Subgenus

Brennus

Scaphinotus marginatus. Photo: (c) Leah Ramsay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Scaphinotus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. There are about 55 species, all native to North America. They eat snails and are generally limited to the moist environments where snails live. These beetles are flightless.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Adephaga (Ground and water beetles)
        Superfamily: Caraboidea
        Family: Carabidae (Ground beetles)
        Subfamily: Carabinae
        Tribe: Cychrini
        Subtribe: Cychrina
        Genus: Scaphinotus (Snail-eating beetles)
        Subgenus: Brennus
        Species: Scaphinotus interruptus (Menetries’ snail-eating beetle)
        Species: Scaphinotus marginatus (Margined snail-eating beetle)
        Species: Scaphinotus cristatus (Ridged snail-eating beetle)

Subtaxa

Species: Scaphinotus interruptus (Menetries’ snail-eating beetle)

Species: Scaphinotus marginatus (Margined snail-eating beetle)

Species: Scaphinotus cristatus (Ridged snail-eating beetle)

Subgenus

Brennus

Subtaxa

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