Scaphinotus johnsoni
Appearance
Scaphinotus johnsoni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Adephaga |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Scaphinotus |
Species: | S. johnsoni
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Binomial name | |
Scaphinotus johnsoni Van Dyke, 1924
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Scaphinotus johnsoni, Johnson's snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (British Columbia, Washington), where it inhabits Tsuga forests and the subalpine zone in the Olympic Temperate Rainforest.
Adults are brachypterous, gregarious and nocturnal.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Scaphinotus johnsoni Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Scaphinotus johnsoni". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Scaphinotus johnsoni species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- ^ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
Further reading
[edit]- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.