Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Genus Meotachys Erwin, 1974

Type species.

Tachys ampicollis Bates, 1882 .

Diagnosis.

Subdepressed to dorsally convex; testaceous to rufous; mentum bearing paired circular foveae; foretibia notched apicolaterally; basal protarsomere of male dilated, medially dentiform; mesepisternum with or without small fovea; elytral strial interneurs varied in form, punctate to striatiopunctate; i8 apically curvy, diverted medially at Eo5-6 and Eo7; ARG short and arcuate or rudimentary and continuous with i3. ABL = 1.2-4.6 mm.

Distribution.

Meotachys species occupy diverse habitats and are described from México to southern Brazil (Erwin 1974, 1991).