Scaphinotus bilobus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Scaphinotus
Species
Scaphinotus bilobus
Scientific Name
Scaphinotus bilobus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Scaphinotus bilobus

Scaphinotus bilobus, the bilobed snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Wisconsin), where it inhabits coniferous and mixed forests, often along rivers and lakes.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on snails.

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Scaphinotus bilobus in languages:

English
Bilobed Snail-eating Beetle

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