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Species Paraclivina bipustulata

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Scaritinae

Tribe Clivinini

Subtribe Clivinina

Genus Paraclivina

Species bipustulata (Paraclivina bipustulata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Clivina bipustulata (Fabricius)

Explanation of Names

Paraclivina bipustulata (Fabricius 1798)

Size

5.8-7.5 mm(1)

Identification

Adult: head and pronotum dark brown to blackish; elytra striated and punctate, dark brown to blackish with dull dark reddish area at base, and two large spots of same color near apex; front tarsi flattened and bearing several claw-like projections adapted for digging

Range

e US to AZ (ON-FL to SD-AZ); Mexico, W. Indies(2)

Habitat

flooded places: river banks, edges of ponds, usually on silt soils, among roots of grasses(1)

Season

Adults found year round, active especially in spring and summer(3)

Life Cycle

Adults are burrowers (3)

Remarks

adults come to light(3)

Works Cited

1.	Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

3.	Beetles of Eastern North America Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 8 March, 2005 - 3:05am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Peter Messer, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 12 November, 2019 - 1:46pm

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