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

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

Further reading

• LeConte, J.L. (1861). . Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol.3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:. ISBN0665100558. {{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
• Pearson, David; Knisley, C. Barry; Kazilek, Charles J.; Pearson, David L.; etal. (2005). . Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-804009-5.