Scaphinotus guyotii: taxon details and analytics

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

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Scaphinotus guyotii

Scaphinotus guyotii, Guyot's snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America (North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia), where it inhabits coniferous forests (at higher altitudes) and mixed and deciduous forests (at lower altitudes).

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on snails,

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Guyot's Snail-eating Beetle

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