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Genus Paratachys

Tachys (Paratachys) rhodeanus? - Paratachys - female

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 Paratachys

Explanation of Names

Paratachys Casey 1918

Numbers

20 spp. in our area, ~150 total (the number of undescribed spp. may be much bigger)(1)

Range

much of the world(2)

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 v belov on 3 March, 2013 - 4:41pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 December, 2024 - 2:24pm

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