Scaphinotus imperfectus, the imperfect snail-eating beetle, 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 (Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), where it inhabits deciduous and coniferous forests and thickets along streams.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.
References
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys, issue 245, 1âÂÂ1722.
- Erwin, Terry L. (2007). A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera): Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume I. Trachypachidae, Carabidae - Nebriiformes 1, 323 + 22 plates.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.