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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Carabinae » Cychrini » Scaphinotus » subgenus Nomaretus (Scaphinotus subgenus Nomaretus) » Scaphinotus liebecki

Species Scaphinotus liebecki

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Nomaretus)

Species liebecki (Scaphinotus liebecki)

Other Common Names

Liebeck's Snail-eating Beetle - eAgra

Explanation of Names

Scaphinotus liebecki Van Dyke, 1936

species name was proposed for Charles Liebeck [1863-1947], a paper scorer in Philadelphia by profession and a beetle collector in his spare time. Over the years Liebeck built up a fine collection of North American beetles, represented by more than 100,000 specimens, which he gave to Henry C. Fall with whom he had been in correspondence for more than 40 years. (1)

Range

TX-LA-AR (Stone Co.) - Map (1)(2), TL: New Braunfels, Comal Co., TX (1)

Habitat

most species of this genus are confined to forested country - eAgra

Season

Adults have been found in April, June, and December. - eAgra

Food

Adults are adapted to eating land snails - eAgra

Life Cycle

Adults are nocturnal; most species hibernate as larvae, at least in part. - eAgra

Remarks

Brachypterous - eAgra

Print References

Gidaspow T (1973) Revision of ground beetles of American genus Cychrus and four subgenera of genus Scaphinotus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 152: 51-102.

Van Dyke, E.C. 1936. A review of subgenus Nomaretus LeConte of the genus Scaphinotus Dejean (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., 31: 37-44.

Internet References

Type - CAS

eAgra - Terry Erwin

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae including Cicindelini) of America north of Mexico Y. Bousquet and A. Larochelle. 1993. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 125: 1-397.

2.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 November, 2012 - 2:00pm
Last updated 10 February, 2020 - 3:49pm

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