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Paraclivina bipustulata? - Paraclivina postica

Paraclivina bipustulata? - Paraclivina postica
Manhattan/N39.221403.W96.582643, Riley County, Kansas, USA
September 2, 2020
Size: ~4.6 mm
Pretty confident this is Paraclivina based on lateral bead of pronotum running parallel to basal edge, and two setae on elytral interval/stria 3 (which I tried to document, but was difficult to do given the quality of scope and camera I was working with). Distance between medial setae on last abdominal sterna are closer than distance between medial and lateral setae. Not sure if P. bipustulata or a different species of Paraclivina. Given the species was collected in Kansas, I would guess the most likely other species would be P. postica, but I could not access an up to date key to investigate this. Unfortunately the specimen is missing both front legs. Mostly unsure if P. bipustulata based on this specimen's small size falling below the range listed for P. bipustulata and I wasn't sure if P. postica is smaller as I couldn't find a size range for it. Hoping to confirm genus and species. Please reach out if additional photos or information would assist in identification.

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The punctures on the pronotum rule out bipustulata. The only key that includes all the U.S. species in the genus is from 1867, so it's hard to be confident about any of them, but this one seems pretty distinctive. The few postica I've seen have been smaller than bipustulata.

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