Description of two new species of Clivina Latreille (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini) from southeastern United States

Zookeys. 2012:(178):43-50. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.178.2817. Epub 2012 Mar 29.

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Clivina Latreille are described. One, Clivina choatei Bousquet & Skelley, belongs to the nominotypical subgenus and is known from six specimens collected in northern Florida. The species is structurally similar to Clivina myops Bousquet, known only from the holotype found in North Carolina, but differs among others by its smaller size and wider elytral striae. The second species, Clivina alabama Bousquet, belongs to the subgenus Antroforceps Barr and is known from two specimens collected in north-central Alabama. The species is structurally most similar to Clivina sasajii Ball, known only from Latimer County in Oklahoma, but differs among others in the absence of eyes and in having the pronotum and elytra proportionally wider.

Keywords: Alabama; Clivina; Florida; taxonomy.