Biology:Scaphinotus bilobus
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Short description: Species of beetle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. bilobus
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| Scaphinotus bilobus (Say, 1823)
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Scaphinotus bilobus, the bilobed snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Wisconsin), where it inhabits coniferous and mixed forests, often along rivers and lakes.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on snails.[5]
References
- ↑ "Scaphinotus bilobus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=109439. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Scaphinotus bilobus". https://www.gbif.org/species/4988643. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Scaphinotus bilobus species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/318650. 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. PMID 23431087. PMC 3577090. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4003.
- ↑ A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera)
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. 2017. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q14315119 entry
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