Scaphinotus unicolor
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| Scaphinotus unicolor | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Scaphinotus |
| Species: | S. unicolor |
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| Scaphinotus unicolor (Fabricius, 1787) | |
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Scaphinotus unicolor, the one-color snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America[1][2][3][4] (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia), where it inhabits forests, often along streams and near springs.
Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal.[5]
