Scaphinotus cordatus: taxon details and analytics

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

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Scaphinotus cordatus

Scaphinotus cordatus, the hearth-shaped thorax snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America (California), where it inhabits coastal mixed forests.

Adults are brachypterous.

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Heart-shaped Thorax Snail-eating Beetle

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