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
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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
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae
Genus
Tachyta Kirby, 1837
Type species.
Tachyta picipes
Kirby, 1837.
Diagnosis.
Elongate, subdepressed; mentum lacking foveae; dorsal surface (excluding Old World taxa) with coarse, isodiametric microsculpture; prosternum plurisetose; tarsal claws denticulate; basal two protarsomeres of male dilated, medially dentiform; ARG elongate, slightly hooked anteriorly, close and subparallel to lateral margin of elytron. ABL = 1.8-3.3 mm.
Distribution.
Widely distributed from the boreal Nearctic to Central America and the Caribbean, associated with fallen logs (
Erwin 1975
).