| 2 | Elytral interval 3 with eight discal setae. Lateral margins of pronotum pronouncedly crenulate. Pronotum and elytra with paramedian dorsal projections | Clivina bolivari Barr |
| – | Elytral interval 3 with five discal setae. Lateral margins of pronotum shallowly crenulate. Pronotum and elytra without paramedian dorsal projections | 3 |
| 3 | Eyes absent. Pronotum slightly transverse (PL/PW = 0.96–0.98); elytra proportionally wider (EL/EW = 1.79–1.84) | Clivina alabama sp. n. |
| – | Eyes present, small. Pronotum elongate (PL/PW = 1.11-1.17); elytra proportionally narrower (EL/EW = 2.13–2.17) | Clivina sasajii Ball |