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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Scaritinae » Clivinini » Clivinina » Clivina » subgenus Clivina (Clivina subgenus Clivina) » Slender Seedcorn Beetle (Clivina impressefrons)

Species Clivina impressefrons - Slender Seedcorn Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
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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
Subtribe Clivinina
Genus Clivina
No Taxon (subgenus Clivina)
Species impressefrons (Slender Seedcorn Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The spelling impressifrons is an incorrect subsequent spelling(1)
Explanation of Names
Clivina impressefrons LeConte 1844
Size
5.9-7.0 mm(2)
Identification
One clue that helps distinguish this species is its rather uniform brown color. In hand the pronotum appeared almost same color as elytra.
Range
e NA to UT (QC-ON-UT to GA-TX)(1)
Habitat
open places: cultivated fields, river banks(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Illustrated Identification Guide to Adults and Larvae of Northeastern North American Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Yves Bousquet. 2010. Pensoft Publishers.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 4 January, 2008 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by tom murray, Mike Quinn, Tim Moyer, v belov
Last updated 13 June, 2016 - 7:56am

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