Scaphinotus oreophilus
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| Scaphinotus oreophilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. oreophilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaphinotus oreophilus (Rivers, 1890) | |
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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]