Clinidium moldenkei

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Clinidium moldenkei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Clinidium
Species:
C. moldenkei
Binomial name
Clinidium moldenkei

Clinidium moldenkei is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae. [2] It was described by R.T. Bell & J.R. Bell in 1985. [1] [2] It is endemic to the Golfo Dulce region in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. [3] The species is named for the coleopterist Andrew R. Moldenke, collector of the holotype. [1]

Clinidium moldenkei measure 6.8–7.8 mm (0.27–0.31 in) in length. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. 1 2 "Clinidium Kirby, 1830: 6". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  3. Bell, Ross T. & Bell, Joyce R. (2009). "Rhysodine beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae): new species, new data III". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 78 (1): 45–77. doi:10.2992/007.078.0104.