Clinidium blomi

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Clinidium blomi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Clinidium
Species:
C. blomi
Binomial name
Clinidium blomi
R.T. Bell, 1970

Clinidium blomi 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 High Plateau of Chiapas in southeastern Mexico. [2]

Clinidium blomi measure 6.1–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in) in length. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Clinidium Kirby, 1830: 6". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 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.