Scaphinotus

Scaphinotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 60 species, all native to North America.[1] They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless.[2]

Scaphinotus angusticollis

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

Species

These 64 species belong to the genus Scaphinotus:[3]

• 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,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = Bugguide.net[7]

References

1. Ober, K., et al. (2011). The evolution and age of populations of Scaphinotus petersi Roeschke on Arizona Sky Islands (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cychrini). ZooKeys 147: 183-97.
2. Mitchell, S G. and K. A. Ober. Evolution of Scaphinotus petersi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and the role of climate and geography in the Madrean sky islands of southeastern Arizona, USA. Quaternary Research 79(2): 274-83.
3. "Scaphinotus Dejean, 1826". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 28 Jun 2011.
4. "Scaphinotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
5. "Browse Scaphinotus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
6. "Scaphinotus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
7. "Scaphinotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.

External links

• Media related to Scaphinotus at Wikimedia Commons