''Clinidium bechyneorum'' is a species of
ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it i ...
in the subfamily
Rhysodinae
Rhysodinae is a subfamily (sometimes called wrinkled bark beetles) in the family Carabidae. There are 19 genera and at least 380 described species in Rhysodinae. The group of genera making up Rhysodinae had been treated as the family Rhysodidae i ...
.
It was described by
R.T. Bell & J.R. Bell in 1985.
It is known from its
type locality in
Carabobo
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, northern
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. An additional specimen that might represent a distinct species is from the neighboring
Aragua state. The species is named for
J. Bechyne and B. Bechyne, collectors of the
type series
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the ...
and many other ''Clinidium'' specimens.
''Clinidium bechyneorum'' measure in length.
References
Clinidium
Beetles of South America
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Beetles described in 1985
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