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Scaphinotus unistriatus

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Scaphinotus unistriatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Scaphinotus
Species:
S. unistriatus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus unistriatus
(Darlington, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Nomaretus unistriatus Darlington, 1932

Scaphinotus unistriatus, the one-lined snail-eating beetle, is a species of beetle of the Carabidae family. This species is found in North America[1] (North Carolina), where it inhabits mixed forests, often along slopes.

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.[2]

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