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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) » Aleocharinae » Tachyusini » Tachyusa

Genus Tachyusa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Bug - Tachyusa Rove Beetle - Tachyusa Rove Beetle - Tachyusa americana - female Rove Beetle - Tachyusa americana - female Staphylinid - Tachyusa americana Staphylinid - Tachyusa americana water skater (rove beetle)– genus Stenus? - Tachyusa water skater (rove beetle)– genus Stenus? - Tachyusa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
Family Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles)
Subfamily Aleocharinae
Tribe Tachyusini
Genus Tachyusa
Explanation of Names
Tachyusa Erichson 1837
Numbers
10 species in America north of Mexico; 53 species worldwide (1)

North American species:
Tachyusa americana Casey -- eastern NA
Tachyusa americanoides Pasnik -- across Canada & NE USA
Tachyusa arida Casey -- AZ, CA, IL, OH records
Tachyusa cavicollis LeConte -- widespread
Tachyusa faceta Casey -- widespread, also Mexico
Tachyusa gracillima LeConte -- eastern NA
Tachyusa harfordi Casey -- California
Tachyusa obsoleta Casey -- widespread
Tachyusa ornatella Casey -- Del Rio, Texas; male unknown
Tachyusa smetanai Pasnik -- widespread
Identification
Slender body; abdomen clavate, constricted at base; ligula narrow, bifid; tarsi 4-5-5 (1)
Range
throughout NA(2)
Habitat
margins of marshes, ponds, lakes, streams(2)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the world species of the genus Tachyusa Erichson, 1837 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Grzegorz Pasnik. 2006. Zootaxa 1146: 1-152.
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 November, 2006 - 5:23pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, v belov
Last updated 25 June, 2016 - 8:25pm

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