Clinidium whiteheadi

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

Clinidium whiteheadi is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae. [2] It was described by R.T. & J.R. Bell in 1985. [1] [2] It is named for Donald R. Whitehead. It is known from Cerro Campana in Panama. The types were collected from the fruiting bodies of the slime mold Stemonitis : [1]

Clinidium whiteheadi measure 5–5.8 mm (0.20–0.23 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.