Scaphinotus imperfectus
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. imperfectus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaphinotus imperfectus (Horn, 1861) | |
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Scaphinotus imperfectus, the imperfect snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae ("ground beetles"), in the suborder Adephaga ("ground and water beetles").[1][2][3] It is found in North America[2] (Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), where it inhabits deciduous and coniferous forests and thickets along streams.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.[4]
References
- ↑ "Scaphinotus imperfectus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Iowa State University. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- 1 2 "Scaphinotus imperfectus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ↑ "Scaphinotus imperfectus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- ↑ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
Further reading
- 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.
- 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.
- Richard E. White (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Ross H. Arnett (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.