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.

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 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} (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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

• Biolib

Further reading

• 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.