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''Scaphinotus andrewsii'' is one of 60 species of ground beetles in the family
Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fam ...
. It is found in North America, living in moist areas and eat snails.Bousquet Y (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys 245'': 1-1722.


Subspecies

* '' S. andrewsii amplicollis'' (Casey, 1920) * '' S. andrewsii andrewsii'' (T. Harris, 1839) * '' S. andrewsii darlingtoni'' (Valentine, 1935) * '' S. andrewsii germari'' (Chaudoir, 1861) * '' S. andrewsii mutabilis'' (Casey, 1920) * '' S. andrewsii parvitarsalis'' (Valentine, 1935) * '' S. andrewsii waldensius'' (Valentine, 1935)


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''
Carabinae Beetles described in 1839 {{Beetle-stub