Scaphinotus interruptus

Scaphinotus interruptus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Scaphinotus
Species:
S. interruptus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus interruptus
(Ménétriés, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Cychrus interruptus Ménétriés, 1843
  • Brennus beringi Casey, 1920
  • Brennus parvulicollis Casey, 1920
  • Brennus procerus Casey, 1920
  • Brennus integer Casey, 1914
  • Brennus corpulentus Casey, 1897
  • Brennus politus Casey, 1897
  • Brennus sinuatus Casey, 1897
  • Cychrus dissolutus Schaum, 1863
  • Cychrus constrictus LeConte, 1853

Scaphinotus interruptus, Ménétriés' snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae ("ground beetles"), in the suborder Adephaga ("ground and water beetles").[1][2][3] It is found in North America,[2] in mountains and foothills of California[4] and Oregon.

Adults are brachypterous.[5] They are black with narrow heads and wide elytra. They can reach 13–20 millimetres (0.51–0.79 in) in length.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Scaphinotus interruptus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. ^ a b "Scaphinotus interruptus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ^ "Scaphinotus interruptus Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. ^ a b Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. p. 194. ISBN 9780520288744.
  5. ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)

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, 1–1722.
  • 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.


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