Clivina (Leucocara), Bousquet, 2009

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 282-283

Subgenus Leucocara Bousquet, 2009

Leucocara Bousquet, 2009: 43. Type species: Clivina americana Dejean, 1831 by original designation. Etymology (original). From the Greek leukos (white) and kara (head) [feminine]. The name was proposed in honor of Donald Robert Whitehead [1938-1990], taxonomist at the United States Department of Agriculture who had an interest in Clivinini in general.

Diversity.

This subgenus includes 72 species in the Nearctic (5 species), Palaearctic (6 species), Oriental (18 species) and Afrotropical (43 species) Regions (see Bousquet 2009: Table 2).

Identification.

There is no key for the identification of the North American species of this subgenus. Nichols (1988a: 147-153) covered two species ( Clivina acuducta and Clivina americana ) in his thesis. A revision of the group is needed.

Taxonomic Note.

Until recently, the species of this subgenus were included in the subgenus Reichardtula Whitehead, a replacement name for Eupalamus Schmidt-Göbel.