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 In the O the posterior margin of the next-last ventral Joint has an 

 angular incision. 



Tachypori are active, smaller staphylid . which live on various 

 sorts of ground under the turf, and ofte are numerous in alluviuQi. 

 In North and Middle-Europe 13 species are k^ov^n. and of these 11 are 

 found here in Denmark. 



Key to Species. 



1. Head reddish-yellow g. 



Head black or blackish-brownish 3. 



2. Elytra distinctly longer than pronotum, black at base. L. 



3. 5-4 mm 1, T. obtusus Linn. 



silytra not or a very little longer than pronotum, entirely 



reddish-yellow. L. 3-3.5 mm 2. 1. abdominalis Fabr. 



3. Pronotum redciish-yellow cr yellowish-red, or brownish-yellow 



with darker middle 4. 



Pronotum black, its sides anteriorly narrowly, posteriorly 



broader reddish-yellow 8. 



Pronotum posteriorly yellowish-red, its anterior half part 



black or blackish-brownish. L. S.P-3 mm... 7. T. transversal! s iravh, 



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4. Elytra almost naked or scarcely visibly haired, clear reddish- 



yellow, or yellow-reddish, at scutellum and on base narrowly 

 black, with or without black longitudinal stripe on sides.. 5. 

 Elytra very finely, though rather distinctly haired, differently 

 colored 6. 



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