Conservation Status
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Moderately common.
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Cyclicity
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This species has been collected in May, July and August.
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Distribution
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This introduced species has a rather disjunct distribtion across the northern United States and most of Canada. In Alberta this species in known only from the Edmonton area.
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General Description
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This is the only species of Clivina that occurs in Alberta. Similar to Dyschirius in habitus, but larger. Piceous or brown, head and elytra often reddish, antennae and legs bright red. First pro-tarsal segment with dentiform prominence. Basal lateral tooth of pro-tibia rudimentary or disappeared. Last abdominal sternitemoderately shiny, not dull. Length 5.5-6.5 mm.
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Habitat
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On cultivated, usually clayish soil.
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Life Cycle
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Overwinters in the adult stage.
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Trophic Strategy
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Both larvae and adults are predatory.
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Clivina fossor
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Clivina fossor: Brief Summary
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Clivina fossor is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Scaritinae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
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