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Species Tachys pulchellus

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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 Tachys)
Species pulchellus (Tachys pulchellus)
Explanation of Names
Tachys pulchellus LaFerté-Sénectère 1841
pulchellus (L). 'beautiful' (1)
Range
NM-FL-GA - Map (2)(3), mostly s. TX
Life Cycle
comes to lights (BG data)
Remarks
Type locality: Texas
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)