Key to the Genera of Clinidiina

Ross T. Bell


1.      Six striae present on elytron; striation regular (Figure 1); eye 
        full-sized, deeper than long; hind wings fully developed. 
        ...................................................Grouvellina

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1'.     Elytron with fewer than six striae; striation variously 
        modified (Figure 2); eye reduced, variously modified; hind wings 
        vestigial. ..................................................2

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2(1).   Pronotum with complete paramedian grooves (Figure 3).
        ...................................................Rhyzodiastes

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2'.     Pronotum with basal impressions, usually preceded by discal 
        strioles but not forming complete paramedian grooves (Figure 4). 
        .....................................................Clinidium

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Figures 1 and 2 modified from:

Bell, R. T. and J. R. Bell. 1978. Rhysodini of the World part I. A new classification of the tribe, and a synopsis of Omoglymmius subgenus Nitiglymmius, new subgenus (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 14: 43-88.

Figures 3 and 4 modified from:

Bell, R. T. and J. R. Bell. 1985. Rhysodini of the World Part IV. Revisions of Rhyzodiastes and Clinidium, with new species in other genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae or Rhysodidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 21(1): 1-172.