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Species Tachyura quadrisignata

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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 Bembidiini
Subtribe Tachyina (Tachyina => to 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