Species Tachyura quadrisignata

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

small carabid 8 - Tachyura quadrisignata

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 quadrisignata (Tachyura quadrisignata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

≡Elaphropus quadrisignatus

Explanation of Names

Tachyura quadrisignata (Duftschmid 1812)

Range

native to so. & c.Europe(1)

Habitat

in its native range, banks of streams/creeks in mountains & foothills(1)

Remarks

A single specimen captured in New Jersey (2010) and posted on BugGuide is tentatively the first North American record of T. quadrisignata as identified by P.W. Messer and confirmed by Terry Erwin

i have a small series from my backyard in Essex Co., NJ. =v=

earliest record in our area: NJ 2010

Works Cited

1.	Coleoptera Poloniae

Contributed by Peter W. Messer on 26 June, 2012 - 9:55am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 16 September, 2024 - 7:24pm

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