Clivina Collaris
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Clivina ''Clivina'' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Nearctic, the Near East and North Africa North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no sing ...
collaris'' 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 ...
in the subfamily
Scaritinae Scaritinae is a worldwide subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing more than 2400 species in over 140 genera. Scaritinae genera These 146 genera belong to Scaritinae. Tribe Clivinini Rafinesque, 1815 *Subtribe Androzelmina ...
. It was described by Herbst in 1784. As it releases chemicals for defence through complex muscular system, if you step on it, you may got chemical released by pressure of weight. If chemical released comes in contact with skin it shows very minor burning sensation and it leaves your skin coloured like a dye. Even washing with regular soap will not help removing colour marks on skin. No need to worry much about coming in contact with defence chemicals released by clivina collaris, some people might not feel any irritation or pain. Skin texture starts to return to normal after 30 mins.


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collaris Beetles described in 1784 {{Clivina-stub