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.[1] There are ~100 described species in Tetracha.[2][3][4][5]
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| Tetracha virginica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cicindelidae |
| Tribe: | Megacephalini |
| Genus: | Tetracha Hope, 1838 |
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Species
edit- Tetracha acutipennis (Dejean, 1825) c g
- Tetracha affinis (Dejean, 1825) i c g
- Tetracha angustata (Chevrolat, 1841) i c g
- Tetracha angusticollis W.Horn, 1896 c g
- Tetracha annuligera Lucas, 1857 c g
- Tetracha aptera Chaudoir, 1862 c g
- Tetracha biimpressicollis (Mandl, 1960) c g
- Tetracha bilunata (Klug, 1834) c g
- Tetracha bolivari Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha brasiliensis (Kirby, 1819) c g
- Tetracha brevis Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha brevisulcata (W.Horn, 1907) c g
- Tetracha brzoskai Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha buchardi Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha camposi W.Horn, 1900 c g
- Tetracha carolina (Linnaeus, 1763) i c g b (Carolina metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha cassolai Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha chacoensis (Sawada & Wiesner, 1997) c g
- Tetracha chilensis (Laporte, 1834) c g
- Tetracha coerulea Lucas, 1857 c g
- Tetracha confusa Chaudoir, 1865 c g
- Tetracha cribrata Steinheil, 1875 c g
- Tetracha cyanea (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- Tetracha cyanides Bates, 1881 c g
- Tetracha davidsoni Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha deuvei Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha dheurlei Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha distinguenda (Dejean, 1831) c g
- Tetracha ensenada R.Huber, 1994 c g (Ensenada metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha erichsoni W.Horn, 1892 c g
- Tetracha erwini Naviaux, 2010 c g
- Tetracha femoralis (Perty, 1830) c g
- Tetracha flammula (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- Tetracha floridana Leng & Mutchler, 1916 i c g b (Florida metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha foucarti Naviaux & Richoux, 2006 c g
- Tetracha frederici Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha fulgida (Klug, 1834) c g
- Tetracha genieri Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha germaini Chaudoir, 1865 c g
- Tetracha globosicollis (W.Horn, 1913) c g
- Tetracha gracilis (Reiche, 1842) c g
- Tetracha horni Ruge, 1892 c g
- Tetracha huberi (Johnson, 1991) c g
- Tetracha huedepohli (Mandl, 1974) c g
- Tetracha immaculipennis Lucas, 1857 c g
- Tetracha impressa (Chevrolat, 1841) i c g b (upland metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha inca Naviaux & Ugarte-Peña, 2006 c g
- Tetracha insignis Chaudoir, 1850 c g
- Tetracha klagesi W.Horn, 1903 c g
- Tetracha lacordairei (Gory, 1833) c g
- Tetracha lafertei J.Thomson, 1857 c g
- Tetracha lanei (Mandl, 1961) c g
- Tetracha lateralis W.Horn, 1905 c g
- Tetracha latreillei (Laporte, 1834) c g
- Tetracha longipennis Chaudoir, 1865 c g
- Tetracha lucifera (Erichson, 1847) c g
- Tetracha magdalenae Dheurle, 2017
- Tetracha martii (Perty, 1830) c g
- Tetracha mellyi Chaudoir, 1850 c g
- Tetracha misella Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha mniszechi J.Thomson, 1857 c g
- Tetracha naviauxi Ward; Davidson & Brzoska, 2011 c g
- Tetracha nicaraguensis (Johnson, 1993) c g
- Tetracha onorei Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha orbignyi Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha ovata Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha oxychiliformis (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- Tetracha panamensis (Johnson, 1991) c g
- Tetracha parallela Naviaux, 2010 c g
- Tetracha pearsoni Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha pierrei Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha pilosipennis (Mandl, 1958) c g
- Tetracha polita Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha prolongata (W.Horn, 1932) c g
- Tetracha pseudodistinguenda (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- Tetracha pseudofulgida (Mandl, 1963) c g
- Tetracha pseudosobrina (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- Tetracha quadrata Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha rawlinsi Davidson & Naviaux, 2006 c g
- Tetracha rosalinae Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha ruth (W.Horn, 1907) c g
- Tetracha rutilans J.Thomson, 1857 c g
- Tetracha sericea Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha sinaloa Huber & Shetterly, 2019
- Tetracha smaragdina J.Thomson, 1857 c g
- Tetracha sobrina (Dejean, 1831) i c g
- Tetracha sommeri Chaudoir, 1850 c g
- Tetracha speciosa Chaudoir, 1860 c g
- Tetracha spinosa (Brullé, 1837) c g
- Tetracha spixii (Brullé, 1837) c g
- Tetracha sumptuosa Dheurle, 2018
- Tetracha suturalis W.Horn, 1900 c g
- Tetracha thomsoniana W.Horn, 1915 c g
- Tetracha uhligi Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha vandenberghei Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha venezolana Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha virginica (Linnaeus, 1767) i c g b (Virginia metallic tiger beetle)
- Tetracha wardi Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha wiesneri Naviaux, 2007 c g
- Tetracha zerchei Naviaux, 2007 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]
References
edit- ^ Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0
- ^ a b "Tetracha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Browse Tetracha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Tetracha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b "Tetracha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
Further reading
edit- 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.