Tachyina (Tachyta), Kirby, 1837
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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).
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