Tachyporinae

Subfamily of beetles

Tachyporinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Tachyporinae
MacLeay, 1825
Tribes
  • Mycetoporini
  • Tachyporini
  • Vatesini

Tachyporinae is a subfamily of rove beetle. Their common name is crab-like rove beetles.[1] They are generally small, roughly 2.4 to 5 millimeters.[2][1]

There are around 60 species in twelve genera of crab-like rove beetles. All species are fusiform.[2]

Fusiform red and black beetle with long hairs and short antennae on grey cement
Tachyporus obtusus on ground

References

  1. ^ a b "Crab-like Rove Beetles". PBase. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Tachyporinae". UK. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Tachyporinae
  • Wikidata: Q1006615
  • Wikispecies: Tachyporinae
  • AFD: Tachyporinae
  • BioLib: 6702
  • BugGuide: 31279
  • CoL: 8VR6G
  • Fauna Europaea: 264898
  • Fauna Europaea (new): a7be2d19-2f41-4ce8-acb9-7654a1466d5a
  • iNaturalist: 340783
  • ITIS: 678467
  • NBN: NHMSYS0001720291
  • NCBI: 82876
  • NZOR: c591b6ad-50f3-4021-8f1e-b921da1c765b
  • Open Tree of Life: 150847
  • Paleobiology Database: 69982
  • WoRMS: 990162