Tachyina (Tachyura), Motschulsky, 1862

Boyd, Olivia F. & Erwin, Terry L., 2016, 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, ZooKeys 626, pp. 87-123 : 97

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Subgenus Tachyura Motschulsky, 1862

Type species.

Elaphrus quadrisignatus Duftschmidt, 1812 .

Diagnosis.

i8 impressed from base to apex, subparallel to elytral margin, inserted anteriorly between Eo2 and Eo3; humeral series of elytral ombilicate setal insertions asymmetrically distributed, with Eo4 removed from closely grouped Eo1-3 such that d(3,4)> d(1,2) and d(3,4)> d(2,3); ARG short, straight to medially arcuate or elongate, straight, and parallel to elytral margin ( Elaphropus yunax ).

Distribution.

Old World, Australia; adventive in the Americas.