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Genus Paraclivina

Clivina Ground Beetle - Paraclivina bipustulata Clivina ferrea - Paraclivina ferrea Black beetle with translucent spots on elytra - Paraclivina bipustulata Carabidae, front leg - Paraclivina bipustulata Paraclivina postica Paraclivina bipustulata Paraclivina postica Paraclivina bipustulata
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 Paraclivina
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly treated as a subgenus of Clivina
Explanation of Names
Paraclivina Kult 1947
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, >30 spp. worldwide(1)
Range
New World, mostly Neotropical; in our area, most diverse in se. US, with just 1 sp. ranging into so. ON(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.