Genus Tachyura

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

red posterior ground beetle - Tachyura xanthopus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Trechinae

Supertribe Trechitae

Tribe Tachyini

Genus Tachyura

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

nearctic spp. formerly treated in Elaphropus Motschulsky 1839 actually belong to Tachyura

Explanation of Names

Tachyura Motschulsky 1862

Numbers

~30 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area (all but a couple of adventive sp. are in the subg. Barytachys), ~350 spp. in ~10 subgenera worldwide(1)(2)

Range

worldwide; throughout the US and so. Canada(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 tom murray on 3 April, 2006 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 September, 2024 - 6:44pm

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