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Tribe Clivinini

Ground Beetle - Clivina americana BioBlitz Bug 62 - Paraclivina bipustulata small Ground Beetle - Semiardistomis viridis ref photo for peter Messer - Paraclivina bipustulata Westley-J.1969.01 - Clivina sp-stanislaus-co-calif Clivina californica clivina? - Clivina Ardistomis schaumii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Scaritinae
Tribe Clivinini
Explanation of Names
Clivinini Rafinesque 1815
Numbers
60 spp. in 8 genera of 2 subtribes in our area, ~820 spp. in ~70 genera of 3 subtribes worldwide(1)(2)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.