Clinidium canaliculatum

Clinidium canaliculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Clinidium
Subgenus: Clinidium (Arctoclinidium)
Species:
C. canaliculatum
Binomial name
Clinidium canaliculatum
(O.G. Costa, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Ips canaliculatum O.G. Costa, 1839
  • Rhysodes trisulcatum Germar, 1840
  • Rhysodes sulcipennis Mulsant, 1853
  • Clinidium (Arctoclinidium) sulcipennis (Mulsant, 1853)
  • Clinidium (Arctoclinidium) trisulcatum (Germar, 1840)

Clinidium canaliculatum is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Rhysodinae. It was described by O.G. Costa in 1839. It is found in southern Italy (including Sicily) and in Greece. It is an obligate saproxylic species associated with old-growth forests, with preference to wet biotopes with well-decayed wood. Clinidium canaliculatum measure 6–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in) in length.