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For the United States & Canada

Species Scaphinotus angusticollis

Snail-eating Ground Beetle - Scaphinotus angusticollis Scaphinotus angusticollis Scaphinotus angusticollis Reddish/Brown Beetle found near Salmon Arm British Columbia - Scaphinotus angusticollis ruby red beetle - Scaphinotus angusticollis Shiny Bronze Pair - Scaphinotus angusticollis - male - female Scaphinotus? - Scaphinotus angusticollis Reddish-bodied narrow-waisted beetle - Scaphinotus angusticollis
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 Stenocantharus)
Species angusticollis (Scaphinotus angusticollis)
Explanation of Names
Scaphinotus angusticollis (Mannerheim 1823)
Size
16-24 mm(1)
Range
Kodiak Is. to nw.CA and e.BC(2)
Internet References
species profile (Kulzer 1997)
Works Cited
1.Bugs of Washington and Oregon
John Acorn, Ian Sheldon. 2001. Lone Pine Publishing.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.