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Tribe Trechini

Trechus obtusus Erichson - Trechus obtusus Ground Beetle - Trechus obtusus Trechus hydropicus canus - Trechus hydropicus - male Tiny Beetle - Trechus Trechus vandykei pisgahensis - Trechus vandykei - male Trechus Pseudanophthalmus pusio Trechus chalybeus  - Trechus chalybeus
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 Trechini
Numbers
ca. 300 spp. in 9 genera in our area (all in the subtribe Trechina), ~2650 spp. in >170 genera of 2 subtribes worldwide(1)(2)
Size
typically 2-7 mm(1)
Identification
monotonous in color and form; eyes very often small or lacking(1)
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.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.