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Tachyina

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Taxonomy
Tachyina was named by Motschulsky (1862). It is extant.

It was assigned to Tachyini by Maddison et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Tachyina Motschulsky
2019Tachyina 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
subtribeTachyinaMotschulsky 1862

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.

Subtr. Tachyina Motschulsky 1862
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G. Elaphropus Motschulsky 1839
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Subg. Elaphropus (Barytachys) Chaudoir 1868
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Subg. †Elaphropus (Tarsitachys) Erwin 1971
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G. Polyderis Motschulsky 1862
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†Polyderis antigua Erwin 1971
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 (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Elaphropus bilobus (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Denmark Tarsitachys bilobus (123762)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Tachys haywardi (113749)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Polyderis antigua (140260)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Tachys bistriatus (168264 168270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Elaphropus incurvus (169347)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) Tachys oahuensis (224098)