Scaphinotus merkelii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. merkelii
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| Scaphinotus merkelii (G.Horn, 1890)
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Scaphinotus merkelii, Merkel's snail-eating beetle, is a species of beetle of the Carabidae family. This species is found in North America[1] (British Columbia, Idaho, Montana), where it inhabits mixed forests.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.[2]