Scaphinotus tricarinatus
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| Scaphinotus tricarinatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. tricarinatus |
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| Scaphinotus tricarinatus (Casey, 1914) | |
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Scaphinotus tricarinatus, the three-ridged snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee), where it inhabits forests, often in ravines along streams.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.[5]
