Clinidium mathani is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae.[1] It was described by Antoine Henri Grouvelle in 1903.[1][2] Originally known from the Amazon Basin of Brazil—its type locality is in the Amazonas State, near the border with Peru and Colombia, and there is another record from Amapá[2]—it is now also known from the Colombian Andes in the Cordillera de los Picachos National Natural Park [es] (Caquetá) and from near Inzá (Cauca).[3] It is named after collector of the holotype, M. de Mathan.[2]

Clinidium mathani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Clinidium
Species:
C. mathani
Binomial name
Clinidium mathani
Grouvelle, 1903

Clinidium mathani measure 6.3 mm (0.25 in) in length.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Clinidium mathani Grouvelle, 1903". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ Bell, Ross T. & Bell, Joyce R. (2009). "Rhysodine beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae): new species, new data III". Annals of Carnegie Museum. 78 (1): 45–77. doi:10.2992/007.078.0104.