Tetracha

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
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