Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Genus Tachysbembix Erwin, 2004

Type species.

Tachysbembix sirena Erwin, 2004 .

Diagnosis.

Mentum bearing paired foveae; anterior tibia with apicolateral notch; dorsal surface dull, with coarse, granulate microsculpture; head and eyes large; head and pronotum subequal in greatest width; pronotum round, subcordiform; pronotal hind angles tiny, laterally produced; i8 slightly bent around Eo5-6; ARG elongate, anterior hook laterally remote from 4th discal seta. ABL = 3.3-3.9 mm.

Distribution.

Known from shoreline habitats along the Pacific coast of Costa Rica (Erwin 2004) and undescribed species from México to Colombia (Erwin in prep).