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Species Clivina acuducta

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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 Leucocara)
Species acuducta (Clivina acuducta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
has been listed in synonymy with C. americana in most catalogues(1)
Explanation of Names
Clivina acuducta Haldeman 1843
Identification
differs from C. americana by larger size (≥6 mm), longer antenna segments (not squarish), pronotal sides more rounded, and elytral striae more effaced toward apices. (R.Davidson, pers.comm. to PWM)
Range
e. US (MA-FL to WI-TX)(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.