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Clinidium (Arctoclinidium)

Ross T. Bell
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Clinidium baldufi
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Containing group: Clinidium

Introduction

Arctoclinidium is a holarctic subgenus with nine species, five from the eastern U.S. and one each from western North America, Japan, the Caucasus, and southern Europe.

Characteristics

The base of the anterior tarsus is opposite of the cleaning organ. The antennal stylet is small. Tufts are present on antennal segments VI-X (C. veneficum) or VII-X (all other species). The number of temporal setae is 1 or 0. The eye is crescentic. The orbital groove is complete and joined posteriorly to the marginal pollinosity of the temporal lobe.

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Dorsal aspect of head and pronotum of Clinidium (Arctoclinidium) valentinei.
Modified from Bell and Bell (1985). Copyright © 1985 Ross T. Bell and Joyce R. Bell.

The marginal groove of the pronotum is double or single. The angular seta is absent (except in C. marginicolle). There are no marginal setae. The marginal stria of the elytron is the sixth from the suture. The inner intervals are convex or costate. There are very few elytral setae restricted to the posterior part of the elytron. The female has enlarged lateral pits on sternum III or IV or both III and IV.

References

Bell, R. T. and J. R. Bell. 1985. Rhysodini of the World Part IV. Revisions of Rhyzodiastes and Clinidium, with new species in other genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 21(1): 1-172.

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Clinidium baldufi
Scientific Name Clinidium baldufi
Location Mississippi, U.S.A.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © 1997 David R. Maddison
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Ross T. Bell
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA

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Bell, Ross T. 2000. Clinidium (Arctoclinidium). Version 01 March 2000 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Clinidium_%28Arctoclinidium%29/1812/2000.03.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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