barr, 2009) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus hubbardi (Schwarz, 1895) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus imperfectus (G. Horn, 1861) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus incompletus (Schwarz, 1895) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus infletus Allen & Carlton, 1988 ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus interruptus (Menetries, 1843) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus irregularis (Beutenmüller, 1903) ^{i b}
• Scaphinotus johnsoni Van Dyke, 1924 ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus kelloggi (Dury, 1912) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus labontei van den Berghe, 1994
• Scaphinotus levis Barr
• Scaphinotus liebecki Van Dyke, 1936 ^{i c g b} (Liebeck's snail-eating beetle)
• Scaphinotus lodingi (Valentine, 1935) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus longiceps Van Dyke, 1924 ^{i c g b} (Humboldt ground beetle)
• Scaphinotus macrogonus Bates, 1891 ^{c g}
• Scaphinotus mannii Wickham, 1919 ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus marginatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1820) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus merkelii (G. Horn, 1890) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus mexicanus Bates, 1882 ^{c g}
• Scaphinotus obliquus (LeConte, 1868) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus oreophilus (Rivers, 1890) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus parisiana Allen & Carlton, 1988 ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus persimilis Barr
• Scaphinotus petersi Roeschke, 1907 ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus punctatus (LeConte, 1859) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus regularis (LeConte, 1884) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus reichlei (Barr, 2009) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus relictus (G. Horn, 1881) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus ridingsii (Bland, 1863) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus riversi (Roeschke, 1907) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus rugiceps (G. Horn, 1872) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus schwarzi (Beutenmüller, 1913) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus serus (Scudder, 1900) ^{c g}
• Scaphinotus snowi (LeConte, 1881) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus striatopunctatus (Chaudoir, 1844) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus subtilis (Schaum, 1863) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus tenuis (Casey, 1914) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus tricarinatus (Casey, 1914) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus tusquitee Barr
• Scaphinotus unicolor (Fabricius, 1787) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus unistriatus (Darlington, 1932) ^{i c g}
• Scaphinotus valentinei Barr
• Scaphinotus vandykei Roeschke, 1907 ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus velutinus (Ménétriés, 1843) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus ventricosus (Dejean, 1831) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus viduus (Dejean, 1826) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus violaceus (LeConte, 1863) ^{i c g b}
• Scaphinotus webbi Bell, 1959 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

External links

• Media related to Scaphinotus at Wikimedia Commons