Clivina (Antroforceps), Barr, 1967

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 281-282

Subgenus Antroforceps Barr, 1967

Antroforceps Barr, 1967a: 66. Type species: Antroforceps bolivari Barr, 1967 by original designation. Etymology. Probably from the Greek antron (cave) and part of the name Forcipatorina , a scaritine subtribe in which Barr placed his new taxon [masculine].

Diversity.

Four species in the temperate regions of eastern North America (three species) and caves in the Sierra de Guatemala mountains in northeastern Mexico (one species, Clivina bolivari Barr).

Identification.

Ball (2001) revised the species and provided a key for their identification. One species ( Clivina alabama ) was described subsequently.

Taxonomic Note.

In a cladistic analysis of the Western Hemisphere subgenera proposed by Ball (2001: Fig. 9), this taxon turn out as the sister-group to { Semiclivina + Leucocara (under the name Reichardtula )}.