Clinidium valentinei

Clinidium valentinei is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae.[1] It was described by R.T. Bell in 1970.[1][2] It is endemic to the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States, from northern Alabama to southwestern Pennsylvania.[2]

Clinidium valentinei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Rhysodini
Subtribe: Clinidiina
Genus: Clinidium
Species:
C. valentinei
Binomial name
Clinidium valentinei
R.T. Bell, 1970

Clinidium valentinei measure 5.4–6.4 mm (0.21–0.25 in) in length.[2]

References

  1. "Clinidium Kirby, 1830: 6". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. Bell, Ross T. & Bell, Joyce R. (1985). "Rhysodini of the World. Part IV. Revisions of Rhyzodiastes Fairmaire and Clinidium Kirby, with new species in other genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae. 21 (1): 1–172.


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