Tetracha

Tetracha
	Tetracha virginica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Cicindelidae
Tribe:	Megacephalini
Genus:	Tetracha; Hope, 1838
Synonyms
	Gnatho Illiger, 1807 (Nom. Nud.?); Megalocephala Gistl, 1856;

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]

Species

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

^ 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.

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