Clinidium mareki

Clinidium mareki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Clinidium
Species:
C. mareki
Binomial name
Clinidium mareki
Hovorka, 1997

Clinidium mareki is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae. It was described by Oldřich Hovorka in 1997. It is known from the northern slope of Mount Corazón in Ecuador and named after its collector, Jaroslav Marek. The type series was collected near the upper forest limit at 3,500 m (11,500 ft) above sea level in a dead, dry, charred, rotten stem.

Clinidium mareki measure 7.7–8.4 mm (0.3–0.3 in) in length.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hovorka, Oldřich (1997). "New Clinidium species from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Rhysodini)" (PDF). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae. 61 (1): 19–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  2. 1 2 "Clinidium mareki Hovorka, 1997". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-09.