# Tetracha

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***Tetracha*** is a genus of metallic tiger beetles in the family [Cicindelidae](/source/Cicindelidae), formerly treated as a subgenus within the genus *[Megacephala](/source/Megacephala)*. *Tetracha* species are exclusively [New World](/source/New_World) in distribution, while *Megacephala* are exclusively [Old World](/source/Old_World) in distribution.[1] There are ~100 described species in *Tetracha*.[2][3][4][5]

## Species

- *[Tetracha acutipennis](/source/Tetracha_acutipennis)* (Dejean, 1825) c g
- *[Tetracha affinis](/source/Tetracha_affinis)* (Dejean, 1825) i c g
- *[Tetracha angustata](/source/Tetracha_angustata)* (Chevrolat, 1841) i c g
- *[Tetracha angusticollis](/source/Tetracha_angusticollis)* W.Horn, 1896 c g
- *[Tetracha annuligera](/source/Tetracha_annuligera)* Lucas, 1857 c g
- *[Tetracha aptera](/source/Tetracha_aptera)* Chaudoir, 1862 c g
- *[Tetracha biimpressicollis](/source/Tetracha_biimpressicollis)* (Mandl, 1960) c g
- *[Tetracha bilunata](/source/Tetracha_bilunata)* (Klug, 1834) c g
- *[Tetracha bolivari](/source/Tetracha_bolivari)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha brasiliensis](/source/Tetracha_brasiliensis)* (Kirby, 1819) c g
- *[Tetracha brevis](/source/Tetracha_brevis)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha brevisulcata](/source/Tetracha_brevisulcata)* (W.Horn, 1907) c g
- *[Tetracha brzoskai](/source/Tetracha_brzoskai)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha buchardi](/source/Tetracha_buchardi)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha camposi](/source/Tetracha_camposi)* W.Horn, 1900 c g
- *[Tetracha carolina](/source/Tetracha_carolina)* (Linnaeus, 1763) i c g b (Carolina metallic tiger beetle)
- *[Tetracha cassolai](/source/Tetracha_cassolai)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha chacoensis](/source/Tetracha_chacoensis)* (Sawada & Wiesner, 1997) c g
- *[Tetracha chilensis](/source/Tetracha_chilensis)* (Laporte, 1834) c g
- *[Tetracha coerulea](/source/Tetracha_coerulea)* Lucas, 1857 c g
- *[Tetracha confusa](/source/Tetracha_confusa)* Chaudoir, 1865 c g
- *[Tetracha cribrata](/source/Tetracha_cribrata)* Steinheil, 1875 c g
- *[Tetracha cyanea](/source/Tetracha_cyanea)* (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- *[Tetracha cyanides](/source/Tetracha_cyanides)* Bates, 1881 c g
- *[Tetracha davidsoni](/source/Tetracha_davidsoni)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha deuvei](/source/Tetracha_deuvei)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha dheurlei](/source/Tetracha_dheurlei)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha distinguenda](/source/Tetracha_distinguenda)* (Dejean, 1831) c g
- *[Tetracha ensenada](/source/Tetracha_ensenada)* R.Huber, 1994 c g (Ensenada metallic tiger beetle)
- *[Tetracha erichsoni](/source/Tetracha_erichsoni)* W.Horn, 1892 c g
- *[Tetracha erwini](/source/Tetracha_erwini)* Naviaux, 2010 c g
- *[Tetracha femoralis](/source/Tetracha_femoralis)* (Perty, 1830) c g
- *[Tetracha flammula](/source/Tetracha_flammula)* (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- *[Tetracha floridana](/source/Tetracha_floridana)* Leng & Mutchler, 1916 i c g b (Florida metallic tiger beetle)
- *[Tetracha foucarti](/source/Tetracha_foucarti)* Naviaux & Richoux, 2006 c g
- *[Tetracha frederici](/source/Tetracha_frederici)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha fulgida](/source/Tetracha_fulgida)* (Klug, 1834) c g
- *[Tetracha genieri](/source/Tetracha_genieri)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha germaini](/source/Tetracha_germaini)* Chaudoir, 1865 c g
- *[Tetracha globosicollis](/source/Tetracha_globosicollis)* (W.Horn, 1913) c g
- *[Tetracha gracilis](/source/Tetracha_gracilis)* (Reiche, 1842) c g
- *[Tetracha horni](/source/Tetracha_horni)* Ruge, 1892 c g
- *[Tetracha huberi](/source/Tetracha_huberi)* (Johnson, 1991) c g
- *[Tetracha huedepohli](/source/Tetracha_huedepohli)* (Mandl, 1974) c g
- *[Tetracha immaculipennis](/source/Tetracha_immaculipennis)* Lucas, 1857 c g
- *[Tetracha impressa](/source/Tetracha_impressa)* (Chevrolat, 1841) i c g b (upland metallic tiger beetle)
- *[Tetracha inca](/source/Tetracha_inca)* Naviaux & Ugarte-Peña, 2006 c g
- *[Tetracha insignis](/source/Tetracha_insignis)* Chaudoir, 1850 c g
- *[Tetracha klagesi](/source/Tetracha_klagesi)* W.Horn, 1903 c g
- *[Tetracha lacordairei](/source/Tetracha_lacordairei)* (Gory, 1833) c g
- *[Tetracha lafertei](/source/Tetracha_lafertei)* J.Thomson, 1857 c g
- *[Tetracha lanei](/source/Tetracha_lanei)* (Mandl, 1961) c g
- *[Tetracha lateralis](/source/Tetracha_lateralis)* W.Horn, 1905 c g
- *[Tetracha latreillei](/source/Tetracha_latreillei)* (Laporte, 1834) c g
- *[Tetracha longipennis](/source/Tetracha_longipennis)* Chaudoir, 1865 c g
- *[Tetracha lucifera](/source/Tetracha_lucifera)* (Erichson, 1847) c g
- *[Tetracha magdalenae](/source/Tetracha_magdalenae)* Dheurle, 2017
- *[Tetracha martii](/source/Tetracha_martii)* (Perty, 1830) c g
- *[Tetracha mellyi](/source/Tetracha_mellyi)* Chaudoir, 1850 c g
- *[Tetracha misella](/source/Tetracha_misella)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha mniszechi](/source/Tetracha_mniszechi)* J.Thomson, 1857 c g
- *[Tetracha naviauxi](/source/Tetracha_naviauxi)* Ward; Davidson & Brzoska, 2011 c g
- *[Tetracha nicaraguensis](/source/Tetracha_nicaraguensis)* (Johnson, 1993) c g
- *[Tetracha onorei](/source/Tetracha_onorei)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha orbignyi](/source/Tetracha_orbignyi)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha ovata](/source/Tetracha_ovata)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha oxychiliformis](/source/Tetracha_oxychiliformis)* (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- *[Tetracha panamensis](/source/Tetracha_panamensis)* (Johnson, 1991) c g
- *[Tetracha parallela](/source/Tetracha_parallela)* Naviaux, 2010 c g
- *[Tetracha pearsoni](/source/Tetracha_pearsoni)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha pierrei](/source/Tetracha_pierrei)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha pilosipennis](/source/Tetracha_pilosipennis)* (Mandl, 1958) c g
- *[Tetracha polita](/source/Tetracha_polita)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha prolongata](/source/Tetracha_prolongata)* (W.Horn, 1932) c g
- *[Tetracha pseudodistinguenda](/source/Tetracha_pseudodistinguenda)* (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- *[Tetracha pseudofulgida](/source/Tetracha_pseudofulgida)* (Mandl, 1963) c g
- *[Tetracha pseudosobrina](/source/Tetracha_pseudosobrina)* (W.Horn, 1905) c g
- *[Tetracha quadrata](/source/Tetracha_quadrata)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha rawlinsi](/source/Tetracha_rawlinsi)* Davidson & Naviaux, 2006 c g
- *[Tetracha rosalinae](/source/Tetracha_rosalinae)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha ruth](/source/Tetracha_ruth)* (W.Horn, 1907) c g
- *[Tetracha rutilans](/source/Tetracha_rutilans)* J.Thomson, 1857 c g
- *[Tetracha sericea](/source/Tetracha_sericea)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha sinaloa](/source/Tetracha_sinaloa)* Huber & Shetterly, 2019
- *[Tetracha smaragdina](/source/Tetracha_smaragdina)* J.Thomson, 1857 c g
- *[Tetracha sobrina](/source/Tetracha_sobrina)* (Dejean, 1831) i c g
- *[Tetracha sommeri](/source/Tetracha_sommeri)* Chaudoir, 1850 c g
- *[Tetracha speciosa](/source/Tetracha_speciosa)* Chaudoir, 1860 c g
- *[Tetracha spinosa](/source/Tetracha_spinosa)* (Brullé, 1837) c g
- *[Tetracha spixii](/source/Tetracha_spixii)* (Brullé, 1837) c g
- *[Tetracha sumptuosa](/source/Tetracha_sumptuosa)* Dheurle, 2018
- *[Tetracha suturalis](/source/Tetracha_suturalis)* W.Horn, 1900 c g
- *[Tetracha thomsoniana](/source/Tetracha_thomsoniana)* W.Horn, 1915 c g
- *[Tetracha uhligi](/source/Tetracha_uhligi)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha vandenberghei](/source/Tetracha_vandenberghei)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha venezolana](/source/Tetracha_venezolana)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha virginica](/source/Tetracha_virginica)* (Linnaeus, 1767) i c g b (Virginia metallic tiger beetle)
- *[Tetracha wardi](/source/Tetracha_wardi)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha wiesneri](/source/Tetracha_wiesneri)* Naviaux, 2007 c g
- *[Tetracha zerchei](/source/Tetracha_zerchei)* Naviaux, 2007 c g

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

1. ["*Tetracha* Report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=931415). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

1. ["Browse *Tetracha*"](http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/de0e96599551a0bc4f7c3bda3ad1ec79). *Catalogue of Life*. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

1. ["*Tetracha*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1037725). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

1. ["*Tetracha* Genus Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/3023). *BugGuide.net*. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

- [Biolib](https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id510071/)

## Further reading

- LeConte, J.L. (1861). [*Classification of the Coleoptera of North America*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85732). Vol. 3, no. 136. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. [doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459](https://doi.org/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*](https://books.google.com/books?id=7bmggXG6ANcC). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-804009-5.

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