Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Genus Tachyta Kirby, 1837

Type species.

Tachyta picipes Kirby, 1837 .

Diagnosis.

Elongate, subdepressed; mentum lacking foveae; dorsal surface (excluding Old World taxa) with coarse, isodiametric microsculpture; prosternum plurisetose; tarsal claws denticulate; basal two protarsomeres of male dilated, medially dentiform; ARG elongate, slightly hooked anteriorly, close and subparallel to lateral margin of elytron. ABL = 1.8-3.3 mm.

Distribution.

Widely distributed from the boreal Nearctic to Central America and the Caribbean, associated with fallen logs (Erwin 1975).