''Scaphinotus'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s in the family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...

. There are at least 60 species, all native to

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

. They eat

snail A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastro ...

s and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless. Scaphinotus angusticollis (23811867406)

Species

These 64 species belong to the genus ''Scaphinotus'': * '' Scaphinotus aeneicollis'' (Beutenmüller, 1903)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus andrewsii ''Scaphinotus andrewsii'' is one of 60 species of ground beetles in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North ...

'' (T. Harris, 1839)^{i c g b} * '' Scaphinotus angulatus'' (T. Harris, 1839)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus angusticollis ''Scaphinotus angusticollis'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North Ame ...

'' (Mannerheim in Fischer von Waldheim, 1823)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus behrensi ''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. Spec ...

'' (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 ''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. Spec ...

'' (Motschulsky, 1859)^{i c g} * ''

Scaphinotus cristatus ''Scaphinotus cristatus'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America ...

'' (T. Harris, 1839)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus debilis ''Scaphinotus debilis'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America a ...

'' (LeConte, 1853)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus elevatus ''Scaphinotus elevatus'', the eastern snail eater, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which a ...

'' (Fabricius, 1787)^{i c g b} (eastern snail eater) * '' Scaphinotus fissicollis'' (LeConte, 1853)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus guyotii ''Scaphinotus guyotii'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America a ...

'' (LeConte, 1863)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus hatchi ''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. Spec ...

'' Beer, 1971^{i c g} * ''

Scaphinotus hoffmani ''Scaphinotus hoffmani'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to ...

'' (Barr, 2009)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus hubbardi ''Scaphinotus hubbardi'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America ...

'' (Schwarz, 1895)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus imperfectus ''Scaphinotus imperfectus'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae ("ground beetles"), in the suborder Adephaga ("ground and water beetles"). It is found in North America. References Further reading * Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. ...

'' (G. Horn, 1861)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus incompletus ''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. Spec ...

'' (Schwarz, 1895)^{i c g} * ''

Scaphinotus infletus ''Scaphinotus infletus'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America ...

'' Allen & Carlton, 1988^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus interruptus ''Scaphinotus interruptus'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae ("ground beetles"), in the suborder Adephaga The Adephaga (from Greek ἀδηφάγος, ''adephagos'', "gluttonous") are a suborder of beetles, and with more t ...

'' (Menetries, 1843)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus irregularis ''Scaphinotus irregularis'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North Ameri ...

'' (Beutenmüller, 1903)^{i b} * ''

Scaphinotus johnsoni ''Scaphinotus johnsoni'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America ...

'' Van Dyke, 1924^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus kelloggi ''Scaphinotus kelloggi'' is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America ...

'' (Dury, 1912)^{i c g b} * ''

Scaphinotus labontei ''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. Spec ...

'' 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 ''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. Spec ...

'' (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

References

External links

* Carabinae Carabidae genera {{Carabinae-stub