Scaphinotus elevatus, the eastern snail eater, is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3][4]
Subspecies
These six subspecies belong to the species Scaphinotus elevatus:
Scaphinotus elevatus coloradensisVan Dyke, 1907 (Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota) - Colorado snail-eating beetle
Scaphinotus elevatus elevatus(Fabricius, 1787) (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina) - elevated thorax snail-eating beetle