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Species Tachyura parvula

small carabid - Tachyura parvula Elaphropus parvulus - Tachyura parvula Elaphropus parvulus - Tachyura parvula
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
No Taxon (subgenus Tachyura)
Species parvula (Tachyura parvula)
Pronunciation
Elaphropus parvulus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tachyura parvula (Dejean 1831)
Size
1.7‒2.4 mm
Identification
Distinguished from other congeners in our area by the complete 8th elytral stria. The five well impressed punctate striae on each dorsal elytron also helps.
Range
native to Europe, adventive in NA (PNW: sw.BC‒OR‒ID)(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: WA 1940(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.