Tetracha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Cicindelinae
Tribus: Megacephalini
Subtribus: Megacephalina
Genus: Tetracha

Subgenera: T. (Neotetracha) – T. (Oblongotetracha) – T. (Paratetracha) – T. (Tetracha) –

Overview of species: T. acutipennis – T. affinis – T. angustata – T. angusticollis – T. annuligera – T. aptera – T. biimpressicollis – T. bilunata – T. bolivari – T. brasiliensis – T. brevis – T. brevisulcata – T. brzoskai – T. buchardi – T. camposi – T. carolina – T. cassolai – T. chacoensis – T. chilensis – T. coerulea – T. confusa – T. cribrata – T. cyanea – T. cyanides – T. davidsoni – T. deuvei – T. dheurlei – T. distinguenda – T. ensenada – T. erichsoni – T. erwini – T. femoralis – T. flammula – T. floridana – T. foucarti – T. frederici – T. fulgida – T. genieri – T. germaini – T. globosicollis – T. gracilis – T. horni – T. huberi – T. huedepohli – T. immaculipennis – T. impressa – T. inca – T. insignis – T. klagesi – T. lacordairei – T. lafertei – T. lanei – T. lateralis – T. latreillei – T. longipennis – T. lucifera – T. magdalenae – T. martii – T. mellyi – T. misella – T. mniszechi – T. naviauxi – T. nicaraguensis – T. onorei – T. orbignyi – T. ovata – T. oxychiliformis – T. panamensis – T. parallela – T. pearsoni – T. pierrei – T. pilosipennis – T. polita – T. prolongata – T. pseudodistinguenda – T. pseudofulgida – T. pseudosobrina – T. quadrata – T. rawlinsi – T. rosalinae – T. ruth – T. rutilans – T. sericea – T. sinaloa – T. smaragdina – T. sobrina – T. sommeri – T. speciosa – T. spinosa – T. spixii – T. sumptuosa – T. suturalis – T. thomsoniana – T. uhligi – T. vandenberghei – T. venezolana – T. virginica – T. wardi – T. wiesneri – T. zerchei
Name

Tetracha Hope, 1838: 6, 7

Type species: Cicindela carolina Linnaeus, 1763 (monotypy)
Synonyms

Apterotetracha Naviaux, 2007
Microtetracha Naviaux, 2007
Neotetracha Naviaux, 2007
Oblongotetracha Naviaux, 2007
Paratetracha Naviaux, 2007
Prototetracha Naviaux, 2007

References
Primary references

Hope, F.W. 1838. The coleopterist’s manual, part the second, containing the predaceous land and water beetles of Linneus and Fabricius. London: Henry G. Bohn. xvi + 168 pp., pls. 1–3. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Ward, R.D.; Davidson, R.L.; Brzoska, D. 2011: Tetracha Hope, 1838 of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae). ZooKeys 147: 85-97. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.147.2104 Open access.
Young, O.P. 2015: Size relationships, early reproductive status, and mandibular wear in adult Tetracha (=Megacephala) carolina (L.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae). Coleopterists bulletin 69(1): 167-173. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.1.167 Reference page.

Links

Tetracha – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Tetracha – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Tetracha is a genus of metallic tiger beetles in the family Carabidae, 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]
Tetracha martii from Bolivia. Male and female
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
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
"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.

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