Sulciclivina sagittaria

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Sulciclivina sagittaria
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Sulciclivina sagittaria sagittaria
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Sulciclivina sagittaria singaporensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Sulciclivina
Species:
S. sagittaria
Binomial name
Sulciclivina sagittaria
(Bates, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Clivina sagittariaBates, 1892

Sulciclivina sagittaria is a species of beetle of the Carabidae family. This species is found in Myanmar and on the Malayan peninsula.

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Adults reach a length of about 4.87-4.63 mm and have a glossy, piceous colour. The mouthparts, elytron, intermediate and hind leg and tarsomeres of the front leg are fuscous, while the antenna and palpomeres are more pale fuscous. The anterior part of the supraantennal plate is translucent-fuscous at the margin.

Etymology

The species name refers to the curved and distorted apical third of the gonocoxite by the Latin adjective for bent in the feminine form (curvata). [1]

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