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Ground beetle - Clivina fossor
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Ground beetle - Clivina fossor
Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 17, 2012
Size: 5,5mm
Clivina americana?

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Contributed by Richard Migneault on 26 January, 2013 - 11:10am
Last updated 1 February, 2013 - 6:52am

Moved
Moved from Clivina.
… Richard Migneault, 1 February, 2013 - 6:52am

Clivina fossor (Linnaeus)
No; on the right meso-tibia you can see the long, acuminate, pre-apical spine that is characteristic of Clivina fossor (Linnaeus). Clivina americana Dejean lacks this spine.
… Christopher Majka, 31 January, 2013 - 11:31pm

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