| Tetracha | |
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| Tetracha virginica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Adephaga |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Megacephalini |
| Genus: | Tetracha Hope, 1838 |
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Tetracha is a genus of metallic tiger beetles in the family Cicindelidae, formerly treated as a subgenus within the genus Megacephala. Tetracha species are exclusively New World in distribution, while Megacephala are exclusively Old World in distribution. There are ~100 described species in Tetracha.
Species
- Tetracha acutipennis (Dejean, 1825)
- Tetracha affinis (Dejean, 1825)
- Tetracha angustata (Chevrolat, 1841)
- Tetracha angusticollis W.Horn, 1896
- Tetracha annuligera Lucas, 1857
- Tetracha aptera Chaudoir, 1862
- Tetracha biimpressicollis (Mandl, 1960)
- Tetracha bilunata (Klug, 1834)
- Tetracha bolivari Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha brasiliensis (Kirby, 1819)
- Tetracha brevis Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha brevisulcata (W.Horn, 1907)
- Tetracha brzoskai Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha buchardi Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha camposi W.Horn, 1900
- Tetracha carolina (Linnaeus, 1763) (Carolina metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha cassolai Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha chacoensis (Sawada & Wiesner, 1997)
- Tetracha chilensis (Laporte, 1834)
- Tetracha coerulea Lucas, 1857
- Tetracha confusa Chaudoir, 1865
- Tetracha cribrata Steinheil, 1875
- Tetracha cyanea (W.Horn, 1905)
- Tetracha cyanides Bates, 1881
- Tetracha davidsoni Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha deuvei Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha dheurlei Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha distinguenda (Dejean, 1831)
- Tetracha ensenada R.Huber, 1994 (Ensenada metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha erichsoni W.Horn, 1892
- Tetracha erwini Naviaux, 2010
- Tetracha femoralis (Perty, 1830)
- Tetracha flammula (W.Horn, 1905)
- Tetracha floridana Leng & Mutchler, 1916 (Florida metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha foucarti Naviaux & Richoux, 2006
- Tetracha frederici Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha fulgida (Klug, 1834)
- Tetracha genieri Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha germaini Chaudoir, 1865
- Tetracha globosicollis (W.Horn, 1913)
- Tetracha gracilis (Reiche, 1842)
- Tetracha horni Ruge, 1892
- Tetracha huberi (Johnson, 1991)
- Tetracha huedepohli (Mandl, 1974)
- Tetracha immaculipennis Lucas, 1857
- Tetracha impressa (Chevrolat, 1841) (upland metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha inca Naviaux & Ugarte-Peña, 2006
- Tetracha insignis Chaudoir, 1850
- Tetracha klagesi W.Horn, 1903
- Tetracha lacordairei (Gory, 1833)
- Tetracha lafertei J.Thomson, 1857
- Tetracha lanei (Mandl, 1961)
- Tetracha lateralis W.Horn, 1905
- Tetracha latreillei (Laporte, 1834)
- Tetracha longipennis Chaudoir, 1865
- Tetracha lucifera (Erichson, 1847)
- Tetracha magdalenae Dheurle, 2017
- Tetracha martii (Perty, 1830)
- Tetracha mellyi Chaudoir, 1850
- Tetracha misella Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha mniszechi J.Thomson, 1857
- Tetracha naviauxi Ward; Davidson & Brzoska, 2011
- Tetracha nicaraguensis (Johnson, 1993)
- Tetracha onorei Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha orbignyi Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha ovata Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha oxychiliformis (W.Horn, 1905)
- Tetracha panamensis (Johnson, 1991)
- Tetracha parallela Naviaux, 2010
- Tetracha pearsoni Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha pierrei Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha pilosipennis (Mandl, 1958)
- Tetracha polita Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha prolongata (W.Horn, 1932)
- Tetracha pseudodistinguenda (W.Horn, 1905)
- Tetracha pseudofulgida (Mandl, 1963)
- Tetracha pseudosobrina (W.Horn, 1905)
- Tetracha quadrata Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha rawlinsi Davidson & Naviaux, 2006
- Tetracha rosalinae Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha ruth (W.Horn, 1907)
- Tetracha rutilans J.Thomson, 1857
- Tetracha sericea Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha sinaloa Huber & Shetterly, 2019
- Tetracha smaragdina J.Thomson, 1857
- Tetracha sobrina (Dejean, 1831)
- Tetracha sommeri Chaudoir, 1850
- Tetracha speciosa Chaudoir, 1860
- Tetracha spinosa (Brullé, 1837)
- Tetracha spixii (Brullé, 1837)
- Tetracha sumptuosa Dheurle, 2018
- Tetracha suturalis W.Horn, 1900
- Tetracha thomsoniana W.Horn, 1915
- Tetracha uhligi Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha vandenberghei Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha venezolana Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha virginica (Linnaeus, 1767) (Virginia metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha wardi Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha wiesneri Naviaux, 2007
- Tetracha zerchei Naviaux, 2007
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0
- ^ "Tetracha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Browse Tetracha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Tetracha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Tetracha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
Further reading
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Pearson, David; Knisley, C. Barry; Kazilek, Charles J.; Pearson, David L.; et al. (2005). A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada. Oxford University Press.
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