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Scaphinotus violaceus
Species
Scaphinotus violaceus
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder
Adephaga
Family
Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily
Carabinae
Tribe
Cychrini
Genus
Scaphinotus
No Taxon
(subgenus Steniridia)
Species
violaceus
(Scaphinotus violaceus)
Explanation of Names
Scaphinotus violaceus
(LeConte, 1863)
(
1
)
Range
NC, SC, GA
(
1
)
Food
Snails.
Works Cited
1.
Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
Contributed by
Curt Harden
on 25 September, 2016 - 7:50pm