Scaphinotus minor Horn 1876

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Alternative combination: Cychrus minor

Full reference: G. H. Horn. 1876. Notes on some coleopterous remains from the bone cave at Port Kennedy, Penna. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5:241-245

Belongs to Scaphinotus according to H. Roeschke 1907

See also Horn 1876, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Scaphinotus (Brennus), Scaphinotus (Nomaretus), Scaphinotus interruptus, Scaphinotus wheatleyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania

Distribution: found only at Port Kennedy Cave

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