Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Genus Liotachys Bates, 1871

Type species.

Liotachys antennatus Bates, 1871 .

Diagnosis.

Overall form “ant-like”; antennae lighter apically than at base; pronotum pedunculate, slender at base and lacking produced hind angles; mentum bearing paired foveae; elytron smooth, with only i1 visible (subsulcate); i8 not visible; ARG short and arcuate.

Distribution.

Amazon basin.