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Genus Mioptachys

tiny yellow-tail ground beetle - Mioptachys flavicauda Ground beetle - Mioptachys flavicauda Mioptachys flavicauda beetle - Mioptachys flavicauda Mioptachys flavicauda Mioptachys flavicauda Mioptachys flavicauda? - Mioptachys flavicauda Shaffer Bridge.J.1973.01 - Mioptachys flavicauda
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Trechinae
Tribe Bembidiini
Genus Mioptachys
Explanation of Names
Mioptachys Bates 1882
Numbers
a single species in our area, 13 spp. total(1)
Size
1.5-2 mm
Range
Neotropical genus with one sp. ranging north and widespread throughout the US & so. Canada(1)
Habitat
under loose bark on large logs, typically conifers
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Xystosomina (125 spp. in 7 genera, mostly Neotropical)(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.