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Tetracha lacordairei

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Species of beetle

Tetracha lacordairei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Cicindelidae
Genus: Tetracha
Species: T. lacordairei
Binomial name
Tetracha lacordairei
(Gory, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Megacephala Lacordairei Gory, 1833
  • Megacephala elongata Reiche, 1842
  • Megacephala chalybaea Lacordaire, 1857
  • Megacephala Lacordairei discrete-sculpta W. Horn, 1905
  • Megacephala chalybea Auctt. (Emend.)
  • Megacephala discretesculpta Auctt. (Emend.)

Tetracha lacordairei, known commonly as "Lacordaire's Metallic Tiger Beetle", is a species of tiger beetle that was described by the French entomologist Hippolyte Louis Gory in 1833 and named after Belgian entomologist Jean Théodore Lacordaire; it is found in Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

References

  1. "Taxonomy: Tetracha (Neotetracha) lacordairei". Western Hemisphere Caraboidea. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  2. Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0
Taxon identifiers
Megacephala lacordairei


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