Clinidium Chevrolati
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''Clinidium chevrolati'' 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. It was described by
Edmund Reitter Edmund Reitter (22 October 1845 – 15 March 1920) was an Austrian entomologist, writer and a collector. Biography Edmund Reitter was best known as an expert on the beetles of the Palaearctic. He was an imperial advisor and editor of the ...
in 1880. It is known with some certainty only from Pico Turquino in the
Sierra Maestra The Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. The range falls mainly within the Santiago de Cuba and in Granma Provinces. Some view it a ...
, Cuba—the type locality of ''Clinidium turquinense''—the type locality of ''Clinidium chevrolati'', "Neu Granada", seems to be in error. ''Clinidium chevrolati'' measure in length.


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Clinidium Beetles of North America Insects of Cuba Endemic fauna of Cuba Beetles described in 1880 Taxa named by Edmund Reitter {{Rhysodinae-stub