Taxonomic review of New World Tachyina (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descriptions of new genera, subgenera, and species, with an updated key to the subtribe in the Americas
Author
Boyd, Olivia F.
Author
Erwin, Terry L.
text
ZooKeys
2016
626
87
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.626.10033
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.626.10033
1313-2970-626-87
3DE781B6D48B432B97846703EA6B280B
Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae
Genus
Porotachys Netolitzky, 1914
Type species.
Trechus bisulcatus
Nicolai, 1822
Diagnosis.
Large in size (> 4 mm); mentum bearing paired foveae; pronotum quadrate, with square to acute hind angles; base of elytra wider than pronotum; elytra round, convex, with width across elytra conspicuously greatest at midpoint; ARG elongate, straight, very close to and subparallel with lateral margin of elytron.
Distribution.
Palearctic-adventive in North America.