Scaphinotus elevatus, the eastern snail eater, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
Subspecies
These six subspecies belong to the species Scaphinotus elevatus:
- Scaphinotus elevatus coloradensis <small>Van Dyke, 1907</small> (Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota) - Colorado snail-eating beetle
- Scaphinotus elevatus elevatus <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small> (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina) - elevated thorax snail-eating beetle
- Scaphinotus elevatus flammeus <small>Haldeman, 1844</small> (Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Tennessee) - fiery snail-eating beetle
- Scaphinotus elevatus lengi <small>Van Dyke, 1938</small> (Virginia) - Leng's snail-eating beetle
- Scaphinotus elevatus neomexicanus <small>Van Dyke, 1924</small> (New Mexico) - New Mexico snail-eating beetle
- Scaphinotus elevatus tenebricosus <small>Roeschke, 1907</small> (North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia) - perforate snail-eating beetle
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