Sulciclivina oculiangusta

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Sulciclivina oculiangusta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Sulciclivina
Species:
S. oculiangusta
Binomial name
Sulciclivina oculiangusta
Balkenohl, 2023

Sulciclivina oculiangusta is a species of beetle of the Carabidae family. This species is only known the from type locality Kaziranga, Assam, in the north of India.

Adults reach a length of about 5.18 mm and have a glossy, piceous colour. The mouthparts, antenna, elytron, intermediate and hind leg and tarsomeres of the front leg are fuscous, and the palpomeres more pale fuscous. The anterior part of the supraantennal plate is slightly translucent-fuscous at the margin.

Etymology

The species name refers to the small eyes and is combined by the Latin noun for eye in plural (oculi) and the Latin adjective for narrow in the feminine form (angusta). [1]

References

  1. "View of Revision of the genus Sulciclivina Balkenohl, 2022 from Asia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini)". europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu. Retrieved 2025-07-24.