Scaphinotus angulatus
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| Scaphinotus angulatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. angulatus |
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| Scaphinotus angulatus (T. Harris, 1839) | |
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Scaphinotus angulatus, the angulate 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, Oregon, Washington), where it inhabits temperate coniferous rainforests.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on snails.[5]
