Description of two new species of Clivina Latreille (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini) from southeastern United States

By

Bousquet, Yves, 1951-
Skelley, Paul E.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

178

Pages

43-50

Subjects

Alabama , Clivina , Florida , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.178.2817

 

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Clivina Latreille are described. One, C. choatei Bousquet & Skelley, belongs to the nominotypical subgenus and is known from six specimens collected in northern Florida. The species is structurally similar to C. myops Bousquet, known only from the holotype found in North Carolina, but differs among others by its smaller size and wider elytral striae. The second species, C. alabama Bousquet, belongs to the subgenus Antroforceps Barr and is known from two specimens collected in north-central Alabama. The species is structurally most similar to C. sasajii Ball, known only from Latimer County in Oklahoma, but differs among others in the absence of eyes and inthe pronotum and elytra proportionally wider.