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Species Tachys proximus

Bembidion (obscurellum?) - Tachys proximus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Trechinae

Tribe Bembidiini

Subtribe Tachyina

Genus Tachys

No Taxon (subgenus Paratachys)

Species proximus (Tachys proximus)

Explanation of Names

Tachys (Paratachys) proximus (Say 1823)

Identification

Look for "recurved stria on apical elytra and suggestion of a bilateral pair of mentum pits." - Peter Messer

Range

e. NA to NM (QC-FL to ON-SD-NM) to Mexico(1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 22 January, 2008 - 7:57pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 9 April, 2018 - 10:29am

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