Genus Porotachys

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

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

Subtribe Tachyina

Genus Porotachys

Explanation of Names

Porotachys Netolitzky 1914

Numbers

a single (adventive) species in our area, 5 spp. total(1)

Size

large, >4 mm(2)

Range

Palaearctic & Oriental; in our area, one Palaearctic sp. adventive in e. & w. NA(1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

2.	Taxonomic review of New World Tachyina (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descriptions of new genera, subgenera, and species, with ... Olivia F. Boyd, Terry L. Erwin. 2016. ZooKeys 626: 87-123.

Contributed by v belov on 2 December, 2014 - 6:26pm
Last updated 17 August, 2017 - 6:57am

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