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Tachys

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Tachys Dejean p. 16
1861Tachys LeConte p. 36
1913Tachys Wickham
2011Tachys Bouchard et al.
2015Tachys Liebherr and Porch p. 208
2019Tachys Maddison et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyCarabidae()
subfamilyTrechinae()
Trechitae
tribeTachyiniMotschulsky 1862
subtribeTachyinaMotschulsky 1862
genusTachys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tachys Dejean 1821
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Tachys bistriatus Duftschmid 1812
Tachys haywardi Wickham 1913
Tachys oahuensis Blackburn 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) T. haywardi (113749)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom T. bistriatus (168264 168270)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) T. oahuensis (224098)