Clivina choatei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Scaritinae
Tribus: Clivinini
Genus: Clivina
Subgenus: Clivina
Species: Clivina choatei

Name

• Clivina choatei Bousquet & Skelley, 2012: fig. 1

Holotype: FSCA (Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, Florida).

Type locality: FLORIDA: Levy Co. 4.0mi SW Archer 20-IX-30-XII-2001 P. Skelley, panel BIT / Holotype Clivina choatei Bousquet & Skelley.

Etymology: The specific epithet is a Latinized singular noun in apposition, genitive case, based on the surname of Paul “Skip” Choate (Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville), who first collected this species and showed the specimens to PES. Unfortunately, his original specimens were lost.

References

• Bousquet, Y. & Skelley, P.E. 2012. Description of two new species of Clivina Latreille (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini) from southeastern United States. ZooKeys 178: 43–50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.178.2817 .