Kiwitachys

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Trechinae
Tribus: Bembidiini
Subtribus: Tachyina
Genus: Kiwitachys
Species: K. antarcticus – K. latipennis

[species after Larochelle & Larivière (2007)]
Name

Kiwitachys Larochelle & Larivière, 2007
Gender

masculine
Type species

Tachys antarcticus Bates, 1874, by original designation

References
cited sources

Bates, H.W. 1874: On the geodephagous Coleoptera of New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (4), 13: 233–246, 270-277. Internet Archive BHL
Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2007: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): synopsis of supraspecific taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (60)

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Kiwitachys is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Kiwitachys, found in New Zealand.[1][2]
Species

These two species belong to the genus Kiwitachys:

Kiwitachys antarcticus (Bates, 1874)
Kiwitachys latipennis (Sharp, 1886)

References

"Kiwitachys". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
"Kiwitachys Larochelle & Larivière, 2007". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-10.