Porotachys Netolitzky, 1914

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 445-446

Genus Porotachys Netolitzky, 1914

Porotachys Netolitzky, 1914: 174. Type species: Trechus bisulcatus Nicolai, 1822 by monotypy. Etymology. From the Greek poros (hole) and the generic name Tachys [q.v.], alluding to the presence of the pair of labial pits on the mentum (" mentum biporosum ") of the adult [masculine].

Macrotachys Uéno, 1953: 39, 42. Type species: Tachys recurvicollis Andrewes, 1925 by monotypy. Synonymy established by Shilenkov (2002: 35). Etymology. From the Greek macros (long) and the generic name Tachys [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Five species in the Palaearctic (three species) and Oriental (two species) Regions. Among the Palaearctic species, one is endemic to Japan ( Porotachys recurvicollis Andrewes) and one to Turkey ( Porotachys ottomanus Schweiger). The three species from the Sinai ( Porotachys efflatouani , Porotachys shahinei , and Porotachys zulficari , all described by Schatzmayr and Koch) included in this genus by Kopecký (2003: 274-275) belong to Sphaerotachys (see Sciaky and Vigna Taglianti 2003: 93). One species is adventive in North America.

Identification.

The species found in North America was covered in Lindroth’s (1966: 424) monograph.