New tachyine species from the oriental region (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini: Tachyina)

Abstract

Eight new species of the bembidiine subtribe Tachyina are described from various countries in the Oriental Region: genus Elaphropus Motschulsky, 1839, subgenus Tachyura Motschulsky, 1862: E. serrulipennis n. sp. and E. schawalleri n. sp. from the island of Leyte/Philippines, E. rufinus n. sp. from Brunei/Borneo, E. grimmi n. sp. from Sabah/Borneo, and E. martensi n. sp. from Nepal; genus Tachyta Kirby, 1837: T. quadrinotata n. sp. from Nepal and T. laticollis n. sp. from Sabah/Borneo; genus Paratachys Casey, 1918: P. leytensis n. sp. from the island of Leyte/Philippines. For T. laticollis n. sp. a new subgenus Eurytachyta within the genus Tachyta is described. Male and female genitalia are figured if available. The new species are compared with their most similar relatives.