Scaphinotus andrewsii is a ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America, living in moist areas and primarily predate on snails.Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys 245: 1-1722.
They are known for their dark, black exoskeleton and somewhat elongated head and thorax.
Subspecies S. andrewsii amplicollis (Casey, 1920) (North Carolina, Virginia) - wide-collared snail-eating beetle S. andrewsii andrewsii (T. Harris, 1839) (North Carolina) - Andrew's snail-eating beetle S. andrewsii darlingtoni (Valentine, 1935) (North Carolina, Tennessee) - Darlington's snail-eating beetle S. andrewsii germari (Chaudoir, 1861) (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia) - Germar's snail-eating beetle S. andrewsii mutabilis (Casey, 1920) (Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) - changeling snail-eating beetle S. andrewsii parvitarsalis (Valentine, 1935) (Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee) - small-footed snail-eating beetle S. andrewsii waldensius (Valentine, 1935) (Tennessee) - Walden ridge snail-eating beetle
References
Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys, issue 245, 1–1722.
Further reading
Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (2000). American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Scaphinotus andrewsii