Tetracha Explained

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.

Species

• Tetracha acutipennis (Dejean, 1825)

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• Tetracha affinis (Dejean, 1825)

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• Tetracha angustata (Chevrolat, 1841)

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• Tetracha angusticollis W.Horn, 1896

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• Tetracha annuligera Lucas, 1857

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• Tetracha aptera Chaudoir, 1862

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• Tetracha biimpressicollis (Mandl, 1960)

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• Tetracha bilunata (Klug, 1834)

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• Tetracha bolivari Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha brasiliensis (Kirby, 1819)

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• Tetracha brevis Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha brevisulcata (W.Horn, 1907)

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• Tetracha brzoskai Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha buchardi Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha camposi W.Horn, 1900

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• Tetracha carolina (Linnaeus, 1763)

^{i c g b} (Carolina metallic tiger beetle)

• Tetracha cassolai Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha chacoensis (Sawada & Wiesner, 1997)

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• Tetracha chilensis (Laporte, 1834)

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• Tetracha coerulea Lucas, 1857

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• Tetracha confusa Chaudoir, 1865

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• Tetracha cribrata Steinheil, 1875

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• Tetracha cyanea (W.Horn, 1905)

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• Tetracha cyanides Bates, 1881

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• Tetracha davidsoni Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha deuvei Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha dheurlei Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha distinguenda (Dejean, 1831)

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• Tetracha ensenada R.Huber, 1994

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• Tetracha erichsoni W.Horn, 1892

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• Tetracha erwini Naviaux, 2010

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• Tetracha femoralis (Perty, 1830)

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• Tetracha flammula (W.Horn, 1905)

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• Tetracha floridana Leng & Mutchler, 1916

^{i c g b} (Florida metallic tiger beetle)

• Tetracha foucarti Naviaux & Richoux, 2006

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• Tetracha frederici Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha fulgida (Klug, 1834)

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• Tetracha genieri Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha germaini Chaudoir, 1865

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• Tetracha globosicollis (W.Horn, 1913)

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• Tetracha gracilis (Reiche, 1842)

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• Tetracha horni Ruge, 1892

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• Tetracha huberi (Johnson, 1991)

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• Tetracha huedepohli (Mandl, 1974)

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• Tetracha immaculipennis Lucas, 1857

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• Tetracha impressa (Chevrolat, 1841)

^{i c g b} (upland metallic tiger beetle)

• Tetracha inca Naviaux & Ugarte-Peña, 2006

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• Tetracha insignis Chaudoir, 1850

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• Tetracha klagesi W.Horn, 1903

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• Tetracha lacordairei (Gory, 1833)

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• Tetracha lafertei J.Thomson, 1857

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• Tetracha lanei (Mandl, 1961)

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• Tetracha lateralis W.Horn, 1905

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• Tetracha latreillei (Laporte, 1834)

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• Tetracha longipennis Chaudoir, 1865

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• Tetracha lucifera (Erichson, 1847)

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• Tetracha magdalenae Dheurle, 2017
• Tetracha martii (Perty, 1830)

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• Tetracha mellyi Chaudoir, 1850

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• Tetracha misella Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha mniszechi J.Thomson, 1857

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• Tetracha naviauxi Ward; Davidson & Brzoska, 2011

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• Tetracha nicaraguensis (Johnson, 1993)

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• Tetracha onorei Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha orbignyi Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha ovata Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha oxychiliformis (W.Horn, 1905)

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• Tetracha panamensis (Johnson, 1991)

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• Tetracha parallela Naviaux, 2010

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• Tetracha pearsoni Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha pierrei Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha pilosipennis (Mandl, 1958)

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• Tetracha polita Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha prolongata (W.Horn, 1932)

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• Tetracha pseudodistinguenda (W.Horn, 1905)

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• Tetracha pseudofulgida (Mandl, 1963)

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• Tetracha pseudosobrina (W.Horn, 1905)

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• Tetracha quadrata Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha rawlinsi Davidson & Naviaux, 2006

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• Tetracha rosalinae Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha ruth (W.Horn, 1907)

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• Tetracha rutilans J.Thomson, 1857

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• Tetracha sericea Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha sinaloa Huber & Shetterly, 2019
• Tetracha smaragdina J.Thomson, 1857

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• Tetracha sobrina (Dejean, 1831)

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• Tetracha sommeri Chaudoir, 1850

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• Tetracha speciosa Chaudoir, 1860

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• Tetracha spinosa (Brullé, 1837)

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• Tetracha spixii (Brullé, 1837)

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• Tetracha sumptuosa Dheurle, 2018
• Tetracha suturalis W.Horn, 1900

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• Tetracha thomsoniana W.Horn, 1915

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• Tetracha uhligi Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha vandenberghei Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha venezolana Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha virginica (Linnaeus, 1767)

^{i c g b} (Virginia metallic tiger beetle)

• Tetracha wardi Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha wiesneri Naviaux, 2007

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• Tetracha zerchei Naviaux, 2007

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

References

• Biolib

Further reading

• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Book: Pearson . David. Knisley . C. Barry. Kazilek . Charles J.. Pearson . David L.. Knisley . Barry C.. 4. 2005. A Field Guide To The Tiger Beetles Of The United States And Canada. Oxford University Press.

Notes and References

1. Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition.