Mioptachys Bates, 1882

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 435

Genus Mioptachys Bates, 1882

Tachymenis Motschulsky, 1862b: 27 [junior homonym of Tachymenis Weigmann, 1835]. Type species: Bembidium flavicaudus Say, 1823 designated by Casey (1918: 220). Etymology. From the generic name Tachys [q.v.] and the Greek menis (wrath) [masculine].

Mioptachys Bates, 1882a: 144. Type species: Mioptachys trechoides Bates, 1882 designated by Erwin (1974a: 145). Synonymy established by Erwin (1974a: 145). Etymology. Uncertain, possibly from the Greek prefix mio - (less) and the generic name Tachys [q.v.] [masculine].

Diversity.

Western Hemisphere, with 13 species in temperate, subtropical, and tropical areas of the Nearctic (one species) and Neotropical (12 species) Regions.

Identification.

The North American species is treated in Lindroth’s (1966: 441) monograph under the genus Tachys .