Tetracha
Tetracha virginica
Scientific classification Edit this 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 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.[2][3][4][5]

Tetracha martii from Bolivia. Male and female

Species

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References

  1. Jürgen Wiesner (2021) Checklist of the Tiger Beetles of the World 2nd. Edition. ISBN 978-3-96014-777-0
  2. 1 2 "Tetracha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. 1 2 "Browse Tetracha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  4. 1 2 "Tetracha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. 1 2 "Tetracha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.