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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Tachyura
Genus
Tachyura
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