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Genus Tachinus

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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 Tachyporinae (Crab-like Rove Beetles)
Tribe Tachinusini
Genus Tachinus
Explanation of Names
Tachinus Gravenhorst 1802
Numbers
42 spp. (incl. 3 adventive) in our area(1), ~230 worldwide(2)
Identification
revised in(3)
Range
worldwide except Australasia(2)
Remarks
not yet in guide:
arctic/montane: T. apterus, brevipennis, instabilis, jacuticus, smetanai, thruppi;
eastern: T. canadensis, minimus, vergatus;
western: T. angustatus, californicus, contortus, debilis, dilatatus, edwardi, nigricornis, ovalis, rainieri, schuhi, stacesmithi;
south: T. mexicanus, minor.
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Newton A.F., Thayer M.K. Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]
3.A Revision of the Genus Tachinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of North and Central America
J. M. Campbell. 1973. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada.
Contributed by Cotinis on 2 April, 2005 - 6:27am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, Boris Bueche, v belov
Last updated 27 February, 2025 - 6:56am

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