Scaphinotus guyotii

Scaphinotus guyotii, Guyot's snail-eating beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America^[1][2][3][4] (North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia), where it inhabits coniferous forests (at higher altitudes) and mixed and deciduous forests (at lower altitudes).

Scaphinotus guyotii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Genus:	Scaphinotus
Species:	S. guyotii
Binomial name
Scaphinotus guyotii (LeConte, 1863)
Synonyms
Cychrus guyotii LeConte, 1863 Scaphinotus confusus Darlington, 1932 Cychrus angelli Beutenmüller, 1918

Adults are brachypterous and nocturnal. They prey on snails,^[5]