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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Trechinae » Bembidiini » Tachyina » Tachys » subgenus Paratachys (Tachys subgenus Paratachys)
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Carabid - Tachys
Copyright © 2010 Jeff Gruber & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Carabid - Tachys
14.4 km NxNE of Sunflower, Gila County, Arizona, USA
September 19, 2010
Collected at blacklight, night, ~3500 ft.

All pics taken with automontage system. Actual montaging done with CombineZP.

I'm thinking somewhere near Tachys.

Will add size later. Estimate from memory 2-3mm.

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 11 November, 2010 - 7:37pm
Last updated 26 January, 2021 - 6:45pm

Moved
Moved from Perigona nigriceps.
… Curt Harden, 26 January, 2021 - 6:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Trechinae.
… v belov, 5 April, 2014 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

More likely closer to Trechus
I don't see the rudimentary terminal segment on the maxillary palp that would place it near to Tachys.
… Tim Loh, 29 November, 2010 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

Nice picture as usual Jeff. I
Nice picture as usual Jeff. I hope to someday be able to get an automontage system, but for the meantime, I'm going to try to use Tim Moyer's setup (it seems so complex, but I'm not really a camera person).
… J. Anderson, 11 November, 2010 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the compliment Jody.

Best of luck getting a system together. I'm not really a camera person either. The automontage system the UW-Madison Entomology Dept has is relatively easy to use once you get the basics down. Lighting is the biggest challenge, especially when you're imaging convex shiny beetles like histerids. Tim's system works great also. It has led to a dramatic increase in the quality of the images he posts.

Better start saving all your pennies if you intend to get an automontage system. I was not involved in the purchase of the system here, but from what I heard it was pretty pricey.
… Jeff Gruber, 12 November, 2010 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

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