Tetracha

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 <small>(Dejean, 1825)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha affinis <small>(Dejean, 1825)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Tetracha angustata <small>(Chevrolat, 1841)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Tetracha angusticollis <small>W.Horn, 1896</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha annuligera <small>Lucas, 1857</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha aptera <small>Chaudoir, 1862</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha biimpressicollis <small>(Mandl, 1960)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha bilunata <small>(Klug, 1834)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha bolivari <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha brasiliensis <small>(Kirby, 1819)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha brevis <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha brevisulcata <small>(W.Horn, 1907)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha brzoskai <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha buchardi <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha camposi <small>W.Horn, 1900</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha carolina <small>(Linnaeus, 1763)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Carolina metallic tiger beetle)
• Tetracha cassolai <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha chacoensis <small>(Sawada & Wiesner, 1997)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha chilensis <small>(Laporte, 1834)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha coerulea <small>Lucas, 1857</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha confusa <small>Chaudoir, 1865</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha cribrata <small>Steinheil, 1875</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha cyanea <small>(W.Horn, 1905)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha cyanides <small>Bates, 1881</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha davidsoni <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha deuvei <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha dheurlei <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha distinguenda <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha ensenada <small>R.Huber, 1994</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span> (Ensenada metallic tiger beetle)
• Tetracha erichsoni <small>W.Horn, 1892</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha erwini <small>Naviaux, 2010</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha femoralis <small>(Perty, 1830)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha flammula <small>(W.Horn, 1905)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha floridana <small>Leng & Mutchler, 1916</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Florida metallic tiger beetle)
• Tetracha foucarti <small>Naviaux & Richoux, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha frederici <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha fulgida <small>(Klug, 1834)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha genieri <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha germaini <small>Chaudoir, 1865</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha globosicollis <small>(W.Horn, 1913)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha gracilis <small>(Reiche, 1842)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha horni <small>Ruge, 1892</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha huberi <small>(Johnson, 1991)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha huedepohli <small>(Mandl, 1974)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha immaculipennis <small>Lucas, 1857</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha impressa <small>(Chevrolat, 1841)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (upland metallic tiger beetle)
• Tetracha inca <small>Naviaux & Ugarte-Peña, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha insignis <small>Chaudoir, 1850</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha klagesi <small>W.Horn, 1903</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha lacordairei <small>(Gory, 1833)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha lafertei <small>J.Thomson, 1857</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha lanei <small>(Mandl, 1961)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha lateralis <small>W.Horn, 1905</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha latreillei <small>(Laporte, 1834)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha longipennis <small>Chaudoir, 1865</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha lucifera <small>(Erichson, 1847)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha magdalenae <small>Dheurle, 2017</small>
• Tetracha martii <small>(Perty, 1830)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha mellyi <small>Chaudoir, 1850</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha misella <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha mniszechi <small>J.Thomson, 1857</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha naviauxi <small>Ward; Davidson & Brzoska, 2011</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha nicaraguensis <small>(Johnson, 1993)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha onorei <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha orbignyi <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha ovata <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha oxychiliformis <small>(W.Horn, 1905)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha panamensis <small>(Johnson, 1991)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha parallela <small>Naviaux, 2010</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha pearsoni <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha pierrei <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha pilosipennis <small>(Mandl, 1958)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha polita <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha prolongata <small>(W.Horn, 1932)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha pseudodistinguenda <small>(W.Horn, 1905)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha pseudofulgida <small>(Mandl, 1963)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha pseudosobrina <small>(W.Horn, 1905)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha quadrata <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha rawlinsi <small>Davidson & Naviaux, 2006</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha rosalinae <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha ruth <small>(W.Horn, 1907)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha rutilans <small>J.Thomson, 1857</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha sericea <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha sinaloa <small>Huber & Shetterly, 2019</small>
• Tetracha smaragdina <small>J.Thomson, 1857</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha sobrina <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g}</span>
• Tetracha sommeri <small>Chaudoir, 1850</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha speciosa <small>Chaudoir, 1860</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha spinosa <small>(Brullé, 1837)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha spixii <small>(Brullé, 1837)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha sumptuosa <small>Dheurle, 2018</small>
• Tetracha suturalis <small>W.Horn, 1900</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha thomsoniana <small>W.Horn, 1915</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha uhligi <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha vandenberghei <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha venezolana <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha virginica <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small><span style="color:gray">^{i c g b}</span> (Virginia metallic tiger beetle)
• Tetracha wardi <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha wiesneri <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Tetracha zerchei <small>Naviaux, 2007</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

References

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Further reading