Scaphinotus behrensi

Scaphinotus behrensi
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Scaphinotus
Species:
S. behrensi
Binomial name
Scaphinotus behrensi
(Roeschke, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Neocychrus behrensi Roeschke, 1907
  • Scaphinotus malkini Van Dyke, 1944

Scaphinotus behrensi, Behren's snail-eating beetle, is a species of beetle of the Carabidae family. This species is found in the US[1] (California, Oregon), where it inhabits temperate coniferous rainforests.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.[2]

References

  1. ^ Catalogue of Life: Scaphinotus behrensi
  2. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
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