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.
Species
These 59 species belong to the genus Scaphinotus:
- Brennus <small>Motschulsky, 1866</small>
- Scaphinotus bullatus <small>Van Dyke, 1924</small>
- Scaphinotus cordatus <small>(LeConte, 1853)</small>
- Scaphinotus crenatus <small>(Motschulsky, 1859)</small>
- Scaphinotus cristatus <small>(T.W.Harris, 1839)</small>
- Scaphinotus interruptus <small>(Ménétriés, 1843)</small>
- Scaphinotus johnsoni <small>Van Dyke, 1924</small>
- Scaphinotus marginatus <small>(Fischer von Waldheim, 1820)</small>
- Scaphinotus obliquus <small>(LeConte, 1868)</small>
- Scaphinotus oreophilus <small>(Rivers, 1890)</small>
- Scaphinotus punctatus <small>(LeConte, 1859)</small>
- Scaphinotus riversi <small>(Roeschke, 1907)</small>
- Scaphinotus rugiceps <small>(G.Horn, 1872)</small>
- Scaphinotus striatopunctatus <small>(Chaudoir, 1844)</small>
- Scaphinotus subtilis <small>(Schaum, 1863)</small>
- Scaphinotus ventricosus <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small>
- Maronetus <small>Casey, 1914</small>
- Scaphinotus debilis <small>(LeConte, 1853)</small>
- Scaphinotus hoffmani <small>(Barr, 2009)</small>
- Scaphinotus hubbardi <small>(Schwarz, 1895)</small>
- Scaphinotus imperfectus <small>(G.Horn, 1861)</small>
- Scaphinotus incompletus <small>(Schwarz, 1895)</small>
- Scaphinotus reichlei <small>(Barr, 2009)</small>
- Scaphinotus schwarzi <small>(Beutenmüller, 1913)</small>
- Scaphinotus tenuis <small>(Casey, 1914)</small>
- Scaphinotus unistriatus <small>(Darlington, 1932)</small>
- Neocychrus <small>Roeschke, 1907</small>
- Scaphinotus angulatus <small>(T.W.Harris, 1839)</small>
- Scaphinotus behrensi <small>(Roeschke, 1907)</small>
- Scaphinotus longiceps <small>Van Dyke, 1924</small> (Humboldt ground beetle)
- Nomaretus <small>LeConte, 1853</small>
- Scaphinotus bilobus <small>(Say, 1823)</small>
- Scaphinotus cavicollis <small>(LeConte, 1859)</small>
- Scaphinotus fissicollis <small>(LeConte, 1853)</small>
- Scaphinotus infletus <small>Allen & Carlton, 1988</small>
- Scaphinotus liebecki <small>Van Dyke, 1936</small>
- Pseudonomaretus <small>Roeschke, 1907</small>
- Scaphinotus mannii <small>Wickham, 1919</small>
- Scaphinotus merkelii <small>(G.Horn, 1890)</small>
- Scaphinotus regularis <small>(LeConte, 1884)</small>
- Scaphinotus relictus <small>(G.Horn, 1881)</small>
- Scaphinotus <small>Dejean, 1826</small>
- Scaphinotus elevatus <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>
- Scaphinotus irregularis <small>(Beutenmüller, 1903)</small>
- Scaphinotus kelloggi <small>(Dury, 1912)</small>
- Scaphinotus macrogonus <small>Bates, 1891</small>
- Scaphinotus mexicanus <small>(Bates, 1882)</small>
- Scaphinotus parisiana <small>Allen & Carlton, 1988</small>
- Scaphinotus petersi <small>Roeschke, 1907</small>
- Scaphinotus snowi <small>(LeConte, 1881)</small>
- Scaphinotus unicolor <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>
- Scaphinotus vandykei <small>Roeschke, 1907</small>
- Scaphinotus viduus <small>(Dejean, 1826)</small>
- Scaphinotus webbi <small>Bell, 1959</small>
- Steniridia <small>Casey, 1924</small>
- Scaphinotus aeneicollis <small>(Beutenmüller, 1903)</small>
- Scaphinotus andrewsii <small>(T.W.Harris, 1839)</small>
- Scaphinotus guyotii <small>(LeConte, 1863)</small>
- Scaphinotus lodingi <small>(Valentine, 1935)</small>
- Scaphinotus ridingsii <small>(Bland, 1863)</small>
- Scaphinotus tricarinatus <small>(Casey, 1914)</small>
- Scaphinotus violaceus <small>(LeConte, 1863)</small>
- Stenocantharus <small>Gistel, 1834</small>
- Scaphinotus angusticollis <small>(Mannerheim, 1823)</small>
- Scaphinotus hatchi <small>Beer, 1971</small>
- Scaphinotus velutinus <small>(Ménétriés, 1843)</small>
- Subgenus not assigned
- â Scaphinotus serus <small>(Scudder, 1900)</small>
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