Scaphinotus oreophilus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Adephaga
Scaphinotus oreophilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Scaphinotus
Species:
S. oreophilus
Binomial name
Scaphinotus oreophilus
(Rivers, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Cychrus oreophilus Rivers, 1890
  • Brennus humeralis Casey, 1914
  • Brennus hoppingi Roeschke, 1907

Scaphinotus oreophilus, the mountain loving snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (California, Nevada, Utah).

Adults are brachypterous.[5]

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