Scaphinotus bullatus
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| Scaphinotus bullatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. bullatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaphinotus bullatus Van Dyke, 1924 | |
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Scaphinotus bullatus, the inflated snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (California), where it inhabits coniferous and mixed forests.
Adults are brachypterous.[5]
